Alexandra, the workwear company, has been praised for producing clear face coverings to help deaf and hard-of-hearing people communicate during the coronavirus pandemic. The Thornbury-based firm, which has been designing and manufacturing garments since 1854, was approached by clients in the healthcare and education sectors to come up with...
The Festival of Sustainable Business, the one-day event aimed at showcasing and celebrating firms’ actions to achieve carbon neutrality, has announced Bristol City Council as a headline sponsor. The council joins fellow sponsors Bristol insurer Brunel Group and the Future Economy Network, the Bristol-based group that is also organising...
An affordable homes scheme being developed by Bristol-based specialist social housing firm Autograph Partnerships and housing association Curo has been praised by the Mayor for “putting residents and the environment first”. The scheme, pictured, will provide 32 affordable homes in Old Market, close to the city centre. It has been designed by Bristol-based...
Cazoo, the fast-growing online car retailer, has opened a based in Bristol by converting a traditional used car showroom into a distribution and customer hub. The firm has invested £1m in the former Imperial Cars site on Bath Road, Brislington, to create the centre, pictured, which gives car buyers...
Xledger, the global cloud-based finance software provider with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has widened its partnership with Bristol Sport to back its approach to uniting the city through sporting achievement. Xledger, which has more than 10,000 mid-market customers in 60-plus countries, will continue to sponsor the South Stand...
Bristol’s economy will shrink by just over 9% this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but should recover strongly next year, according to a new forecast. According to global accountancy group KPMG, the decline in the city’s gross value added (GVA) – at 9.2% this year –...
The bosses of Bristol’s top hotels are calling for more government support to secure their long-term future after a new forecast showing their revenues are likely to be slashed in half this year. With the furlough scheme set to end next month, and new restrictions such as the ‘rule...
Quartet, the community foundation covering Bristol and the West of England, has appointed its philanthropy director Ronnie Brown as interim CEO following the departure of Sue Turner. Sue, pictured, who has led the organisation for more than five years – a period in which she helped more than double...
A support programme to assist Bristol firms in responding to mental health concerns in the workplace, particularly those arising from Covid-19, has been launched. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) is investing in the two-year Thrive at Work West of England programme, which aims to address key mental...
A Bristol-based entrepreneur is to create a new online marketplace where experiences such as art classes, drone flying and wild cookery courses at city venues can be booked or sent as gifts. Yuup, which launches next month, is the brainchild of Dominic Mills, a former director at Bristol-based digital...
Bristol’s burgeoning film and TV industry is marking a double celebration with the appointment of a new manager to oversee the city’s film strategy and recognition for its Bottle Yard Studio complex in a major regional television awards scheme. Laura Aviles has been appointed senior film manager by Bristol...
Bristol businesses are being urged to help make cancer care in the city the best it can possibly be as part of a new campaign which launched this week. Bristol Against Cancer has been started by Above & Beyond, the NHS charity for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS...
The Bristol architects responsible for the much-acclaimed redevelopment of the city’s Southmead Hospital have won another top award – with judges praising the project for its “fantastic approach to health and wellbeing”. The Bristol studio of global architecture practice BDP’s design of the hospital’s new 800-bed Brunel Building earned...
