Property agency Colliers International has appointed Richard Nicholas to lead the investment property management team in its Bristol office. Richard, pictured, is an experienced property management specialist with more than 25 years’ experience. He joins Colliers as an associate director from the Cardiff office of rival JLL, where he...
Work to transform Bristol’s former Blackberry Hill Hospital has come a step closer this week after plans were approved for a high-quality development with new and affordable homes on the site. Developer Galliford Try Partnerships and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) propose to regenerate the vacant buildings at...
A team from the Bristol office of regional law firm Thrings have advised fibre-optic infrastructure firm TrueSpeed Communications on its £75m investment from insurance giant Aviva’s global asset management arm, which will speed up the roll-out of its network to a further 75,000 homes and businesses in the region. Thrings...
An innovative automotive industry cluster focussed on ultra-low emission cars is to be developed in the Bristol area following the go-ahead for a new world-beating research centre. The £60m IAAPS – Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems – pictured, will provide access to its state-of-the art facilities for start-ups and...
A butcher, a baker and a bicycle-maker are among the independent businesses set to open in the latest extension to Bristol’s highly successful CARGO retail hub. CARGO – the city’s first retail hub made of converted shipping containers – is already home to dozens of mainly food and beverage...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its Bristol-based real estate advisory team with the appointment of Rebekah Formosa as an associate director. Rebekah, pictured, joins from Cushman and Wakefield’s Bristol office, where she worked for more than eight years in the public sector advisory team covering...
Bristol-based legal experts working at national law firm Bond Dickinson have advised longstanding client global renewable energy company RES on the sale of a major battery storage project. The 35MW Port of Tyne project was acquired by the Foresight Group, the independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager. This...
Amazon, the online retail giant, is to develop a massive 2.2m sq ft distribution centre at Avonmouth – potentially creating hundreds of jobs in what will be the largest building in the South West. Details of the huge scheme – which will be built next to retail The Range’s...
Bristol-based brick and timber distributor Taylor Maxwell Group has undergone a corporate restructuring with help from experts in the Bristol law firm Burges Salmon and the city office of accountants Grant Thornton. Taylor Maxwell Group is one of the UK’s leading brick and timber distributors with 18 branches nationwide...
The South West’s construction industry is missing out by not claiming one of the best forms of tax relief available to it, according to research by accountancy group Smith & Williamson. Recent analysis of government statistics by the firm, which has a large office in central Bristol, showed that...
By Donna Kehoe, Bank of England agent for the South West of England Twice a year the Bank of England publishes a major review of what we call the ‘financial stability’ of the nation. Our aim is to ensure that the financial system is as robust as it can...
Nearly £9m is to be invested in three projects aimed at boosting practical skills across the West of England, including in two new centres for construction and health. Some £3.3m will go towards a new Infrastructure Construction Skills Centre and £5.4m for a new Health and Active Living Skills...
Directors at facilities management group Almeda are anticipating record sales for its latest financial year following a string of high-profile client wins and partnerships. The Keynsham-based company recently secured a contract with English Heritage to handle mechanical and engineering maintenance on 23 of its historic sites including the coastal castles...
