Bristol-based property refurbishment and maintenance firm Matrix Solutions UK has gone into administration after a significant drop in business. Accountancy firm Grant Thornton, which has been appointed administrator, today warned of ‘numerous’ redundancies among Matrix’s 30-strong workforce. Grant Thornton said it waspotentially looking to sell the firm, which dealt...
Property law firm Hoffman Male has appointed Rachael James as a trainee conveyancer in its Bristol office. Rachael, pictured, has a law degree from Swansea University, where she also took her legal practice course before joining Hoffman Male, which opened its office at Aztec West last year. Rachael, 22,...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol City FC have become the first UK football club to install a ‘safe standing’ area in their stadium, more than 20 years after the Hillsborough disaster inquiry forced most grounds to become all-seater. A demonstration area at Ashton Gate with ‘rail seats’ that can...
West-based independent property consultancy Alder King has appointed James Nicholas as a partner in its asset management and consultancy teams. Previously a surveyor in Alder King’s professional team for three years, James, pictured, has re-joined the firm after nearly 10 years in senior positions managing the Ashtenne Industrial Fund....
Bristol-based vehicle repair firm WBC Automotive has invested £1.7m in the UK’s most hi-tech and eco-friendly workshop, with financial backing from Barclays. The bespoke 20,000 sq ft building on the Caxton Business Park in Warmley, was built to WBC’s exact specifications and houses a state-of-the-art body shop which is...
Fast-growing London-based cocktail bar group Be At One, which is backed by Piper Equity, is to open an outlet in Bristol – its 22nd venue and third outside the capital. The bar, in a unit on the Clifton Triangle formerly occupied by Hermanos, will open on February 26 and...
The long-awaited plan to build a 12,000 seat arena in Bristol has taken its most significant step towards reality with the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) agreeing to part fund the scheme. The LEP’s board agreed to invest money from a special economic development fund on the basis that the...
Property agents Savills’ Bristol office has been appointed by developer Cubex to market apartments at the city’s Finzels Reach mixed-use scheme. Some 72 one and two-bedroom apartments will go on sale on February 15 in a move Savills says shows that confidence is returning to the city centre property...
Bristol’s burgeoning reputation as a media hub has been strengthened with the arrival of London TV post-production company Evolutions, which has worked on shows such as The Apprentice and The Only Way Is Essex. The move, revealed by Bristol Business News last summer, has resulted in Evolutions taking 7,000...
One of Bristol’s highest-profile office buildings has been bought by a specialist investment firm for £4.6m. St James Court, a five-storey 36,488 sq ft building, is let to a number of tenants, including the office equipment finance division of BNP Paribas and bakery chain Greggs. Some 72% of the...
Bristol is poised for “significant” economic expansion over the next five years, out-performing even London in the pace of its growth, new research shows. The city’s burgeoning information and communications technology (ICT) sector and its established role as a centre for professional, scientific and technical expertise will pave the...
Building services and facilities management company Inviron has opened an office in Bristol as part of a strategy to expand into the South West. The office at Aztec West will be responsible for supporting existing clients in the region such as Land Securities, the UK’s largest commercial property company...
Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected...
