Green/sustainable business

New funding for Future Leap means it can now look ahead to further expansion outside its home city

May 26, 2023
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New funding for Future Leap means it can now look ahead to further expansion outside its home city

Bristol’s pioneering Future Leap sustainability network and consultancy is to expand outside the city for the first time after securing new funding. The business, one of the UK’s largest green networks, is to open a site in the Bath area in response to the growing demand for its services...

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Live webinar: Power to your Business – What you should know as you switch to solar

May 25, 2023
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Live webinar: Power to your Business – What you should know as you switch to solar

On-site renewable energy generation is helping thousands of businesses to reduce costs, become more sustainable and gain long term energy security. If you’re considering solar power but are not sure where to start, this free breakfast webinar is a chance to hear from those who have already made the...

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Bristol Business Blog: Chris Towner, energy partner, Womble Bond Dickinson. Powering up the ‘next frontier’ of offshore wind

May 25, 2023
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Bristol Business Blog: Chris Towner, energy partner, Womble Bond Dickinson. Powering up the ‘next frontier’ of offshore wind

The government’s recently published Powering up Britain plan sets out an ambitious strategy to accelerate the development of offshore wind in order to help achieve the UK’s net zero targets. Floating offshore wind (FLOW), which can harness the wind power potential of the open seas with less disruption to...

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Insulation services firm snaps up heating equipment supplier in deal put together by FRP’s Bristol office

May 25, 2023
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Insulation services firm snaps up heating equipment supplier in deal put together by FRP’s Bristol office

FRP Corporate Finance’s Bristol team has advised on a major deal in the burgeoning renewable energy sector. The team worked with Hampshire-headquartered insulation services provider South Coast Insulation Services (SCIS), a tier-one partner to three of the ‘big six’ energy suppliers, on its acquisition of heating equipment supplier Cotswold...

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New partner for Bevan Brittan’s fast-growing energy & resource management group

May 24, 2023
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Bevan Brittan energy team

National law firm Bevan Brittan has boosted its energy & resource management group in Bristol by recruiting experienced energy and infrastructure lawyer Rupert Lugg as a partner. Rupert, who previously worked at Bevan Brittan as a solicitor for two years between 2011 and 2013, is the market-leading group’s seventh...

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Grundon renews ties with Bristol music and food festival to to help it increase recycling and sustainability

May 24, 2023
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Grundon renews ties with Bristol music and food festival to to help it increase recycling and sustainability

Experts from the Bristol office of Waste management firm Grundon have renewed their ties with a major music and food festival on the city’s doorstep as its steps up its drive for optimum sustainability. Planning for this year’s Valley Fest is now getting in full swing, with Grundon appointed...

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Pioneering scheme that powers-up charities’ digital performance returns for second year

May 19, 2023
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Pioneering scheme that powers-up charities’ digital performance returns for second year

An innovative charity support programme staged by Bristol digital marketing agency Noble Performs is to return for a second year following the success of its launch last summer. Originally operated by Noble Performs’ headquarters in Nevada, the Noble Deeds programme has helped dozens of US charities over the past...

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£200,000 investment to fund further growth at pioneering Bristol digital marketplace Yuup

May 19, 2023
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£200,000 investment to fund further growth at pioneering Bristol digital marketplace Yuup

Digital marketplace Yuup has secured a further £200,000 investment to help it continue growing its presence in its home city of Bristol while strengthening its expansion in Birmingham. Launched in 2021, Yuup’s online platform offers bookable, in-person events, workshops and fun group activities organised and hosted by local people,...

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Watchdog Ofgem orders energy giant Ovo to repay thousands of customers it overcharged

May 19, 2023
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Watchdog Ofgem orders energy giant Ovo to repay thousands of customers it overcharged

Bristol-headquartered energy group Ovo has been ordered to repay thousands of its customers after overcharging their bills. The firm, Britain’s third-biggest energy supplier, was found to be in breach of the government’s energy price cap by regulator Ofgem, which said almost 11,000 of its customers had paid a total...

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Hydrogen-fuelled bus project puts Bristol at the centre of low-carbon transport revolution

May 19, 2023
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Hydrogen-fuelled bus project puts Bristol at the centre of low-carbon transport revolution

Bristol is to play a key role in a pioneering project to make clean hydrogen-fuelled buses a reality – helping support hundreds of jobs and saving millions of tonnes of CO2. The Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), pictured, on the Bristol and Bath Science Park has been...

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Take-off for Bristol Airport’s long-delayed expansion after campaigners’ appeal is refused

May 19, 2023
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Take-off for Bristol Airport’s long-delayed expansion after campaigners’ appeal is refused

Bristol Airport is to press ahead with what it called “responsible growth” after the latest legal challenge against its multi-million pound expansion was rejected. Secretary of State for Levelling Up ruled there was “no compelling reason” to uphold the appeal by anti-expansion umbrella group Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN). ...

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Second top UK ethical banking award in as many years for ‘exemplary’ Triodos

May 12, 2023
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Second top UK ethical banking award in as many years for ‘exemplary’ Triodos

Bristol-headquartered Triodos Bank UK has been voted ‘best ethical financial provider’ at the British Bank Awards 2023 for a second year in a row. The awards are determined by customers voting for their favourite product provider by giving them a rating out of five and then a review on...

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Top sustainability award for project that saved SS Great Britain’s hull from rusting away

May 12, 2023
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Top sustainability award for project that saved SS Great Britain’s hull from rusting away

Conserving the fragile hull of Brunel’s SS Great Britain in Bristol in a climate conscious way has earned the trust that owns it a prestigious sustainability award. The SS Great Britain Trust was among 18 national venues to win at this week’s The Museums + Heritage Awards, which celebrate...

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