National law firm Clarke Willmott is to launch a residential property team in its Bristol office as the city’s housing market continues to go from strength to strength. The team will be led by newly appointed partner Samantha Grimwood as a partner. Samantha, pictured, has joined the firm’s private property...
Bristol-based restaurateur Ajith Jayawickrema, the founder of the Las Iguanas and Turtle Bay chains, has become the patron of mental health charity Changes Bristol. Ajith, pictured below, will play a key role raising awareness of Changes Bristol’s free-to-access mental health peer support meetings as well as highlighting the stigma...
The body representing Bristol’s largest hotels has urged the city council to clamp down on people using the Airbnb platform to rent out rooms in their homes, including banning it completely in some areas. The Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA) says there are now nearly 2,000 properties registered in the...
Ethical lettings and property management company Temple Homes has secured one of Bristol’s most experienced young specialists as its new property manager. Rebecca Mason has joined the growing firm, newly based in Montpelier, following its recent acquisition of the portfolio of Ruben Property. The acquisition left Temple Homes, whose...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is relocating its South West headquarters to UWE Bristol in a move that further cements the partnership between the two organisations. The office will be based at the recently-opened Business and Law Faculty, pictured, on the university’s Frenchay Campus. It will also act as...
The IoD South West Director of the Year Awards have grown over the years to represent the pinnacle of leadership and business excellence across the region. The 2018 awards ceremony took place earlier this month at Sandy Park, Exeter, where winners of the seven categories were announced. Guests enjoyed...
Global engineering giant Renishaw was last night named as the ‘winner of winners’ as the prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards marked their 30th – and last – year. Launched in 1988 by accountants PwC to showcase the region’s top large businesses, the awards have...
Plans to develop office space for Bristol’s burgeoning tech, creative and media sectors in one of the city’s most iconic former industrial buildings have been given the go-ahead. The Generator Building, with its characteristic red brick and stone façade overlooking the Floating Harbour, originally housed the generator for the...
Bristol businesses are being invited to hear how they can prepare for the challenges and opportunities of Brexit at an event next week. The day-long Trade Horizons event – part of the Export for Growth roadshow – takes place at the Aerospace Museum, Filton, on Tuesday, June 26. It is...
Staff at Bristol’s most enlightened firms are being urged to enter them in a unique awards scheme that showcases the region’s best workplaces. The annual South West Happiest Workplace Competition was launched four years ago by Bristol-based workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA to champion businesses that go...
Planning, design and regeneration consultancy Nash Partnership has strengthened the planning team in its Bristol office with the appointment of a senior urban designer. Neil Harvie, pictured, has worked with private and public sector clients and has experience of complex urban settings and addressing rural challenges. He brings with...
Bristol Airport has been voted the best airport of its size in Europe in one of the industry’s top awards schemes. The airport, which handled 8.1m passengers last year, shared top billing in the 5m to 10m passenger category with Seville Airport in Spain at the annual ACI EUROPE...
Bristol-headquartered commercial property consultancy Hartnell Taylor Cook has made a number of senior promotions as part of its annual review, including appointing a new partner. Director David North’s promotion brings the number of partners in the firm, which also has offices in London and Plymouth, to 14. David joined...
