Bristol businesses WSSI and Moxie & Mettle are supporting an annual boxing dinner in the city this weekend that each year raises thousands of pounds for local charities. Filton-based WSSI, which supplies customised racking, shelving and storage for offices and warehouses, has agreed to be headline sponsor for this...
More than 400 victims of modern slavery have been given advice and support from Bristol-based charity Unseen’s helpline, thanks to the fund-raising exploits of national law firm Clarke Willmott’s base in the city. The office has donated £42,000 to the anti-slavery charity – the result of a continuous stream...
Bristol is to become a ‘living laboratory’ by harnessing the power of the city’s already strong cross-sector collaboration to speed up innovations in areas such as transport and infrastructure. It is to become home to the UKCRIC Bristol Collaboratory, which will establish Bristol as a testbed for new ideas. ...
Severn Project, Bristol’s pioneering fresh produce grower, has been placed into liquidation after experiencing financial difficulties. The award-winning Community Interest Company (CIC) produced high-quality salad leaves and herbs at an urban farm in Whitchurch, pictured, for restaurants and catering firms across the city. The company also grew hemp, a marijuana derivative...
South West law firm Ashfords has renewed its commitment to partner the Lord Mayor of Bristol’s Children Appeal, with UWE signing up as a supporter for the first time. The appeal raises £66,000 every year to provide vouchers at Christmas for 1,650 of the city’s most disadvantaged children and...
Two former shipping containers have been transformed into homes for rough sleepers by staff in the Bristol office of real estate services company Colliers International. The donated metal containers have been converted into modern dwellings with a lounge/kitchen, fully fitted bathroom and separate bedroom. Each will be used by...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke, which has a large office in Bristol, has selected food poverty charity FareShare South West as its local partner. Bristol-based FareShare South West’s mission is to fight food poverty while providing a solution to food waste. It works with businesses to take in-date,...
Fledgling firms based in SETsquared Bristol – part of the global number one network of university-backed incubators – created more than 1,000 jobs and raised a combined £82.1m last year, new figures show. The 80-plus active members of the incubator based in Bristol’s Engine Shed enterprise hub also collectively...
Small and medium-sized firms thinking of incorporating robotics and smart automation in their business have the opportunity to try out their ideas under a £1m scheme launched by UWE Bristol. The SABRE Programme, which is based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) on UWE’s Frenchay Campus, will link businesses...
The organisation tasked with helping shape the economic future of the West of England is hoping to attract more businesswomen to join its board to go some way to address its major gender imbalance. Out of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) 18 board members, just two...
Business leaders in Bristol are being encouraged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes for recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2019 champion outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region....
Demolition of the former Royal Mail sorting office next to Bristol Temple Meads station started this week – ridding the city of a notorious eyesore and triggering a key milestone in the regeneration of the Temple Quarter district. The building, which has stood vacant since the Royal Mail moved...
Bristol tech start-ups will be able to receive specialist advice and guidance under a new partnership between the city’s Engine Shed enterprise hub and Ordnance Survey’s Geovation support initiative. Geovation, which focuses on advancing geotech and proptech businesses, is offering start-ups that are members of Engine Shed and its...
