The boss of a Bradley Stoke recruitment firm has been named as the winner of a national award for outstanding managerial skills. Jim Roach, managing director at ARV Solutions, who are based at Buckingham Court, Woodlands, was delighted to win Manager of the Year at the Investors in People (IIP) Awards on 23rd November 2017. Jim has been a leader
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Services on the Cribbs Causeway to Hengrove MetroBus route, which will pass through Bradley Stoke, connecting it with UWE and the city centre, will now not start running until “late summer”, the Journal can exclusively reveal. Originally scheduled to begin running in September 2017, the projected start date for services on the M1 route, as it is now known, has
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Winterbourne International Academy (WIA), currently placed in special measures by Ofsted, has been approved to join the Olympus Academy Trust in February 2018. The school is currently being led on an interim basis by CEO Dave Baker from the Olympus Academy Trust and headteacher Peter Smart on secondment from the Castle School Education Trust. The school currently has approximately 1,820
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An update from Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke. With Christmas over and the new year in full swing, I have returned to Westminster eager to represent my constituents in Parliament. At Business Questions, I called for Parliament to hold a debate regarding the impact of crime on rail travel after cable theft caused havoc for commuters in
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Bradley Stoke resident Josh Harding, 14, chose to “make something positive out of a negative” after his bike was stolen last September. Here he reports on the success of the ‘bike security & safe cycling’ event that he organised, at which over 250 bikes were security marked… After three months’ preparation, the day of the bike event, 6th January, finally
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Hedgelaying weekend Our year started off, as always, with our two-day hedgelaying event. Although we started hedgelaying on the reserve in 2006, it wasn’t until 2010 that some bright spark suggested that we start hedging at Primrose Bridge and lay the entire length of Bradley Stoke Way. “Won’t
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A Bradley Stoke family is warning of the dangers of setting off fireworks close to homes after a terrifying incident on New Year’s Eve which saw their property come within minutes of being burnt to the ground. Sarah Crisp and her husband were celebrating the New Year at a local pub when they received a call, at 12.10am, from
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South Gloucestershire Council has begun the mammoth task of delivering 106,000 smaller 140-litre bins to residents across the district. The new bins will replace the current 240-litre black wheeled bins used for non-recyclable waste. Around 4,000 properties in Bradley Stoke received their new, smaller black bins at the end of January; the remainder should have theirs by April at the
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A local primary school has received confirmation that they are one of the winners of the Aviva Community Fund. The competition, which took place at the end of last year, involved a number of local groups hoping to win funding for their projects by receiving votes from the public. Voting closed on 21st November 2017; the votes have all been
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Clive Mason of 1st Bradley Stoke Scouts writes: As Group Scout Leader, I’m delighted to report that Dave Pace, Assistant Group Scout Leader (Cubs), was recently presented with a Scout Association Medal of Merit for outstanding service to Scouting. The citation is as follows: “Dave is the longest serving volunteer with 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group and is rightly seen
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