Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has continued to expand its construction practice in the education sector by advising on a prestigious £5.5m project at a leading independent school. The firm is working with Stowe School in Buckinghamshire on the construction of its new boys’ boarding house. Due...
Bristol-based technology and insight specialist agency Edo has promoted its head of people and partnerships Claire Moyne to become its new managing director. Claire takes over running the business from Nick Torday, who led Edo for six years. He is now working in an advisory role and leading on...
The simmering row over where Bristol’s much-delayed arena should be built took a new twist yesterday when plans to develop its original site near Temple Meads as a new housing and employment area were unveiled. Insurance giant Legal & General said its vision for Temple Island – the derelict...
CARGO, the groundbreaking development of shops, restaurants and cafes housed in converted shipping containers on Bristol’s Harbourside, could be expanded further under new plans submitted to the city council. Developer Umberslade wants to add two more units – one made up of six 20ft by 8ft shipping containers and...
Annual revenues have grown by 23% at regional law firm Michelmores’ Bristol office as the city’s property market continues its expansion. Staffing in the office has also increased by 13%, with its real estate team achieving significant growth, quadrupling in size over the past year and attracting top solicitors...
Source, the delicatessen, café and restaurant in the heart of Bristol’s St Nicholas Market, has been put on the market. Director Joe Wheatcroft and his colleagues said it was time to look for new opportunities. Source, pictured, is now being marketed by leisure property specialists Fleurets, which said demand...
Bristol commercial property agency Williams Gunter Hardwick has been retained by specialist retailer Calendar Club to help it find more than 100 temporary outlets across the country in run-up to Christmas. The Calendar Club celebrates 20 years on the high street this year during which it has grown into...
Bristol-based human resources outsourcing specialist The HR Dept has made a major appointment to strength its newly restructured health and safety offering The HS Dept. The firm has offered health and safety advice and support for several years using experts based in its Emersons Green office and via a...
Forward-thinking Bristol firms that put their staff’s wellbeing front and centre now have more time to enter the South West’s only awards that champion workplace happiness. The deadline for the competition, now in its fourth year, has been extended into next month due to an unprecedented number of entrants. ...
Bristol’s iconic Avon Gorge Hotel is to re-open later this month after a multi-million pound refurbishment by owners the Hotel du Vin group. All 78 bedrooms and suites have been transformed along with a new restaurant and meeting rooms at the venue, which has been renamed the Avon Gorge...
The first businesses have signed up to support Bristol Giving Day, a new fundraising event aimed at boosting the coffers of some of the thousands of local charities and good causes across the city. Hosted by Quartet Community Foundation, the independent charity that works across the West of England...
A stretch of unused dual carriageway near Bristol promoted to film and TV production companies as ‘the road to nowhere’ has played a starring role in BBC One hospital drama Casualty’s explosive return to the city. The 400m section of road was built in 1974 as part of a...
The Bristol office of specialist finance group BGF has made a £4.7m growth capital investment in heavy equipment rental firm Plantforce – its second transaction in the sector this month. Weston-super-Mare-headquartered Plantforce is the largest firm of its type in the South West with a client portfolio that includes...
