Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed and Regen SW, the regional agency promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency, have teamed up to support the city’s renewable sector. The partnership aims to support the rapid development of the low carbon industry in Bristol. While the city has a number of firms...
The Old Brewery in Southville – home to a mix of short-term let warehousing and workshop space – has been bought by Change Real Estate, the firm behind some of Bristol’s most ambitious redevelopment projects. The Kent-based company acquired the freehold of a 1.17-acre multi-let site from a private...
Bristol-based international speciality chemicals and gases firm A-Gas has continued its expansion in the US by acquiring a refrigeration recovery business. Phoenix, Arizona, headquartered Rapid Recovery operates 40 branches across the US. Each site provides a full suite of on-site recovery and cylinder services to the refrigeration and HVAC...
Aggregates firm Wainwrights has completed its new £9m asphalt plant at Avonmouth, increasing capacity for the historic firm and ensuring further growth. The plant, financed by Barclays, has been built on a 4.5-acre site within a mile of the regional motorway network, so opening up access to new markets...
A seminar exploring the pros and cons of EU membership is being staged by accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson in Bristol next Tuesday. The event follows new survey results showing business owners are becoming increasingly worried about the UK leaving the EU after June 23’s...
Landlords planning to transfer their properties into a company to avoid recent tax changes are being warned of the dangers. In a bid to cool the market, Chancellor George Osborne has introduced new taxes – and his 20% cap on mortgage interest relief is causing the most anxiety in...
Business advisory firm Deloitte has strengthened its senior team in the South West and Wales by promoting two new partners and nine directors. The new partners are Duncan Down in the firm’s financial advisory practice and Gareth Pritchard in its tax practice. Gareth, who joined Deloitte’s Cardiff office in...
Development of a major distribution park on the M4 has moved a step closer after the Bristol office of national regeneration firm St Modwen bought the 79-acre greenfield site. The Chippenham Gateway scheme could accommodate 1m sq ft of warehouse space, subject to planning consent – making it one...
Bristol-based customer experience firm Cxpartners is in the running for a national financial services award for its work revolutionising the Co-op Bank’s online profile. Cxpartners helped the bank focus on ethics, honesty and transparent customer experience in a move that has delivered dramatic results. The project has earned Cxpartners...
Experts from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have won the Best Medical Paper award at one of the world’s largest robotics conferences for their pioneering work helping treat fractures. The team topped the category for their paper, which outlined how robotics can assist surgeons as an aging population means a...
Less than one in eight of the UK’s top 100 UK retailers have plans in place should there be a ‘leave’ vote in the EU referendum, according to a survey by Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT. This is despite the store groups themselves rating Brexit as one of the top...
A Bristol personal assistant who left school without formal qualifications has been named Pitman Training Young Achiever of the Year. Becky Lewis, who is dyslexic, was nominated for the award by bosses at her employer, Aztec West-based Rosemont Recruitment, who credit her with playing a key role in helping the...
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