Regional law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol-based real estate group has advised on a major housing scheme in Berkshire involving the site of the former National School of Government. The deal involved housebuilder Berkeley Homes and Audley Retirement buying Sunningdale Park, near Ascot. The 70-acre site includes 209,896 sq ft...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has welcomed the focus on skills in the government’s new industrial strategy – but fears that the West of England would again miss out when it comes to funding. Prime Minister Theresa May launched the long-awaited strategy and its associated green paper...
Forthcoming regulations will forbid the letting of commercial buildings below a minimum energy performance rating after 2018. Adrian Gladstone, associate partner in the Bristol office of property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall, discusses the upcoming regulations and considers the potential impact for commercial landlords and possible ways forward in improving the...
International investors are shrugging off Brexit fears and targeting Bristol’s city centre office market – including apparently a multi-millionaire Russian mother who bought a £56m office block for her son. The private individual is understood to have snapped up 78,000 sq ft Bridgewater House, part of the Finzels Reach...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey is to become the latest professional services firm to relocate its Bristol office, moving the short distance from 100 Victoria Street to the city’s expanding Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone. The move to the showpiece 2 Glass Wharf office, pictured, at Temple Quay comes less than...
Bristol finance along with legal and property expertise from the city has enabled expansion of a luxury holiday resort in Cornwall to go ahead. The Bristol commercial team of the Allied Irish Bank (GB) granted a multi million pound facility to Kingfisher Resorts St Ives to fund the development...
Chartered surveyor and property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall, which has an office in Bristol, has formed a specialist holiday and caravan park division. The move follows a rebrand of market leaders Edwards and Partners, a niche practice which Sanderson Weatherall acquired in 2013. The deal added Edwards and Partners’ bases...
A city centre hotel is celebrating after maintaining its position as Bristol’s best four-star venue according to the AA. The DoubleTree by Hilton, Bristol City Centre hotel, pictured, gained an overall score of 79% in what is widely regarded as one the country’s leading hotel rating systems. That means the...
Confidence levels among property and construction professionals in Bristol and across the South West are the second highest in the UK, according to a new report from accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson. Only professionals in London and the South East are more optimistic about their...
Bristol entrepreneurs are being invited to attend the second meeting of The Royall Wealth Club, the innovative West-based community of forward-thinking individuals, on Monday. The club, which covers Bristol and Bath, was launched last October to bring together successful people from all walks of life to meet, share and develop...
Time is running out for Bristol firms to enter the prestigious South West Fairtrade Business Awards. Applications for the hotly contested awards, which are free to enter, close on January 31. Now in their fifth year, the awards champion organisations across the region that put ethical responsibilities at the...
Bristol firms should hope for the best but plan for the worst, according to the region’s largest business organisation following Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech this week outlining her plans for Brexit. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, said while the landmark speech gave some...
HAB, the pioneering Bristol housing business set up by designer, writer and TV presenter Kevin McCloud, is seeking to raise £3m through crowd funding to acquire land for more innovative sustainable housing schemes. The funding is being sought by HAB Land, part of the award-winning HAB family of companies which...
