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Bristol’s leisure and hospitality firms tap into city’s creativity to win big at regional tourism awards

December 6, 2024
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Bristol’s leisure and hospitality firms tap into city’s creativity to win big at regional tourism awards

Bristol’s Wake The Tiger – the world’s first ‘amazement park’ – has been named the region’s top tourist business in a prestigious awards scheme. The attraction, which has welcomed more than 300,000 visitors since it opened just over two years ago, claimed the title Winner of Winners at last...

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New investment and high-quality offering earns health club and spa coveted national award again

December 5, 2024
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New investment and high-quality offering earns health club and spa coveted national award again

A health club and spa on Bristol’s doorstep featuring a gym that recently underwent a £1m upgrade has won a prestigious national award for the third time. Theclub and spa at Cadbury House, Congresbury, pictured, topped the Health Club of the Year category at the National Fitness Awards – a...

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Innovative Bristol social housing scheme gives glimpse of how city can combat its homes crisis

December 5, 2024
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Innovative Bristol social housing scheme gives glimpse of how city can combat its homes crisis

Work on a pioneering pilot project that could help ease Bristol’s housing shortage has reached its final stage of construction. The innovative Gap House concept, which has been developed in the city, is being used to turn a disused council-owned garage plot in Horfield into much-needed affordable housing, pictured. Designed...

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Solarsense helps wildlife trust slash its energy bills with roof panels while staying close to nature

December 5, 2024
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Solarsense helps wildlife trust slash its energy bills with roof panels while staying close to nature

A nature charity caring for more than 1,000 hectares is looking to reduce its energy bills by around a quarter after adding solar PV panels to its head office and visitor centre. Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust called in Clevedon-based Solarsense to complete the work after admitting that at first it...

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Savills’ Bristol-based development team welcomes back former member as a new director

December 5, 2024
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Savills’ Bristol-based development team welcomes back former member as a new director

Property agency Savills has taken on Chris Barako as a director in the development team based in its Bristol office. The appointment marks Chris’s return to the team, which he originally joined in 2010.  Having spent more than seven years with Savills, during which time he was promoted to...

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Hat-trick of landmark international deals completed by cross-firm teams at Burges Salmon

December 5, 2024
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Hat-trick of landmark international deals completed by cross-firm teams at Burges Salmon

Legal teams from Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, have advised on three major cross-border deals spanning the learning tech and renewable energy sectors. The firm’s corporate and M&A team worked with UK-based learning technology company Think Learning on its acquisition by Totara Learning Group, a global leader...

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Calling all canine-loving colleagues: Workplace design experts start the hunt for the UK’s top office dog

December 4, 2024
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Calling all canine-loving colleagues: Workplace design experts start the hunt for the UK’s top office dog

A national competition to find Britain’s best-loved office dog has been launched by the design company behind many of Bristol’s top modern workplaces. Dog owners from across the UK can nominate their canine colleagues and share a photo of their pets at work – with a winner being chosen...

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Building firm’s unique light display brings some Christmas sparkle to children’s hospital patients

December 4, 2024
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Building firm’s unique light display brings some Christmas sparkle to children’s hospital patients

Bristol building contracting group Shield Services is providing some Christmas cheer for young hospital patients and their families by setting up a special yuletide light display. The Warmley-headquartered group has used scaffolding on a building opposite the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children to stage the lightshow, which will stay...

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Experienced new arrivals at JLL strengthen its project and cost management offerings in the region

December 3, 2024
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Global real estate services firm JLL has made two key appointments to its South West project management and cost management teams. Henry Blunden has re-joined JLL as director of cost management, while Helen James takes on the role of associate in the Bristol project management team.  Henry, pictured, who has...

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US firm’s £338m bid for Bristol success story Loungers facing opposition from some shareholders

November 29, 2024
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US firm’s £338m bid for Bristol success story Loungers facing opposition from some shareholders

Two of the biggest shareholders in Bristol-based café/bar chain Loungers have said they will vote against the £338m bid for the group announced this week by a US private equity company. Fortress Investment Group’s all-cash offer has been accepted by Loungers’ board and a number of major investors in...

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Cabot Circus owners sign up Odeon group as new occupier for cinema site left vacant for a year

November 29, 2024
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Cabot Circus owners sign up Odeon group as new occupier for cinema site left vacant for a year

Cinema chain Odeon is to open in Bristol city centre’s Cabot Circus retail scheme following the closure of its Showcase’s Cinema De Lux’s venue 12 months ago. Cabot Circus co-owner Hammerson said bringing back a cinema to the centre was the leisure experience most requested in a customer survey...

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Another expansion plan unveiled by Bristol Airport as it looks to handle 3m more passengers a year by 2040

November 29, 2024
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Another expansion plan unveiled by Bristol Airport as it looks to handle 3m more passengers a year by 2040

Bristol Airport has unveiled a new masterplan to increase its capacity from 12m passengers a year to 15m while adding direct flights to the East Coast of America and the Middle East. Airport bosses insist the current restriction on passenger numbers – set just two years ago – is...

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Clutch of awards for the Bristol co-working office firm on a mission to create vibrant workspaces

November 26, 2024
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Clutch of awards for the Bristol co-working office firm on a mission to create vibrant workspaces

Bristol workspace provider DeskLodge, known for its quirky features including a full-size Doctor Who Tardis and a ‘Hobbit hole’, is ending the year on a high with four award wins and a host of further nominations. Founder Tom Ball opened the first DeskLodge in the former Bristol Evening Post...

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