Gloucestershire Cricket has confirmed it is exploring opportunities to sell its home ground in Bristol and use the proceeds to develop a new stadium on the city’s north-eastern outskirts. Following media speculation earlier this week, the club released a statement saying it was looking at the possibility of relocating...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has a major office in Bristol, has become one of the first UK businesses to have its net zero targets officially validated. The firm, which employs around 800 people in Bristol and also has UK offices in London and Reading, is among the...
Bristol hotels and leisure and hospitality businesses have swept the board in a raft of categories in the region’s top tourism awards. Winners at the Bristol Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards ceremony included Wake The Tiger, the world’s first ‘amazement park’, which landed Gold in the new tourism business...
One of the South West’s leading carbon reduction advisory firms and a Bristol hair salon have been awarded the B Corp status, taking the number of businesses in the city to gain the coveted accreditation to more than 80. That figure puts the city in the vanguard of the...
Law firm Temple Bright has advised Bristol-based waste management firm ETM Recycling on its £7m facility from NatWest. ETM, which operates the South West’s largest waste management fleet, will use the cash injection to make significant upgrades to its state-of-the-art facilities in the city. This will strengthen its recycling...
The prestigious property awards staged by regional law firm Michelmores are returning early in 2024, marking 21 years of celebrating the South West’s best property, development and construction projects. The awards – regarded as among the most coveted in the region – will also include a new category showcasing...
Ireland’s largest cinema company has expanded into Great Britain in a deal put together by solicitors from national law firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office. They worked with Omniplex Cinema Group on its acquisition of five outlets from Empire, the UK cinema chain that collapsed into administration in July. Under...
Accelerating its new venue opening programme and introducing new menu items means Bristol-based café/bar group Loungers will end 2023 on a high. The group, which opened its first Lounge on North Street in Bedminster 21 years ago, will have more than 250 in its portfolio by 31 December as...
Staff in the Bristol office of global commercial property consultancy CBRE are to be among the first in the real estate sector to benefit as the firm makes strides to become a fertility-friendly employer. It has become a member of Fertility Matters at Work (FMAW), a social enterprise consultancy...
Waste management firm Grundon’s drive to use only electric waste collection vehicles on the streets of Bristol has put it in the running for a top industry award. Grundon launched its first £300,000 trucks in Bristol and Berkshire in July and is planning to introduce another 15 across the...
Bristol’s burgeoning TV industry is celebrating a triple success as two long-awaited productions filmed in the city hit the small screen and shooting starts on a third. The Tardis returns to BBC One and iPlayer tomorrow with the first of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials. The third episode...
Bristol-based corporate finance advisory firm Shaw & Co has passed the significant milestone of handling transactions worth half-a-billion pounds following its two most recent deals. The firm, founded by Jim Shaw, pictured, 12 years ago, has since become a key player in the market, helping the owners of small...
Legal experts from Thrings’ Bristol-based planning and environment team joined property developers, planners and architects at an event exploring the impact of biodiversity net gain (BNG). The gathering of 30-plus experts covered a range of related topics, including how the concept – which aims to ensure the habitat for...
