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Business leaders vow to raise £1m-plus for Prince’s Trust in one year

October 5, 2016
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Business leaders vow to raise £1m-plus for Prince’s Trust in one year

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...

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Super-sustainable homes plan for city drawn up by Bristol firms to help tackle affordable housing crisis

September 30, 2016
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Super-sustainable homes plan for city drawn up by Bristol firms to help tackle affordable housing crisis

A Bristol-led team of building innovators is hoping to develop one of the UK’s most sustainable housing schemes in a suburb of the city. Plans for the 161-home development in Southmead – which would also help tackle the affordable housing crisis in the city - have been submitted to Bristol City...

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Five fast-growing Bristol firms make it onto Top Track 250 table

September 30, 2016
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Five fast-growing Bristol firms make it onto Top Track 250 table

Five firms from the Bristol area have been included in a prestigious league table of the UK’s fastest-growing privately owned businesses. Dental group Oasis Dental Care, catering equipment supplier Nisbets, recruitment consultancy Resource Solutions Group (RSG), building products supplier Taylor Maxwell and Yeo Valley, the yoghurt and dairy group, will...

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CBI president and new regional chair to speak at its annual South West dinner

September 29, 2016
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CBI president and new regional chair to speak at its annual South West dinner

Business leaders from Bristol and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar,...

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Major oil field filtration technology contract secured by Alderley

September 27, 2016
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Major oil field filtration technology contract secured by Alderley

Advanced filtration equipment developed in South Gloucestershire by Alderley Process Technologies is to become the firm’s latest package designed for use a major Asian oil field. Alderley Process Technologies, part of Wickwar-based advanced engineering group Alderley, has won a contract to design, engineer and fabricate a produced water filtration package for...

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Bristol’s Bloodhound supersonic car world record bid back on track, thanks to Chinese sponsorship deal

September 26, 2016
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Bristol’s Bloodhound supersonic car world record bid back on track, thanks to Chinese sponsorship deal

Chinese auto giant Geely this week raced to the rescue of Bristol’s Bloodhound project and got its world land speed record challenge back on track for autumn next year. Geely, whose parent group owns Volvo cars and the maker of London’s iconic black taxi cabs, was announced as the...

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SMEs missing out, by definition, on R&D tax breaks, warns Smith & Williamson

September 23, 2016
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SMEs missing out, by definition, on R&D tax breaks, warns Smith & Williamson

Thousands of businesses are still missing out Research & Development (R&D) tax credits and time is running out for them to claim for calendar year 2014, warns Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group with a large office in Bristol. New figures from HMRC show that...

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First firms arrive at UWE’s innovative Future Space as it opens for business

September 23, 2016
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First firms arrive at UWE’s innovative Future Space as it opens for business

The state-of-the-art Future Space business workspace at UWE’s Frenchay Campus has been handed over to the management team at Oxford Innovation as its third business moves in. Future Space provides a unique destination for science and technology companies and includes shared and co-working offices, an equipped lab, upgradeable workshops and...

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£1.1m profit for SCISYS as it bounces back from last year’s crisis

September 23, 2016
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£1.1m profit for SCISYS as it bounces back from last year’s crisis

Specialist IT group SCISYS, which has a base in Bristol, has bounced back into profit with trading figures for the half year to the end of June showing a complete recovery from its disastrous 2015. The Chippenham-based group, which sells complex software systems to the space, defence, media and government sectors,...

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Hinkley Point C go-ahead can make Bristol world centre for nuclear energy innovation

September 16, 2016
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Hinkley Point C go-ahead can make Bristol world centre for nuclear energy innovation

Bristol has the opportunity to become a global hub for nuclear industry innovation with the potential to create thousands of skilled jobs following the historic decision to build the Hinkley Point C power plant, business figures said today. The final go-ahead for the £18bn project, after nearly a decade...

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Hinkley Point C green light welcomed by Bristol business leaders

September 16, 2016
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Hinkley Point C green light welcomed by Bristol business leaders

Bristol business leaders welcomed the government’s historic decision to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, saying it will create a huge economic boost for the West of England and lead to thousands of new jobs. Business West, the region’s largest business organisation which last...

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Breaking news: Final go-ahead for Hinkley Point C welcomed by West business chiefs

September 15, 2016
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Breaking news: Final go-ahead for Hinkley Point C welcomed by West business chiefs

Business leaders have welcomed the government’s historic decision today to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, saying it will create a huge economic boost for the West of England and lead to thousands of new jobs. The final decision after years of delays –...

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MBO puts pioneering Bristol design consultancy on track for more growth

September 14, 2016
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MBO puts pioneering Bristol design consultancy on track for more growth

Innovative Bristol design consultancy Kinneir Dufort has been bought by its management in a multi-million pound deal that will pave the way for further expansion. The firm, which launched in 1977, is among the UK’s top industrial design agencies and has been responsible for many iconic products over the...

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