Bristol Rovers’ plans for a Sainsbury’s supermarket at its Memorial Stadium have been give the go ahead by the city council, paving the way for the club to make their long hoped for move to a new purpose-built ground. Campaigners against the plans claimed the “car-centric development” would have...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Shops on Bristol’s Gloucester Road could lose up to a fifth of their trade by 2017 if the proposed Sainsbury’s supermarket development goes ahead at Bristol Rovers’ Memorial Stadium. But Rovers’ new ground, which the club says it can build should the planning application be...
A national roadshow to spread a positive message about the property and construction industry as it emerges from the worst recession it has ever experienced arrives in Bristol tomorrow. The Rally to Restore Confidence is staged by the Forum for the Built Environment (fbe), the UK-wide networking group for...
Temple Bright, the fast-growing Bristol law firm, has added construction law specialist Doug Masson to its practice as a partner. Mr Masson joins from top 25 UK firm SNR Denton, where he was a partner. He trained in the City of London and was subsequently a partner in the...
Boston Tea Party, the Bristol-based coffee shop group, has opened an outlet in Birmingham, taking the family-owned business’s chain to 12. The group, founded in 1996, has taken over a former landmark bar near the city’s Queen Elizabeth Law Courts in a deal arranged by property agents Cushman &...
Property consultancy GL Hearn has relocated its West office from Bath to Bristol, taking 2,468 sq ft of open plan office space in the prestigious Queen Square House. The firm works with developers, investors and occupiers from offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Sunderland and Southampton. Bill Russell of Hearn...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol Rovers chairman Nick Higgs has said it would now be a “travesty” if councillors reject plans for supermarket giant Sainsbury’s to redevelop the Memorial Stadium. Members on Bristol City Council’s Development Control Committee (North) are due to vote on the development next Wednesday evening...
The National Trust has opened an office near Bristol as a base for its experts providing support to its sites across Somerset and Gloucestershire. The office at the historic, Grade II*-listed Leigh Court, Abbotts Leigh, was chosen for its modern office space within easy reach of Bristol and its...
Bristol property agency Hartnell Taylor Cook has secured a major retail transaction in Swindon town centre on behalf of its local authority owners. Hartnell Taylor Cook advised Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council on the £1.57m sale of the investment property in Regent Street to Swindon Borough Council. The detached building,...
Housebuilding and construction group Galliford Try has been instructed by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club to carry out £5m of major improvements at the County Ground in Bristol. Work at the international cricket ground in Nevil Road will include a new media centre and conference and banqueting facilities. Some 147...
Nash Partnership, the architectural practice with an office in Bristol, is to sponsor this year’s Independent Bath Literature Festival as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The practice, which expanded into Bristol recently, was started in Bath in 1988 by Edward Nash and has grown over a quarter of...
Bridgehouse Capital, one of the UK’s largest privately-held investment groups, has bought Filton Airfield in a multi-million pound deal. Owner BAE Systems confirmed the sale today as the last flights at the airfield took place. The 350-acre site has been in operation for more than 100 years and is...
Two firms have taken space in Bristol’s tallest building – the 17-storey city centre Castlemead office block – following a major refurbishment. Digital TV Labs, the world’s largest independent digital TV testing company, is now occupying the entire fourth floor, totalling 7,600 sq ft, while a further 5,000 sq...
