Bristol Airport has unveiled plans to address congestion in arrivals following a major overhaul of the security search area for departing passengers. The £2.3m project will increase the number of passport control points from 10 to 17 when it opens next spring, including 10 of the latest ePassport gates which provide a safe, secure...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England next Friday for its fifth year, bringing together some of the UK’s most influential female entrepreneurs, business leaders and brightest start-ups to provide detailed insight for starting and scaling a business. The jam-packed programme at the At-Bristol science centre includes: Julie Deane, who...
Swindon-based construction company Beard has been appointed by the ss Great Britain Trust in Bristol to build its new national Brunel museum. Beard is working with Bristol-based Alec French Architects on the museum, part of the £7.2m Being Brunel project, which will explore the mind and works of engineering genius Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The new museum has...
The president of the CBI has urged West business leaders to press for a ‘soft’ Brexit with full access to the European Single Market and to also counter the view that immigration is bad for the UK. Paul Drechsler CBE told the South West CBI annual dinner that he was “fed up” with business...
A new regional Prince’s Trust development committee has been set up by a group of leading business figures to help the organisation raise vital funds to support young people. The committee aims is to raise more than £1m during 2016-17 to go directly towards The Prince’s Trust in the region and help bring to...
Independent letting agency mlettings, whose owner is calling for the rental sector to be regulated, has been awarded membership of its professional body. mlettings’ owner and managing director Martin West believes his firm is the largest independent letting agency in the area to hold the prestigious Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) membership. The...
International property consultancy JLL’s lead director for the South West & Wales, Jeremy Richards, is to step down from the role at the end of this year and will be replaced by director of project and development services Simon Peacock. Jeremy will take on the role of regional chairman from January after nearly 14...
A Wiltshire racing stables with gallops regarded as among the finest in the country has been sold to successful trainer Emma Lavelle with backing from HSBC. Ms Lavelle secured the seven-figure finance package from the bank to acquire Bonita Racing Stables in Ogbourne Maizey, near Marlborough. The stables were previously owned by trainer Peter Makin and...
Swindon design agency Jazzbones Creative has rebranded long-established Wiltshire Rural Housing Association as White Horse Housing following its acquisition of a property portfolio in Somerset. The Melksham-based association has managed village homes in Wiltshire for more than 30 years and is committed to providing affordable homes to people on low incomes. It approached a...
National property agency Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its South West office by appointing specialist surveyor Steve Puddicombe as senior director. Steve joins the project management & consultancy team in Bristol from JLL, where he led the Bristol building consultancy team for five years – a role he also performed at King Sturge for...
