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...
Bristol’s industrial property market is starting to strengthen at last, with a reduction in the incentives offered to new tenants a clear sign of the improvement, according to one city-based expert. Russell Crofts, long-serving industrial partner at agents Knight Frank’s Bristol office, (pictured below), says that although economic pressures...
Bristol’s iconic Alma Tavern, one of the UK’s few combined pubs and theatres, is to be given a new lease of life after being taken over. The venue, in Alma Vale Road, Clifton, is to be refurbished and redecorated and its theatre upgraded under new owner James Dunn. The...
The Bristol Office of property agents Christie + Co has sold a care home in Midsomer Norton to a businessman making his first venture into the sector. Previous owners the Thomas Family sold the detached property, which is one a large plot with attractive residents' gardens, to Paul Nery...
Railway tunnels in and around Bristol are among more than 40 historic buildings and structures on the Great Western main line to be safeguarded by the Government. Brunel’s iconic entrance to Box Tunnel in Wiltshire and the entry portals of the Chipping Sodbury tunnel near Badminton and its six...
Three Bristol property agents have been appointed to market the 296-acre Westgate distribution park at Severnside – one of the largest in the region. More than 2m sq ft of warehouse/distribution accommodation has already been developed on the site with a further 4m available for development. Joint venture developers...
House prices fell at their fastest annual rate for nearly three years last month, the latest survey from Nationwide building society showed this morning. Prices have now declined in four of the past five months, the Swindon-based lender said. The fall of 0.7% in July means prices are now...
An 80-bedroom landmark hotel designed by Bristol firm Key Architecture has been given the go-ahead by planners in a move that will kick-start regeneration of a rundown part of Bridgwater. Sedgemoor District Council approved the scheme (pictured below) after clarifying car parking on the site in the town’s Eastover...
From Bristol 24-7 Controversial plans to turn Clifton’s derelict Whiteladies Picture House into flats and a gym have been thrown out. All six councillors on the Bristol City Council planning committee last night voted against the plan – with one describing the state of the Grade-II listed building as...
