Green/sustainable business

Womble Bond Dickinson plays key role in pioneering Bristol inclusive housing scheme deal

May 11, 2018
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Womble Bond Dickinson plays key role in pioneering Bristol inclusive housing scheme deal

The Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has advised on plans to create an inclusive housing scheme in the city through the acquisition of 61 homes. The acquisition was part of a much bigger deal, described as a ‘turning point’ for UK housing, which brought together United...

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Bristol’s iconic Hobbs fashion show returns – with target to raise £10,000 for homeless charity

May 4, 2018
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Bristol’s iconic Hobbs fashion show returns – with target to raise £10,000 for homeless charity

A long-running Bristol fashion show – and the second largest event of its kind outside London – makes an eagerly-awaited return next month, with all proceeds going to help the city’s homeless. The Hobbs Show has been hosted by leading Bristol hair salon HOBBS since 1997. The 10 events...

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Strong pipeline of deals puts TLT among leaders in global clean energy market

May 4, 2018
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Strong pipeline of deals puts TLT among leaders in global clean energy market

Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has been ranked among the most active clean energy advisers in the world. Global league tables produced by Clean Energy Pipeline magazine put TLT at number four for the volume of merger and acquisition deals it completed in 2017, with the firm having advised...

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Bristol businesses fly the flag for innovation, exporting and social mobility with Queen’s Awards

April 27, 2018
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Bristol businesses fly the flag for innovation, exporting and social mobility with Queen’s Awards

Four Bristol firms have this week been celebrating winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s most prestigious business accolade. The four very different businesses – Ultrahaptics, Ndemic Creations, Thomas Ware & Sons and Census Group – are among 230 companies from across the UK to receive the award...

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More shipping containers to find a berth at Wapping Wharf – this time as co-working office space

April 25, 2018
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More shipping containers to find a berth at Wapping Wharf – this time as co-working office space

Innovative plans to develop Bristol’s latest co-working space by using 90 converted shipping containers have been revealed. The scheme, to be called CARGO Work, will be built within the walls of a former warehouse at Wapping Wharf, the Harbourside mixed-use development that has already become a hub for Bristol’s...

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The LAST WORD: Dominic Hogg, chairman, Eunomia Research & Consulting

April 20, 2018
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The LAST WORD: Dominic Hogg, chairman, Eunomia Research & Consulting

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Dominic Hogg, chairman of Eunomia Research & Consulting, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? Brooklyn – I watched it on TV...

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More than 250 new homes on the way as work prepares to start on next phase of Wapping Wharf

April 20, 2018
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More than 250 new homes on the way as work prepares to start on next phase of Wapping Wharf

Work is to start next month on the £43m second phase of Wapping Wharf, the major regeneration scheme on Bristol’s Harbourside. Some £23.4m has been secured from Homes England by developers Umberslade and Muse for Wapping Wharf Living, their joint venture which will create more than 250 homes. The...

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Subsidy drive to get Bristol taxi drivers to switch to ‘greener’ vehicles

April 20, 2018
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Subsidy drive to get Bristol taxi drivers to switch to ‘greener’ vehicles

Bristol taxi drivers are being offered subsidies of more than £3,000 if they buy electric and ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) that will help improve the city’s air quality. Bristol City Council is offering a package of incentives made possible by a successful funding bid of £449,500 from the Department...

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Bristol Natural History Consortium celebrates milestone with expert help from VWV

April 20, 2018
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Bristol Natural History Consortium celebrates milestone with expert help from VWV

A charity law expert at Bristol-headquartered VWV are helping the city’s pioneering Natural History Consortium celebrate its 15th anniversary by bringing its governance arrangements up to date. The Consortium, which is also marking 10 years of charitable status, has been supported by VWV partner and head of charities Con...

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First headline speaker announced for this year’s Festival of Female Entrepreneurs in Bristol

April 19, 2018
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First headline speaker announced for this year’s Festival of Female Entrepreneurs in Bristol

The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to Bristol for a seventh year in October with one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs already lined up as headline speaker. Emma Bridgewater, who has spent more than 30 years building up a successful pottery business, will share her experiences and give advice...

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All aboard: Engine Shed takes its drive to encourage the next generation of creatives on the road

April 13, 2018
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All aboard: Engine Shed takes its drive to encourage the next generation of creatives on the road

Engine Shed on Tour, the latest initiative from Bristol’s highly successful innovation hub, has been launched to encourage young people to follow careers in the West of England’s tech, digital and low carbon sectors. Engine Shed on Tour will visit 16 schools and businesses across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath...

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£20m deal gives powerful boost to Burges Salmon’s reputation in energy storage market

April 13, 2018
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Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised long-standing client Gravis Capital Management on its £20m financing of a major energy storage project. The transaction builds on the firm’s market-leading experience in the innovative debt structures needed to fund energy storage projects and their complex revenue streams.  The latest...

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Bristol furniture upcycler signs on as second member of region’s innovative green tech programme

April 13, 2018
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Bristol furniture upcycler signs on as second member of region’s innovative green tech programme

Collecteco, the Bristol-based firm that help businesses donate furniture, equipment and materials to good causes, has become the first from the city to join the West of England’s pioneering sustainable technologies programme.  Collecteco works with businesses and other organisations to donate reusable furniture, equipment and materials to good causes,...

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