Merger with single-office Reading firm takes fast-growing Ashfords into Thames Valley market

December 4, 2018
Merger with single-office Reading firm takes fast-growing Ashfords into Thames Valley market

South West law firm Ashfords, which has one of its six offices in Bristol, is to merge with single-location Thames Valley firm Boyes Turner next year. The result of the link-up, which is likely to take place on May 1, will be a combined firm with 100 partners, around...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

December 3, 2018
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Monday December 3 Economic announcement: Manufacturing PMI (November) Tuesday December 4 Final: ITE Interims: Northgate, Hewlett Packard Enterprises Trading update: Ferguson Economic announcement: Construction PMI (November) Wednesday December 5 Interim: Stagecoach Trading update: Saga Economic announcement: Services PMI (November) Thursday December 6 Interim: DS Smith Trading updates: Legal &...

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The LAST WORD: Chris Holland, managing director, Waste Source

November 30, 2018
The LAST WORD: Chris Holland, managing director, Waste Source

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Chris Holland, managing director of Waste Source, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? The Social Network. Book you read? I’m not...

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Artist ‘re-imagines’ ex-factory building to create contemporary art gallery

November 30, 2018
Artist ‘re-imagines’ ex-factory building to create contemporary art gallery

A former industrial building in Bedminster ‘re-imagined’ as an artist-led contemporary art gallery officially opens next Friday. Kosar Contemporary on Malago Road is the largest independent art space in Bedminster and has been established in a 6,000 sq ft former light industrial factory by visual artist Zarabéa Esfendiar Kayani...

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Event: Lord Mayor of Bristol Children Appeal Carol Concert

November 30, 2018
Event: Lord Mayor of Bristol Children Appeal Carol Concert

Last-minute tickets for next week’s Lord Mayor of Bristol Children Appeal Carol Concert are still available. The event, at the new look St George’s, takes place on Thursday, December 6 and will be raising funds for the appeal, which supports 1,650 families in the city with food, clothes and...

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App that helps drivers cut time wasted searching for empty parking spaces to go live in Bristol

November 30, 2018
App that helps drivers cut time wasted searching for empty parking spaces to go live in Bristol

A pioneering app that helps drivers find an on-street parking space and so help tackle congestion has chosen Bristol for its launch. The crowdsourced data-led app, called Parklook, goes live on Tuesday (4 December) with the aims to be one of the easiest, safest and fastest ways to improve kerbside...

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Refurb helps North Bristol office market rebound with record rent

November 30, 2018
Refurb helps North Bristol office market rebound with record rent

Two expanding businesses have helped set the pace for the North Bristol office market, filling a recently-refurbished building and setting what is believed to be a new record rent for business space out of the city centre. Global logistics company Agility has taken the 6,000 sq ft South building...

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Watershed aims high with plan to increase space and build on its record for innovation and creativity

November 30, 2018
Watershed aims high with plan to increase space and build on its record for innovation and creativity

Bristol’s pioneering Watershed cinema and media centre has revealed ambitious expansion plans that would add four new floors above the existing building and create workspace for more than 100 creative entrepreneurs. Under the scheme, pictured, the Harbourside building will increase in size by nearly half from 4,400 sq m...

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Capital gain for R&D tax specialist as it aims high with move into City skyscrapper

November 30, 2018
Capital gain for R&D tax specialist as it aims high with move into City skyscrapper

ForrestBrown, the Bristol-based specialist R&D tax credit consultancy that has grown into the largest of its kind in the UK, has expanded into London by opening an office in a landmark building in the heart of the City. The move, which aims to boost its already strong links in...

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