Automotive parts supplier Apec Braking is to create a new HQ and national distribution base in Filton after agreeing to relocate to one of the biggest industrial buildings ever to come onto the Bristol commercial property market. The 115,500 sq ft warehouse – the size of two football pitches...
Bristol companies will gain an insight into doing business in the nuclear sector in the UK and overseas at a major conference to be staged in the city next week. The Nuclear South West Annual Conference will focus on collaboration in the industry and important international links – with...
Architect Nick Fairham, who heads global practice BDP’s design studio in Bristol, has been appointed to its board of directors. Nick, pictured, has more than 20 years’ experience in housing, healthcare and mixed-use design and has led the Bristol studio since 2015. He specialises in creating new, sustainable communities...
Newly completed Bristol landmark office building Aurora has been sold for just over £62m after setting the highest-ever rent for the city centre. Following weeks of speculation, contracts have been exchanged on the 95,000 sq ft grade A building at Finzels Reach – more than 85% of which is...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is seeking a new South West chair to represent its 5,000 members across the region. Current chair Nick Sturge, pictured, who is director of Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed, steps down in January after the standard three years in the role. The voluntary, unpaid...
Bristol’s annual Bristol Open Doors festival returns next weekend, allowing participants to discover the secrets of 101 fascinating buildings around the city. Expert-led tours will offer glimpses inside buildings never or rarely seen by the public – with the opportunity to discover heritage spaces, forgotten places and innovative design....
Bristol architects Childs+Sulzmann, the practice behind many iconic Bristol buildings including the Arnolfini, Engine Shed and Watershed, is on target for a 25% increase in turnover and headcount this year as it marks its 25th anniversary. The firm, which specialises in innovative projects in the hotel, leisure, creative re-use...
Bristol firms have just a week left to take part in a major survey, the results of which will shape support for exporters in the post-Brexit age. The Business West International Trade Survey takes the pulse of firms across the region at a time when exports are on the...
Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees this week confirmed that Bristol’s much-delayed arena will not be built on its original planned site near Temple Meads – ending months of speculation but unleashing a political and social media firestorm. Mayor Rees had been widely expected to ditch the previously preferred Temple...
The business space lease advisory team in the Bristol office of international property agency Colliers has been boosted by the appointment of senior surveyor Amy Bracey. Amy has joined from the investment property management (IPM) team in the same office, where she was involved in liaising with landlords and...
Bristol Chamber of Commerce this afternoon entered the heated debate over the location of the long-delayed Bristol Arena by backing the option to build it at Filton. In a statement released a day after new plans for the original arena site near Temple Meads were unveiled, the chamber’s president...
The developer behind Bristol’s Redcliff Quarter scheme has spoken of his ambition to create an “inspirational development” that will enhance the city’s reputation as a hub for cutting-edge design, culture and artisan food and drink. The £250m project – the biggest underway in the city centre and one of...
The Bristol office of specialist property sector consultancy Ridge and Partners has completed internal refurbishment work at one of the city’s landmark office buildings. The two-year project at 3 Temple Quay involved completely updating the reception area, atrium and washrooms facilities. The nine-story building is home to a number...
