Two of Bristol’s top commercial property figures are predicting strong growth for the city’s economy this year as confidence returns to its recession-hit property market. Tim Davies, head of Colliers International’s Bristol office, forecasts that the city’s important financial and banking sector will return to its 2008 level within...
Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle has expanded its Bristol team with two new appointments. Alastair Kimpton, pictured right, has joined as a senior surveyor following two years with rival Lambert Smith Hampton. Alastair specialises in loan security valuations for bank lending purposes and will be undertaking a variety of...
Staff in the Bristol office of commercial property specialists Colliers International have once again helped children’s charity Samaritan’s Purse organise its annual Operation Christmas Child initiative. Since 1993, more than 100m boys and girls in 130 countries have received shoeboxes full of simple gifts collected by local churches and schools...
Bristol-based business support organisation Business West has opened its second Launch Point serviced office building for start-up and micro businesses, with space available from £150 a month. Apex Court at Bradley Stoke has easy-in, easy-out monthly terms and includes broadband, utilities, business rates and free parking. Business West is...
Welsh firms are relocating to the Bristol area to avoid increases in tolls on the Severn Bridges, according to the boss of a Cardiff-based logistics company. Prices to cross the M4 and M48 bridges, which are used by about 80,000 vehicles every day, rose on New Year's Day with...
Bristol City Council has completed the restructure of its top management team with the appointment of Barra Mac Ruairí as its fourth strategic director. Currently strategic director for regeneration at Bradford City Council, Barra, pictured, will join Bristol City Council as strategic director for place, responsible for major projects,...
The Bristol office of national construction group Seddon has been appointed by Rooftop Housing Group to build a 49-home, £5.9m specialist housing scheme for older residents in Coleford, Gloucestershire. Construction work has just started on the development which will create a dementia-focused housing with care complex made up of...
The Government should not overlook the vital role regional airports such as Bristol can play in helping solve the looming gridlock at airports serving London and the South East. The message, from Bristol Airport boss Robert Sinclair, came today as the Airports Commission’s interim report into the capacity constraints...
Two projects by environment design practice Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, have been shortlisted in a prestigious national awards scheme. The St Paul’s project in Cheltenham – a consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes – is competing in the ‘regeneration’ category of the Placemaking Awards while...
Ideas on the best way to create sustainable jobs and growth across the West of England are being invited from Bristol firms. The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) today launches a six-week public consultation on its Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) – a blueprint for growth over the next six years....
Controversial redevelopment plans for the Castle Park area of Bristol city centre have been drastically scaled down following a public outcry. Bristol City Council’s revised Central Area Plan published today retains the green space between the former Lloyds Bank offices and St Peter’s Church in the park. This area...
Property insurance group ACE has appointed Ian McFadyean as business development manager for the South West and Wales as it continues to invest in its UK regional offices. In the newly-created role, Ian, pictured, will be responsible for developing new and existing business across the region as well as managing...
Bristol office block The Crescent Centre has attracted two new tenants – proof, say its agents, of a buoyant market for secondary space in the city centre. Arriva Transport Solutions and Classroom Video are the latest arrivals at the long-established five-storey office complex in Temple Back. Arriva Transport Solutions...
