Bristol’s office market has been held up as offering good long-term growth for property investors following the off-market sale of a landmark building to a South Korean individual for £95.5m. 10 Canons Way at Harbourside, pictured, was sold freehold by the Topland Group in one of the largest deals...
Bristol-headquartered national communications consultancy JBP has appointed Steve Anderson-Dixon as its new chief executive to support the company’s future growth ambitions. Mr Anderson-Dixon, pictured, is a former chief operating officer of Trinity Mirror’s regionals division, the largest national and regional media publisher in the UK. He has been a board member at JBP for just...
Senior lecturer in economics at UWE Bristol, Dr Jo Michell, believes the Chancellor offered little of substance in a Budget to forget. “It is unlikely that Chancellor Phillip Hammond was looking forward to his Budget speech. He would have seen the latest economic forecasts from the independent Office for...
Innovative law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of South West property solicitors BPL on the sale of the practice to the rapidly expanding Metamorph Law group. BPL, formed in 2005 by solicitors David Bridge and Mark Stimson, has a staff of around 100 based in offices in...
Budget measures affecting the housing market, business rate reform, infrastructure and city development gave the region’s property sector plenty of food for thought – with many commentators saying the Chancellor could have done much more. David Westgate, chief executive of Keynsham-based estate agency and property group Andrews, welcomed the...
Bristol Zoological Society has teamed up with architecture firms Grant Associates and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios to help save critically endangered wildlife on Madagascar. Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) operates a field research centre and eco-tourist camp in the heart of Ankarafa Forest on the African island – home to...
Craft brewery The Wild Beer Co, which describes Bristol as its spiritual home, has invested more than £500,000 in a state-of-the-art canning line as it prepares move to a new ‘destination brewery’. The new equipment has coincided with a branding overhaul for its cans to bring them into line with...
The University of Bristol’s planned £300m campus next to Temple Meads railway station, which was today submitted to the city council for outline approval, will help open up the neighbouring St Philips area for redevelopment, according to the property firm working on the scheme. One of the largest and...
International law firm Clyde & Co is to open an office in Bristol next year after hiring two leading insurance disputes lawyers. Ian Peacock joins from the Bristol office of Womble Bond Dickinson while John Eastlake has been appointed from Kennedys in London. They have become partners in Clyde...
Chancellor Philip Hammond said tech and digital industries would form the backbone of the global economy of the future – and the UK will lead this revolution. Measures introduced in the Budget included more than £500m in a range of initiatives from Artificial Intelligence (AI), to 5G and full-fibre...
Ellen Green, managing director of Bristol-based Blue Badge Co, which makes design-led independent lifestyle products and travel aids, said the Chancellor could have offered more support to small businesses. “While the Chancellor announced some measures designed to please small businesses, such as holding the VAT threshold at £85,000, there...
Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees welcomed Budget measures supporting investment in infrastructure and housebuilding but warned that more funding is needed to support the continued economic growth of cities and tackle issues faced by their communities. He said the £15.3bn for housebuilding, particularly a further £2.7bn expansion of the...
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s support for the tech sector – a vital part of Bristol’s economy – and his commitment to devolve more funding for infrastructure and skills to the West of England in Wednesday’s Budget have been welcomed by business figures across the city. However, there was criticism that...
