CARGO 2, the latest extension of Bristol’s Wapping Wharf indie food and drink hub, is being officially opened this evening with its eclectic mix of retailers offering tasters and samples, offers and discounts. The festivities take place from 5pm to 8pm to mark the opening. Entertainment is also planned...
The next government must strengthen the UK’s ability to help businesses start up and grow – including ditching the view that all immigration is bad – according to the director-general of the Institute of Directors. Speaking on his first visit to Bristol in the role yesterday, Stephen Martin, pictured,...
Apprentices from housebuilder Redrow’s Bristol office have been named finalists in a prestigious national hunt to find the UK’s most diligent and enthusiastic apprentices. After four months of hard work, the nine-strong team has been chosen to represent the South West in the finals of the Brathay Apprentice Challenge,...
Triodos, the European sustainable bank with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has joined a Hollywood actor, a Welsh rugby legend and the National Poet of Wales in backing a community wind farm project near Swansea. The bank has made a 15-year, £5.25m investment in the Awel y Gwrhyd wind...
Bristol charity FRANK Water has become the UK’s first bottled water company to stop selling single-use plastic bottles and switch to 100% environmentally sustainable alternatives – even though it expects it to reduce its income. To replace its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, the social enterprise has launched a #PledgeToRefill campaign, which...
Pioneering Bristol firms Ziylo and NuNano have become the first tenants to take up residence at the city’s newly launched Unit DX scientific innovation centre. The companies were both founded at the University of Bristol and members of SETsquared Bristol – the world-class incubator based at nearby Engine Shed....
Bristol has so far shrugged off the impact of Brexit and continued to attract investment from overseas firms, according to new research. The city secured nine projects last year, the same number as in 2015, but across the wider South West they fell by a quarter from 37 to 28. Experts...
Diversity in the West of England’s burgeoning tech sector will come under the spotlight at a major event next month. Called DIVERSITY? and taking place on Saturday June 24 at Bristol’s Watershed media centre, it will bring together a wide range of people from across the region who are...
The Bristol office of investment group BGF and a team of advisors from the city have put together £3m funding package for Prezola, the fast-growing Bath-based online wedding gift list firm. Prezola will use the funding from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in small and mid-sized companies, to...
