West businessmen Kam Wong and David Parkinson have joined an elite organisation in Bristol’s Chinese sister city Guangzhou that forges relationships with other countries. The pair from Portishead-based DPS Environmental Technologies, which works in the oil, gas and environmental sectors, were elected as overseas council members of the Guangzhou...
The biggest free annual get-together for West landlords, Landlord Expo, takes place in Bristol next Thursday from noon until 7pm. The event, sponsored by estate agents Andrews, features more than 80 exhibitors ranging from local authority stands to letting agents, financial experts, trades people and suppliers. Held at the...
The complex tax issues faced by housing providers will come under the spotlight later this month at a seminar hosted in Bristol by business advisory firm Grant Thornton. The half-day event is aimed at finance and development professionals and takes place at the firm’s Victoria Street offices on Thursday,...
Bedminster is to receive £400,000 to continue efforts to smarten up its run-down retail area and pay towards community projects. The funding, secured as a result of local businesses voting for a Business Improvement District (BID), follows the South Bristol suburb’s selection as one of the inaugural Portas Towns...
One of mobile communications giant Everything Everywhere’s major offices at Aztec West has been sold to a group of Middle Eastern investors and London-based investment firm for £19m. The 80,000 sq ft building – 2620 The Quadrant – was formerly part of the North Bristol group of offices occupied...
Naomi Chesterman, an associate in the property litigation team at Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards, is the new chairman of the South West branch of Women in Property (WiP). Naomi, pictured, who has been a member of WiP for five years, will serve a one-year term at the...
Specialist industrial parts distributor Antifriction Components is investing more than £300,000 in its Bristol logistic and office facilities as it continues to build its national brand. The firm, with more than 90 staff across 12 UK sites, will is opening a 20,000 sq ft warehouse at Pioneer Park, St...
The South West is one of only two UK regions to record growth in the industrial property sector last year, according to the latest report by agent Jones Lang LaSalle. The research shows take-up of industrial and distribution floorspace increased by 2% across the region – much of it driven...
The Bristol office of property agents Knight Frank has acted in the disposal of two South West industrial estates. The office advised London & Westcountry Estates – through an administrator – on the sale of Bridgwater’s Blake Mill Business Park to Parabola Capital for £1.2m. The 29,975 sq ft...
The freehold interest in two retail units on Bath Road, Brislington, have been sold for £5.03m by Lothbury Investment Management to Aberdeen Asset Management. The McDonalds and Pets at Home units are opposite the Brislington Retail Park, which is owned by another of Aberdeen’s funds. The McDonalds unit is...
A ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of building works on Montpelier’s much-needed new health centre has taken place. The two-storey community surgery will have six consulting rooms, a treatment room, pharmacy and staff facilities. It will enable existing services to be transferred from the Sussex Place Branch surgery....
Business Secretary Vince Cable is to meet West business leaders on a high-profile visit to Bristol next month to discuss the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). His visit is being organised by the Institute of Directors (IoD) Bristol branch in partnership with Business West, the CBI and the...
Ground work is about to start on the last remaining major regeneration scheme on Bristol’s Harbourside. The site preparation at Wapping Wharf also marks the beginning of the first city centre residential development this year – signalling a possible resurgence of the housing market. The work, which will last...
