Vacant land in Bristol’s new enterprise zone is being brought back to life this week by a community-based scheme to grow organic food. The Severn Project has begun preparations to set up a temporary urban farm on the former Bath Road diesel depot site near Bristol Temple Meads railway...
The residential team at property agents Jones Lang LaSalle’s Bristol Office has been appointed by the developers of the Finzels Reach scheme to market luxury apartments alongside the city’s Floating Harbour. One and two-bedroom apartments ranging in price from £139,000 to £485,000 are being built as part of the...
National health, safety and environmental consultancy The Building Safety Group has appointed Neil Sherreard, the former managing director of Bristol-based Cowlin Construction, as a director. Neil, pictured, was previously on the board of the consultancy, based near Thornbury, between 1998 and 2008. Having left Cowlin a year ago, he...
International executive search company Dangerfield Executive has bought the freehold of an office building at Emersons Green, near Bristol, to use as its new headquarters – a sign, say property agents, of market recovery. Brook House is a 3,307 sq ft (307.2 sq m) self-contained two storey building at...
Pieminister, the fast-growing Bristol-based pie producer, has secured a substantial four-acre site in Westbury on Trym from the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. The north Bristol site is already home to Pieminister's kitchens, where it has been producing its widely-popular products since 2007. The deal paves the way...
The final hotel in the Von Essen’s portfolio, Ston Easton Park in Somerset, has been sold to former Dragon’s Den investor James Caan. The 22 bedroom hotel located near Bath was sold by Christie & Co to Caan’s private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw for a reported £3m on behalf...
A rare office has come onto the Bristol market which could be just the ticket for firms looking for easy rail access in a quiet location. While business space close to a railway station can command a premium and be convenient for staff and customers, one Bristol property agent...
West property consultancy Alder King has promoted Jonathan Rodaway and Matthew Halstead, based in its Bristol office, and Alison Williams in Swindon, to the position of associate. Jonathan joined the Bristol office in 2004 as a graduate surveyor, initially working in the firm’s office agency team. In 2009 he...
Unite, the Bristol-based student accommodation group, doubled half-year pre-tax profits to £33.5m as it shrugged off a decline in young people heading to university. The group, the UK’s leading developer of its kind, described reservations for 2012/13 as ‘robust’ at 87%, compared to 89% last year when, it said,...
Bristol’s ground-breaking Happy City initiative is developing a Happiness Hub to offer office accommodation to businesses and organisations sharing its ambitions. Its new head office in Stokes Croft – an area of the city famous for its creativity and vibrancy – has space for organisations which “promote work that...
The Bristol office of property agency Knight Frank has expanded its investment agency department with the appointment of Nick Thurston as an associate. Nick, who has moved from the office’s industrial agency, joined Knight Frank in May 2010 having previously worked in commercial property agencies in Bristol and for...
Outdoor clothing brand Trespass has opened a branch in The Galleries Shopping Centre, coinciding with the central Bristol mall’s £2m upgrade. The Glasgow-based, privately-owned retailer, which specialises in surfing, hiking and snowsports clothing for men, women and children, has moved into a 5,800 sq ft outlet on Merchant Street...
Two lettings have been secured in two months at a Bristol city centre office block under a new scheme that makes its suites more affordable for small, growing businesses. Joint agents DTZ’s Bristol office and local joint agents Williams Gunter Hardwick let the space at 111 Victoria Street on...
