An emergency notification system alerting businesses about a broad range of emergencies from weather warnings, fires or road closures, to demonstrations or possible criminal or terrorist incidents, is to be launched in Bristol later this month. The system is a partnership between Bristol City Council, Avon & Somerset Police, leading emergency notification specialist...
At-Bristol’s exhibitions director Dan Bird has become one of the next generation of Noyce Leadership Fellows. The year-long fellowship programme, which Dan completed this month, has given him access to knowledge, tools, world-class best practices and professional networks to increase capacity to lead effectively and to advance innovation within...
The London-based producers of new feature film The Fold have praised Bristol for its first-class filming infrastructure and accommodating approach, describing it as “a breath of fresh air”. Despite filming 65% of the film in the city during the wettest April on record, they also said working in Bristol...
UNITE, the UK’s leading developer and manager of student accommodation, has signed a 15-year agreement with London’s King’s College for 97% of Moonraker Point – the Bristol-based group’s new 674-bedroom development on Southbank. It is UNITE’s first agreement with King’s and points to a growing trend for universities and...
A 9,874 sq ft office building in North Bristol has been bought by a private investor for just over £2m – the latest deal by an individual seeing commercial property as a safe haven for their money. The freehold investment deal on the building at Vantage Office Park was...
Specialist software developer SciSys issued an upbeat trading statement ahead of today’s annual general meeting, suggesting it could soon hit the acquisition trail. The company, which has a major base in Bristol and its head office in Chippenham, says it opened the year with a comfortable order book of...
More than 100,000 passengers are expected to pass through Bristol Airport over the Jubilee Bank Holiday – from tomorrow to Tuesday – with tomorrow and Saturday set to be the busiest days. Airlines and tour operators are reporting hefty demand, with destinations within the eurozone as well as this summer’s...
Britain's largest organic dairy brand, North Somerset-based Yeo Valley, is hosting a special garden theatre event in June for families and schoolchildren at its Blagdon headquarters. The play entitled I, Peaseblossom and I, Caliban is a new co-production by Bristol Old Vic and Company of Angels in association with North Somerset charity...
Some 18 double charger units for electric vehicles will make their debut in Bristol’s public car parks and park-and-ride sites tomorrow. Known as Source Bristol, the network, which is compatible with Source London and Source Southeast networks, is part of the city’s bid to become European Green Capital by boosting the number of...
Bristol’s 116-bedroom Mercure Brigstow Hotel has been put up for sale with a guide price of £9m. The four-star hotel, on Welsh Back next to Bristol Bridge, has four meeting rooms and a break-out area to cater for the corporate market as well as a bar and riverside restaurant....
Stockbroker HB Markets has moved its Bristol base to the 10th floor of recently-refurbished Tower House, the 14-storey city centre office block in Fairfax Street. HB Markets, previously in the Froomsgate office building in nearby Rupert Street, has taken a five-year lease on 1,400 sq ft – the fourth...
Construction firm Willmott Dixon has relocated its Bristol office to Pill on the city’s outskirts having outgrown its Queen Square premises. The 4,000 sq ft base on the Eden Office Park will house the firm’s 50-plus employees – a major increase on the four staff Willmott Dixon had when...
Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has secured contract extensions worth nearly £100m to provide ongoing support for engines on the RAF’s C-130 Hercules transport and VC10 tanker fleets. The firm is part of a consortium which also includes Marshall Aerospace of the UK and US giant Lockheed Martin which will provide...
