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Greenway Scott, a specialist law advisory firm, has opened an office in Bristol’s Temple Quay development.

A planning application has been submitted for a new 81-bed Travelodge in Poole.

A recent report from Tech Nation measured productivity in terms of sales per worker in the tech and digital industry, and announced that the most productive “cluster” was Bristol and Bath.

A new budget hotel is coming to Bristol, courtesy of budget hotel developer and operator easyHotel. The company also has approval for another site in Oxford.

Dyson, a company best-known for its vacuum cleaners, intends to build its first electric car by 2020, and needs at least another 300 engineers to do so. There are already 400 employees working on the battery-powered car project, and they have doubled the number of scientists working on the battery programmes. Dyson experienced a 27% rise in earnings over 2017.

The East of Exe, an Exeter estate agent which specialises in local property sales and lettings, will move into new premises at Offices at No.1, an opulent co-working facility.

Bristol has a new co-working space: Framework, a start-up hub, has opened in King’s Street near to the Old Vic. The space is intended for technology entrepreneurs.

Willmott Dixon will start building a new food and drink innovation centre called The Food WorksSW this month (October). The £11.3m construction contract will take place at the DEFRA designated Food Enterprise Zone in the heart of the Junction 21 Enterprise Area.

FleetCheck, a Wiltshire-based fleet management software company in Malmesbury, has expanded its office space by 50% to create room for further expansion of staff numbers and training facilities. Peter Golding, managing director, said: "We now have around 25 people working at FleetCheck, which represents a headcount expansion of a quarter in the last year alone. "All of this is very much organic growth.

The University of Bath and South Gloucestershire Council have bought the Bristol and Bath Science Park with a joint £18 million bid.

Everest Media, a Cornish media company, has moved to larger premises after more than doubling its turnover in less than two years. Their new office is in the Pool Innovation Centre in Redruth. Since 2016, revenues have increased by 128% with 40% from international partnerships. Turnover at the last year-end was £768,000. Headcount at the agency has also increased, going from 8 – 18 digital experts and developers and still recruiting.

BMW have submitted plans for new 138,639 sq ft manufacturing facility complete with offices on the site of an existing plant in Swindon. If the plans are approved, the land would boast a new production facility for the car maker.