Housing developer Lovell has appointed Richard Williams as land manager to drive its ambitious growth strategy for its residential developments portfolio across the South West. Richard, pictured, brings wide-ranging knowledge of the regional property market to his new role. His 17-year career has included working as a property consultant...
Bristol Airport has appointed Simon Earles as planning and sustainability director to oversee the development of its new masterplan, which is now being drawn up to meet future demand for air travel over the next 20 years and beyond. In a related move, the airport’s head of planning &...
Businesses are being given the chance to shape to design of the University of Bristol’s new £300m campus next to Bristol Temple Meads station as part of a major consultation on the scheme. The university this week revealed its initial vision for the project – one of the city’s largest...
Two senior managers in the Bristol office of national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) have been promoted to the position of director. James Banks, pictured right, who leads the South West lease advisory team and has more than 10 years’ experience in the property sector, joined LSH...
National law firm Bond Dickinson has strengthened its planning & infrastructure team with the appointment of Jennifer Holgate, who joins as managing associate in its Bristol office. Jennifer, pictured, qualified as a solicitor in 2010 and joins from London law firm Pinsent Masons. She will work alongside the renewable...
An acute lack of supply in the industrial property market in the Greater Bristol area forced up rents by 8.3% in the first half of this year, according to new research. While some speculative schemes are now being built, demand is still outstripping supply as occupiers’ needs change. Research...
Southmead Police Station has been sold to Care UK Partnerships, one of UK’s largest independent care home providers, for a sum in excess of £2.3m. Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner closed the station earlier this year following the decision to rationalise and modernise the force’s facilities. It...
Bristol’s property sector today called for stability as the minority Conservative government prepares for crucial Brexit negotiations. Gordon Isgrove, pictured right, regional senior director at international property consultants GVA’s Bristol office, said: “Whilst today’s result may not be the outcome the markets had expected, we urge all parties to...
Business organisations in Bristol and across the West of England today warned of damaging uncertainty following the shock General Election result and the impact of a hung Parliament on key issues for the city, particularly on the imminent Brexit negotiations. Business West, the region’s largest business group, said there would...
The multi-million pound transformation planned for Bristol concert venue Colston Hall could add more than £400m to the economy over two decades, according to new research published this week. Job creation, higher ticket sales from an increased concert programme and more spending in its supply chain could generate £254m for Bristol,...
Long-established costume hire company Bristol Costume Services and film/TV industry healthcare specialists MRU Services have become the two latest additions to the city’s Bottle Yard Studios creative hub. Their arrival brings the total number of companies based at the dedicated film and TV studios in Hengrove to 21, further...
Work has started to transform Bristol city centre’s largest office building into a modern business hub as the trend for new-style workspaces gathers pace in the city. Eight-storey, 180,000 sq ft The Pithay – now renamed Programme – was at one time a base for government departments. Since opened...
