Two more firms from the Bristol area have achieved B Corp status, underlining its status as the UK’s top regional hub for businesses with purpose. Pioneering telecoms reseller First Class Comms gained the accreditation as it marked a decade in business while marketing recruitment specialist Henry Nicholas has also...
The founder of charity One Water has visited Bristol Airport’s World Duty Free shop to raise awareness of the millions of people around the world without access to clean drinking water. The event was part of Duncan Goose’s round-Britain motorbike tour to visit World Duty Free outlets in airports...
National law firm Foot Anstey has strengthened its energy and infrastructure sector team in Bristol by appointing new legal directors Laura Rajanah and Adam Weatherley. Laura Rajanah has dedicated 15 years of her career to the energy sector, focusing on the real estate elements associated with projects. She has...
A former University of Bristol student-turned-entrepreneur has donated £50,000 to help fund its next generation of start-up businesses. The donation from Rupert Baker has kick-started a new ‘founders’ pledge’ project through which entrepreneurs given funding by the university promise to donate some of their future earnings to student start-ups. ...
Bristol’s status as a global centre for innovation in telecoms hardware has been boosted by plans to open a £2.5m research centre in the city. The Future Telecoms Hub, which will launch this autumn on the Bristol & Bath Science Park at Emersons Green, will lead pioneering development work...
Bristol and the West of England will become the UK’s centre for electric vehicle technology when the long-expected green light is finally given for a battery gigafactory in Somerset, according to business leaders and politicians in the region. The government this week agreed a deal with Tata Group, which owns...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) lent a record £14m to ambitious small and medium-sized businesses across the region in the past year, new figures show. The non-profit group, which supports viable businesses that cannot secure sufficient funding from their bank, provided 559 loans to 478...
Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon has strengthened its standing as one of the few law firms specialising in the fast-growing vertical farming sector by advising on a major investment deal. The firm’s corporate group worked with sustainability-led alternative funding manager Foresight Group on its financial support package for...
Technology developed by Bristol renewable energy software company Sennen is to be used in the construction of New York’s first offshore wind power project. In a new phase of development at Sennen, whose software has focused on wind farm operations and maintenance to date, its new system will be used...
Bristol’s innovative inland surfing lake The Wave is about to achieve one of its founding principles – to be powered by 100% renewable energy generated on site, making it carbon neutral. A £3.2m solar project at the attraction, which is close to Cribbs Causeway regional shopping centre, is forecast to...
Poku Osei, the founder and CEO of Babbasa, the Bristol social enterprise transforming the lives of young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds, has won a unique social enterprise award. The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, which was launched five years ago, celebrates five exceptional social entrepreneurs and recognises...
An innovative scheme to ensure young people now in schools in Bristol and across the West of England consider working in the green jobs of the future is to be expanded. A recent survey found more than half of young people wanted to have environmentally sustainable careers. But for many,...
Aerospace giant Airbus has opened a world-leading wing technology research and development centre at its Filton plant as it looks to develop the next generation of passenger aircraft. The facility, which will be used to build and test demonstrators for a range of programmes and research projects, is the...
