South Gloucestershire Leisure, the organisation appointed by South Gloucestershire Council five years ago to operate and manage its leisure centres, has rebranded as Circadian Trust in a move aimed at further growth. The leisure centres in Bradley Stoke, Kingswood, Patchway, Downend, Yate, Longwell Green and Thornbury, attract 1.9m annual visits, have an annual turnover...
Major business could be heading in the direction of the Airbus operation in Filton which is responsible for developing "sharklet" wingtips – the key to improved performance on the new, best selling A320neo 150-seat airliner. The European planemaker is reported to be planning to offer large winglet retrofits...
Bristol is emerging from the recession as the Shopping Capital of the South West, it was claimed today. Retail units in the prestige Cabot Circus development are 97% let – and the rest of Broadmead is experiencing an upward trend in business. The comments come from Destination Bristol operations...
The £2.5bn Business Growth Fund, which will invest in small and medium-sized firms, has opened its Bristol office with former 3i regional director Paul Oldham at the helm. The Fund, financed by the UK’s clearing banks, will inject between £2m and £10m for minority stakes in companies based in...
A three-boat flotilla carrying a selection of colourful, life-sized gorilla sculptures toured Bristol’s Floating Harbour today to launch Bristol Zoo’s Wow! Gorillas – a mass public art trail across the city. Some 60 unique gorilla sculptures are being placed around Bristol’s streets and parks over the next few days...
Brandon Hire, the Bristol-based tool hire firm, has appointed property adviser GVA to provide property portfolio management services for its national network of 170 branches. GVA, which has an office in Bristol, will be responsible for property data management, maintaining all property and lease records, dilapidations advice with landlords,...
Investors are being sought to help kick start a mixed-use development scheme on brownfield land with nearly 200 apartments and commercial space. The development makes imaginative use of a freehold site once occupied by the Pring & St Hill steel fabrication factory in Malago Road, Bedminster, which closed in 2003...
North Somerset Council appears to have caved in to public pressure and submitted a funding bid to re-open the Portishead rail link to passenger trains. But while the bid is earlier than planned the timeline for getting the line operational remains unchanged. Last month the Transport for Greater Bristol Alliance...
New fears were cast over the strength of the economic recovery today as the latest manufacturing survey showed growth fell to its lowest rate for 21 months in June. A decline in new orders was sparked by weakening domestic demand while the much-heralded increase in exports appeared to waning....
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club has scaled back its plans for redevelopment of the County Ground in Bihsopston, Bristol. Planning permission to expand the ground was secured last year but the club has decided that for the foreseeable future it will not build stands adjacent to Kennington Avenue, thus reducing capacity...
Firms are being warned they could risk unlimited fines or even jail if they don’t take action over the new Bribery Act, which comes into force today. The Act makes it illegal to offer or receive bribes and to fail to prevent bribery. Individuals convicted under the Act can...
Independent news and information website Bristol24-7 is celebrating its second birthday by unveiling a complete revamp of its site and enhancing its digital marketing services. The site, winner of the website of the year award in the recent EDF Energy South West Media Awards, now has around 50,000 unique...
Bristol-based factoring specialist Ultimate has linked up with the Finance South East (FSE) Group to give more funding options to ambitious SMEs seeking finance to grow their business. The tie-up will combine cashflow lending products such as factoring and invoice discounting with the provision of complementary loan products currently...
