Bristol Water has officially launched a business incubator to boost innovation and create a new raft of suppliers. Called The Workshop, it encourages small, start-up businesses to help solve business challenges. Businesses can take advantage of Bristol Water’s equipment and facilities, access to data and physical assets, access to...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs is staged in Bristol next week for its seventh year to once again support women to build and grow sustainable businesses. Hundreds of women self-starters are expected to attend the day-long event on Friday, October 19, to hear, learn from and be inspired by...
Bristol businesses should take inspiration from the life and achievements of former United Nations General-Secretary Kofi Annan, Mayor Marvin Rees told an event to celebrate his life. Kofi Annan, who died in August, was remembered at a special event at Bristol’s City Hall on Monday. Staged by the Mayor’s...
More than 180 ideas from across the world have been submitted to Bristol’s pioneering City Leap project, which aims to encourage new ways of helping the city become carbon neutral by 2050. Bristol City Council aims to attract investment of up to £1bn into the city’s energy infrastructure over...
Businesses from across the world have signed up to support the Global Parliament of Mayors Annual Summit, which takes place in Bristol later this month. Global development consultants Mott MacDonald and Arup and transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson are among the sponsors while IT provider NEC Corporation –...
Micrima, the innovative Bristol firm developing technology that could revolutionise breast cancer detection, has been named as the region’s top disruptive business. The health tech diagnostic imaging company secured the prestigious top spot on the unique DisruptSW 2018 index, which names the South West’s 25 most innovative businesses. Micrima’s...
TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff is to join in the fun during the first Bristol Giving Day, the city-wide fundraising event hosted by Quartet Community Foundation next Wednesday. Miranda, pictured, known for her natural history and archaeological programmes including BBC2’s Coast series, will visit firms as they raise funds for city...
TrueSpeed Communications, which was started by three investors fed up with poor broadband in their homes, has won the regional stage of a major enterprise award scheme. Having been launched four years ago, Keynsham-based TrueSpeed last year received a £75m investment from insurance giant Aviva which enabled it to...
Bristol not-for-profit business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is running a series of practical training workshops during October to help promote, protect and grow small businesses. The sessions, which are being held at BRAVE’s offices in Upper York Street, include: Starting in Business Workshop Date: October 24 Time: 10am –...
A new welcome space for visitors to a community food-growing project has been created by more than 100 employees from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon’s operations department. The two-week project, the second in collaboration with Avon Wildlife Trust, involved the Burges Salmon volunteer workforce clearing and replacing old...
The innovative large-scale connectivity test bed that earned Bristol the title of the world’s smartest city is seeking new projects and partners to take it to the next level. Bristol is Open (BiO), a joint venture between the University of Bristol and the city council, wants to link up...
Regional estate agent and property group Andrews has made its largest dividend payment to shareholders in 14 years – giving its pioneering charitable trusts a £1m boost. When founder Cecil Jackson Cole set up the business in 1946 he structured it to share a minimum of 35% of its...
Triodos, the ethical bank with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has appointed Rob Keegan to head a team supporting small and medium-sized (SME) enterprises. Rob, pictured, joins as Triodos Bank UK head of small business lending, has 29 years’ experience in SME banking. He joins from RBS where he...
