The future of journalism following the phone hacking scandal will be explored this evening at a high-profile debate on press regulation staged in Bristol by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). Called Hacked to Bits: Restoring public trust in journalism, this evening’s event will give some of the leading...
Professor Colin Pillinger, the man behind the British-led Beagle 2 mission to Mars, is making a star appearance in his hometown of Bristol for a lecture looking at what can be learned from Martian meteorites. Prof Pillinger has spent 40 years analysing and writing about extraterrestrial objects – a...
HR professionals and managers have been given an invaluable insight into what actually happens in an employment tribunal. The mock hearing was staged by the Bristol office of leading law firm Ashfords, with staff from the firm’s highly-experienced employment team playing witnesses, advocates and panel members joined by practising...
One young person’s life will change dramatically later this month when the Bristol Young Student of the Year Awards draw to a close and the winner of the top individual prize is announced. BPP University College is offering one entrant in the awards the chance to take up an...
The first roots of a new community were put in place at Finzels Reach, Bristol at a supper event organised by Knightstone Housing Association, one of the South West’s biggest providers of affordable and supported housing. Located on the site of the old Courage brewery, Finzels Reach is a mixed-use development adjacent...
Fast-growing insurance broker Brightside Group has bought the corporate headquarters it moved into five years ago – the former Aust motorway services area overlooking the first Severn Bridge. The deal, involving an undisclosed sum, comprises the 14-acre site and the 40,000 sq ft former motorway service area adjacent to the M48 – formerly the...
Bristol City Council has agreed to make a £400,000 bridging loan to Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in what some will see as a last-ditch attempt to hang on to cricket at the County Ground in Ashley Down. The secured loan will be repaid regardless of whether the cricket club...
Housing providers in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset have won new Government funding to bring empty homes back into use. Backed by their unitary authorities, the Bristol Community Housing Foundation, Jephson Housing Association and Alliance Homes, will bring 52 properties back into use over the next three years....
Micrima, the Bristol-based company developing a safe, low-cost system to improve the detection of breast cancer, has attracted a further £900,000 of investment following the success of clinical trials. The company, originally a spin-out from the University of Bristol, has secured fresh funding from a syndicate of experienced business angels...
Harbourside developer Crest Nicholson has topped the Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual customer satisfaction survey for the third consecutive year with 9 out of 10 satisfied with their homes – and more than 90% saying that they would recommend Crest Nicholson to a friend. Chief executive Stephen Stone said: "We have just...
Checkpoints mounted by the police and Bristol City Council at scrap metal dealers in Avonmouth and St Philips earlier this month found that four out of seven lorries carrying waste had no licence to do so. “Metal theft is causing misery to many and we are tightening restrictions on dishonest...
Bristol-based MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and energy services group, has been appointed as the preferred bidder in an on-going tender process for the creation of a transformational partnership to deliver integrated facilities and energy management for Lloyds Banking Group. Under the tender, the chosen supplier will provide Lloyds Banking...
Bristol law firms Veale Wasbrough Vizards and Bond Pearce have provided legal advice in a £1.15m investment deal for high-growth IT firm Gradwell that aims to make it four times its current size in just four years. The Bath-based firm, which provides VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephony and...
