Lloyds Banking Group has appointed long-standing Bristol-based director Jeremy Hayward as its ambassador for the South West to help support social and economic prosperity across the region. Jeremy, pictured, will take the lead on delivering the group’s Helping Britain Prosper plan in the region. The plan, launched in 2014,...
Butcombe Brewery has celebrated producing the three millionth bottle of its Rare Breed pale ale with a visit from farmer and Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, who collaborated with its brewing team to create it. Adam, pictured, teamed up with the Wrington brewery in 2012 to produce a beer that...
Bristol financial planning firm Paradigm Norton has launched an academy in partnership with UWE to invest in its next generation of leaders Participants from the firm will study modules in self-leadership, personal vision, succession, sustainability and legacy and conflict and confrontation. With a maximum of eight Paradigm Norton employees...
Dozens of Bristol businesses are backing the UK’s first contactless donation system that supports homeless people, making it the country’s fastest-growing project of its kind. TAP for Bristol now has 20 donation points around the city centre raising £150 a day. The money raised goes towards homelessness prevention services as...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Bevan Brittan has donated £5,000 to St Peter’s Hospice, the city charity that cares for adults with life-limiting illnesses. The donation is part of a total of £20,000 the firm is giving nationally to charities this Christmas across its four office locations, which also include Leeds,...
Bristol-headquartered environmental consultancy Eunomia Research & Consulting is celebrating nearly doubling its revenue and staffing over the past five years. The 94% growth rate has made Eunomia, which was founded by chairman Dominic Hogg in 2001, one of the world’s leading environmental consultancies with 105 employees across three continents...
Bristol-headquartered law firms TLT and Burges Salmon have acted on a multi-million pound debt funding for a London-based battery storage firm. Burges Salmon’s energy team advised Zenobē Energy on the £25m limited recourse debt from Santander UK, while TLT advised the bank, a long-standing client. Zenobē Energy is one...
A campaign has been launched to encourage Bristol businesses to plant a tree for each member of their staff, linking to a wider ambition to double the city’s tree cover as a way of tackling air pollution and fighting climate change. If all businesses in the city took part...
Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed has appointed Marty Reid as its new head, replacing Nick Sturge, who has led it since its launch six years ago. Marty, pictured, joins from Future Space, the innovation centre on UWE’s Frenchay Campus which is home to 50 science and technology businesses. As...
Visit Bristol, the city’s destination marketing organisation, has unveiled a Christmas-themed street art collaboration to promote the city as a cool place to visit during the festive season. Eight local artists were commissioned by Bristol-based creative agency Stuff to contribute one panel each for the unique artwork as part...
One of the biggest campaigns to help female entrepreneurs in Bristol start their own businesses is to be launched later this month. The free programme – which will support more than 200 women – is the result of a link-up between enterprise partnership SETsquared Bristol and NatWest’s Back Her...
Quartet Community Foundation, the organisation that inspires local philanthropy to give everyone in the West of England a fair chance of a good life, is celebrating handing out £50m in grants since it was founded in 1987. Thirty-two years ago the Foundation awarded £16,585 to 19 projects, including ACTA,...
Bristol women’s fitness brand This Mum Runs is limbering up for its first steps into overseas markets following its second round of funding from a group of West of England private investors in just over a year. The £100,000 from Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC) will help the trailblazing...
