Real estate fund managers PRUPIM have won planning consent to re-model one of Bristol's most prominent office buildings – One Victoria Street – overlooking Bristol Bridge and the Floating Harbour. The façade will be given a major facelift along with an extensive upgrade of the entrance and reception while...
Electrical contractor KSCM is moving from Staple Hill in Bristol to a converted barn unit at the Nibley Business Park, Yate, to gain better access to the M4 and the main road network. The deal, brokered by property agents Colliers International, keeps the firm close to its South Gloucestershire customer base...
Bristol wholesale electrical distributor Templegate Electrical Supplies, which is based on the city’s Templegate Park, has launched a renewables venture from the same location. The company has taken a 7,171 sq ft warehouse/trade counter unit on a 10-year lease. The unit includes two-storey offices and a large forecourt. Glyn...
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club bosses have described as a “massive disappointment” the decision by councillors to reject the redevelopment of the County Ground – a move which scuppers hopes of bringing major international cricket matches to Bristol. Councillors on the Development Control (North) Committee voted by six to four...
Welfare-to-work specialists Pinnacle People has relocated its Bristol office to New Bond House as it gears up for further expansion. The national firm, which helps hard-to-place jobseekers with their lifestyle and accommodation as well as employment opportunities, has moved from an office in Park Street to 5,574 sq ft...
Plans to redevelop Bristol’s historic General Hospital site have been revised following the latest round of public consultation. Essex-based developer City & Country Group wants to transform the near three acre site into a vibrant waterside attraction, including restoring the hospital’s Victorian buildings to their former glory and creating...
Bristol’s Broad Quay House has been chosen as the new regional hub for the hotel and leisure property division of Colliers International, formed as a result of combining the firm’s hotel division in Cirencester with its Bristol leisure department, which is already based in the building. Tim Davies, head of the Bristol office,...
Recruitment specialists Central Appointments have taken space on the 12th floor of newly-refurbished landmark Tower House in Fairfax Street in a deal brokered by Colliers International. Founded in 2000, Central Appointments is part of Angela Mortimer Plc, placing around 2,500 candidates in permanent roles every year and around 1,000 temporary staff on site every...
House prices in Bristol have defied the slump and risen faster than the national average this year new figures show today. Property values in the city rose by 4% in the final three months of this year compared to the same period in 2010, according to latest research by...
Last minute Christmas shoppers gave Bristol’s Cabot Circus retail centre a boost with visitor numbers during the week to Christmas Eve up by almost a fifth (19%) against the same period last year, which was itself a record. Footfall over the previous weekend – Saturday 17 and Sunday 18...
Bristol-based commercial property agent Williams Gunter Hardwick has been appointed by Bath & North East Somerset Council to let retail units in the historic city’s main shopping thoroughfare. The Williams Gunter Hardwick team is working with the council’s property services department and joint agents Carter Jonas to fill two...
A major online retailer is poised to sign a deal for a large distribution warehouse in the West, part of a growing trend on the back of the dramatic rise in internet shopping this Christmas. Commercial property specialists Colliers International has witnessed similar developments across the country as shoppers...
Bristol-based serviced apartment company SACO has opened its 30th location in the UK, tripled its number of sites in London to 13, and appointed its 150th employee. Trinity Tower in Canary Wharf is the company's latest development. It features 50 one, two and three bedroom serviced apartments while also...
