Monthly Archives: October 2010

Bristol-based Fulton Boiler Works, which manufactures steam, hot water and thermal fluid heat transfer products, has acquired the freehold of 5 Fernhurst Road in Fishponds, Bristol to facilitate its expansion. The company, which has been based at Broomhill Road in Brislington for the past 26 years, has secured one of the few quality warehouse buildings [...]

A Bristol business leader has given his backing to an ambitious campaign which aims to kick-start growth in the economy in the area. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership has launched the Going for Growth campaign with the help of a £25 million grant from the Regional Growth Fund and the Bristol Post is [...]

Plant and equipment hire business Hewden has taken part of the former Chep site in Avonmouth. Hewden has signed a ten-year lease on the property at a rent of £150,000 per year. The property has 22,082 sq ft of office and production space in two buildings on a 2.2 acre site. The business plans to [...]

The winner of our summer sizzler competition is Roland Browning of Trilogie CRE. So congratulations Roland from all of us here at Central Park. Thank you to all 103 who entered, the answer is the Seven Beach Line. So let’s hope its a hot summer so Roland can enjoy sizzling his sausages.

The Bristol-based project to develop a 1,000 mph car that will attempt the world land speed record in South Africa in 2015 is to move into larger premises on an industrial estate in Avonmouth. The Bloodhound SSC Project has taken a flexible five-year lease on Unit 3 Avonbridge Trading Estate on Atlantic Way, Avonmouth. The [...]

Avonmouth’s long-awaited Deep Sea Container Terminal should be pushed to the front of the pack of strategic transport initiatives in the South West, according to Bristol-based property specialists. Colliers International forecasts the continued growth in container shipping passing through Europe’s ports is set to outstrip overall economic growth for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, Tim Davies [...]

Aerospace giant Airbus has signed an agreement to sell up to 36 of its new A350 aircraft to British Airways owner International Airline Group (IAG). The group, which also owns Iberia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to buy 18 A350-1000s and taken out options on a further 18 options, as part of the [...]

The pressure on industrial space is also shown by the latest letting at Croudace’s Third Way Corner, Avonmouth to ABUS which means the estate is now full. The unit has been leased through DTZ and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) while the former occupier, BRT Bearings, moved to another unit on the park. DTZ’s Philip Cranstone [...]

Edward Davey, secretary of state for Energy and Climate Change praised Siemens for its investment in innovative marine technologies at the opening of its new testing and assembly facility in Bristol. The new 25,000 square feet facility will be the base for the development of next- generation drive trains used in SeaGen – the world’s [...]

The South West is one of only two UK regions to record growth in the industrial property sector last year, according to the latest report by agent Jones Lang LaSalle. The research shows take-up of industrial and distribution floorspace increased by 2% across the region – much of it driven by growing demand for large [...]