Green/sustainable business

Coveted B Corp status earned by two more Bristol area businesses

July 28, 2023
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Coveted B Corp status earned by two more Bristol area businesses

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...

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Flying visit to Bristol Airport by water charity founder to thank duty free store’s support

July 28, 2023
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Flying visit to Bristol Airport by water charity founder to thank duty free store’s support

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...

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Legal directors join Foot Anstey’s Bristol office to expand its energy and infrastructure offering

July 25, 2023
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Legal directors join Foot Anstey’s Bristol office to expand its energy and infrastructure offering

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...

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Scheme for successful student entrepreneurs to ‘pay it forward’ launched by University of Bristol

July 21, 2023
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Scheme for successful student entrepreneurs to ‘pay it forward’ launched by University of Bristol

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. ...

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New Bristol tech hub will bring groundbreaking research into telecoms of the future to the city

July 21, 2023
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New Bristol tech hub will bring groundbreaking research into telecoms of the future to the city

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...

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£4bn battery gigafactory to put Bristol in the driving seat of the UK’s electric vehicle revolution

July 21, 2023
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£4bn battery gigafactory to put Bristol in the driving seat of the UK’s electric vehicle revolution

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...

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Record annual lending by region’s alternative funder creates or safeguards nearly 1,500 jobs

July 20, 2023
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Record annual lending by region’s alternative funder creates or safeguards nearly 1,500 jobs

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...

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Another vertical farming deal for Burges Salmon as it grows its reputation in expanding sector

July 19, 2023
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Another vertical farming deal for Burges Salmon as it grows its reputation in expanding sector

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...

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Bristol renewable energy firm’s new system to simplify building of one of US’s first major wind farms

July 18, 2023
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Bristol renewable energy firm’s new system to simplify building of one of US’s first major wind farms

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...

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The Wave powers ahead with its carbon neutral pledge by generating its own renewable energy

July 17, 2023
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The Wave powers ahead with its carbon neutral pledge by generating its own renewable energy

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...

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Top social enterprise award recognises ‘extraordinary’ founder of Bristol youth social enterprise

July 17, 2023
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Top social enterprise award recognises ‘extraordinary’ founder of Bristol youth social enterprise

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...

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Funding boost for scheme promoting the green jobs of the future to today’s schoolkids

July 13, 2023
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Funding boost for scheme promoting the green jobs of the future to today’s schoolkids

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,...

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Wing technology R&D centre opens at Filton as Airbus looks to get next-generation aircraft off the ground

July 7, 2023
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Wing technology R&D centre opens at Filton as Airbus looks to get next-generation aircraft off the ground

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...

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