Bristol-based Unite Group, the UK’s largest developer and manager of student accommodation, has bought two development sites in the city centre to build homes for around 900 students. The group, which has its roots in Bristol having started out converting outdated office blocks in the city into student flats...
Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has launched a project to help local firms benefit from the development of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station and make the city a centre of excellence for the nuclear industry. Nuclear South West will bring together firms already...
Foot Anstey, the regional law firm with an office in Bristol, has continued to invest in talent to support its future growth strategy, including introducing a pioneering legal apprenticeship scheme and increasing its number of trainee solicitors. In offering two different routes into the legal profession, the firm is supporting...
Energy sector experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have advised the developers of a major new biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant in the North East with the capacity to supply 50,000 homes. The 30MW plant at Cramlington, Northumberland, will supply heat and electricity to the Aesica...
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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 Poku Osei, founder of Babbasa youth empowerment project, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Rise and Fall of the Roman...
Lawyers from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon have worked on the complex, cross-border acquisition of a majority holding in historic UK metals firm Henry Bath by a Chinese logistics group. Beijing-based CMST Development Co paid $60m (£38.5m) for a 51% stake in Henry Bath, one of the world’s oldest metals storage...
Engine Shed’s Boxworks project, which will be made up of 20 shipping containers transformed into custom-designed workplaces, is now under way with the first two ‘boxes’ onsite. The containers will be converted over the coming weeks to provide much-needed workspace for start-ups and growing businesses in Bristol’s key creative,...
Bristol businesses are backing a multi-million pound bid to the Government to boost the use of green transport across the West of England. The area’s four local authorities are preparing a bid for up to £11m from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles which would be used to introduce...
