Green/sustainable business

Bristol’s diversity on the menu at International Women’s Day Big Breakfast

February 28, 2020
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Bristol’s diversity on the menu at International Women’s Day Big Breakfast

Bristol’s International Women’s Day Big Breakfast celebration returns next Thursday, bringing women together from across the city and beyond. With 91 languages spoken in Bristol, the event will also celebrate the diversity of the city’s communities and the role women play in them with a host of speakers sharing...

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Name change for pioneering Happy City as wellbeing economics takes centre stage

February 28, 2020
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Name change for pioneering Happy City as wellbeing economics takes centre stage

Bristol’s wellbeing economics organisation Happy City has changed its name to the Centre for Thriving Places to reflect the fact that its innovative approach to helping transform society is now becoming increasingly mainstream. Happy City was launched in Bristol 10 years ago with the pioneering aim of demonstrating that...

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Bristol Business Blog: A cleaner, greener and more business friendly alternative to Bristol’s diesel ban

February 27, 2020
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Bristol Business Blog: A cleaner, greener and more business friendly alternative to Bristol’s diesel ban

By James Durie, chief executive of Bristol Chamber & Initiative at Business West Bristol has a serious pollution problem – many of our city centre streets are breaking legal air pollution limits, with knock-on effects for the health of our families, workers and visitors.  Central government is at last,...

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TLT in but Osborne Clarke out as SSE re-energises its legal panel

February 27, 2020
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TLT in but Osborne Clarke out as SSE re-energises its legal panel

Expertise on developments in the clean energy sector have earned Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT a place on utility SSE’s new legal panel. TLT joins four other new firms on the nine-strong panel, which formerly begins its mandate next month. The panel is made up of firms ranging from...

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Bristol investment group funds first geothermal power plant as interest in natural energy heats up

February 27, 2020
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Bristol investment group funds first geothermal power plant as interest in natural energy heats up

Bristol-based specialist energy investment company Thrive Renewables is to invest up to £6.5m in the UK’s first geothermal electricity power plant. The plant in Cornwall aims to supply around 3MW of electricity to the National Grid and up to 12MW of renewable heat for local use. Thrive’s funding will enable...

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University of Bristol ends investment in fossil fuel firms and urges others to follow suit

February 24, 2020
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University of Bristol ends investment in fossil fuel firms and urges others to follow suit

The University of Bristol has stopped investing in all fossil fuel companies and joined calls for all UK other universities to do the same. The move follows a pledge made two years ago by the university to change its investment policies. Last year it also became the first in...

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National Composite Centre in project to help propel air travel to a more sustainable destination

February 21, 2020
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National Composite Centre in project to help propel air travel to a more sustainable destination

A pioneering £20m project to develop lightweight propeller blades that will help the UK aviation sector cut its carbon footprint and reduce noise at airports is being supported by Bristol’s National Composites Centre (NCC). The NCC, on the Bristol & Bath Science Park, is part of an industry-led consortium...

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Manufacturing of Rolls-Royce’s pioneering Bristol-made engine blades gets off the ground

February 14, 2020
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Manufacturing of Rolls-Royce’s pioneering Bristol-made engine blades gets off the ground

Engineers at Rolls-Royce’s Bristol plant have started to make the world’s largest fan blades for the next generation of low-emission aero-engines. As a set, the composite blades have a diameter of 140 inches – almost the size of a narrow -body aircraft fuselage.  They are being manufactured in the...

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Plea to new Chancellor from the CBI: Use your first Budget to ‘power-up’ the South West

February 14, 2020
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Plea to new Chancellor from the CBI: Use your first Budget to ‘power-up’ the South West

The CBI has urged the Chancellor to take bold action on skills, innovation and infrastructure in his Budget to ‘power-up’ the South West’s economy. The seven-point plea was made before Sajid Javid resigned as Chancellor and was replaced by Rishi Sunak – throwing into doubt whether the Budget will...

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Airport decision ‘real blow’ to South West economy, say regional business leaders

February 12, 2020
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Airport decision ‘real blow’ to South West economy, say regional business leaders

Business organisations have slammed the decision by North Somerset councillors to reject Bristol Airport’s expansion plans. The CBI in the region described the move “a real blow to Bristol and the wider South West” while the Federation of Small Businesses echoed the airport’s own claims that it would force...

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Halting our expansion will damage regional economy, airport bosses claim after council grounds plans

February 11, 2020
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Halting our expansion will damage regional economy, airport bosses claim after council grounds plans

Bristol Airport has accused councillors who rejected its controversial expansion plans of “putting the brakes” on the region’s economic growth by stifling international trade and tourism. It also said the move, which it is expected to appeal against, would deter airlines from using the airport – forcing passengers to...

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OVO pays £8.9m after watchdog found it overcharged thousands of customers

January 31, 2020
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OVO pays £8.9m after watchdog found it overcharged thousands of customers

Bristol green energy group OVO has been told to pay £8.9m by the industry regulator for overcharging thousands of customers. Ofgem investigated the firm, the UK’s largest independent energy supplier with 1.5m customers and about 2,000 staff – around half of them in Bristol – after a series of...

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Bristol entrepreneurs fly flag for city at inaugural regional business awards

January 31, 2020
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Bristol entrepreneurs fly flag for city at inaugural regional business awards

Entrepreneurial Bristol businesses ranging from a maker of biodegradable glitter to a designer specialising in digitally printed luxury silk scarves were among the winners in a business awards scheme that showcases the region’s ‘ones to watch’. Some 27 outstanding individuals and firms went head-to-head in nine award categories aimed...

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