The former South West managing director of national PR firm Social has launched a new communications consultancy aimed at place-makers, purposeful businesses and public bodies. Bristol-based Distinctive Communications has been founded by Ben Lowndes, who has taken on all five staff members of Social’s South West team. Under an...
One of the West of England’s best-known business figures, YTL UK chief executive officer Colin Skellett, has become chair of the regional business organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce. Business West is one of the UK’s most influential business leadership organisations, representing more than 21,000 businesses across the South...
The next Prime Minister and their Chancellor of the Exchequer must take immediate action to help companies cope with the impact of sky-high inflation, the region’s largest business group has said. Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics this week show inflation at a 40-year high of 9.4%....
A surface car park opposite Bristol’s St Mary Redcliffe church is set to be transformed into an ‘iconic parkland’ under plans drawn up by a group of Bristol and London designers. The proposed scheme is the result of a design competition staged by Bristol Housing Festival, which called for...
Loungers, the fast-growing Bristol-based café-bar chain, has announced plans to have at least 500 sites in its portfolio after serving up a 200%-plus growth in annual sales. The group, which operates its outlets under the Lounge and Cosy Club brands, has just opened its 200th venue but is already...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has jumped into a top 20 position in a prestigious table of the UK’s highest-rated planning law firms. The firm, which has seven offices across the country including Bristol, climbed eight places from 21 to 13 in the Planning Law Survey 2022. The annual...
National law firm Foot Anstey has been appointed by European renewable energy provider Econergy International to support its first UK battery storage project. The energy & infrastructure team at Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, will negotiate the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the project,...
Bristol-headquartered commercial property consultancy Hartnell Taylor Cook is to continue to grow its public sector work following its appointment to a highly acclaimed government framework. The firm, which celebrates its centenary this year, is one of one of 18 on Homes England’s Property and Financial Professional Services Framework, Lot...
Two hotels, around 100 homes and shops, bars and restaurants are planned for a high-profile site next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station that has stood vacant for more than a decade. The London-based developer behind the scheme, Marick Real Estate, said the scheme would also include new pedestrian...
Bristol’s emerging research & development and deep-tech ecosystem is to get a boost with the opening of the largest commercial science hub in the South West. London-based specialist mixed-use property investor, developer and operator Mission Street and BentallGreenOak, a leading, global real estate investment management advisor, have acquired 1...
South West chartered accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has taken a major step towards its ambition of becoming a fully sustainable and innovative business by completing a refurbishment of one of its offices. The transformation of the firm’s Taunton base, its largest, includes a reshaping of the office space to...
Bristol-based eCommerce fulfilment company Huboo has officially opened its largest UK warehouse so far in a move that has more than doubled its workforce to almost 700. The firm, which increased its revenue by 124% in the year to January, is occupying the new 106,000 sq ft building close...
National law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol-based Islamic finance team has helped long-term client, the UK arm of Riyad Bank, complete its largest Sharia-compatible transaction. The deal, which involved the refinancing of an international law firm’s City of London headquarters, is the latest in a string of major commercial property...
