Bristol is to get much-needed high-end laboratory space and support facilities to encourage cutting-edge science and tech start-ups – allowing the city to effectively compete for the first time against centres such as Oxford and Cambridge. Construction has started on the lab space and science incubator – called Unit DX - ...
Slide, the innovative shared ride service, has taken on additional vehicles and created new routes as passenger numbers rise in Bristol. In the three months since it launched, Slide – which chose Bristol as the pilot city – has handled 16,000 thousand miles of shared commuter rides across the...
Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has stressed the city’s 500 year plus relationship with the US as UK businesses look ahead to Donald Trump’s presidency with some trepidation. The election of the property tycoon and reality TV star turned politician comes as many Bristol...
Bristol-based youth empowerment social enterprise Babbasa has launched its ambitious #Change300Futures campaign with a fundraising gala dinner for 100 civic and business leaders. #Change300Futures aims to improve the life chances of 300 young people from inner-city Bristol by supporting them to progress into work, further education or self-employment. This...
Bristol hospital charity Above & Beyond is asking businesses in the city to swap their secret Santa for a donation with a difference as it launches its Christmas Appeal to raise £20,000 for the Royal Hospital for Children. More than 5,000 children will spend the festive period in Bristol...
Bristol advertising and marketing agency Sprague Gibbons is growing its team with the addition of two staff. Sarah Asprey joins as group account director and Sorcha Regan-Capes as a trainee account executive. Sarah previously worked at the agency – then called RAA Sprague Gibbons – between 1999 and 2008,...
Bristol waste brokerage firm Waste Source has recruited a trio of new staff to its growing team. Ollie McGeorge joins as new business prospector and Ellie Brown and James Bibby as business development executives. The three bring Waste Source’s staffing to 10, and founder/director Chris Holland hopes to expand...
UWE has further strengthened its green credentials by winning four prizes at a national award ceremony that recognises exceptional sustainability initiatives. UWE was the top-performing UK university at the Green Gown Awards 2016, claiming the top honours in four categories and earning highly commended status in two others. Representatives...
Bristol-based Thrive Renewables, the firm that owns the wind turbines at Avonmouth, is seeking to raise £7.5m to invest in more sustainable energy projects around the country. Thrive is already one of the UK’s most widely owned renewable energy companies, with a 5,700-strong community of shareholders and bond holders...
Bristol commercial waste recycling and food collection firm Able Waste Management has been acquired by a larger Wiltshire firm as it seeks to expand further into the South West. The takeover by Hills Waste Solutions, the Swindon-based waste management and recycling company, puts Able Waste Management under the control...
Specialist IT group SCISYS, which has an office in Bristol, has landed a contract to play a pivotal role in the launch of the world’s largest satellite constellation which aims to provide connectivity to billions of people around the world. The OneWeb global satellite system will consist of 648 orbiting...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is running training events during Global Entrepreneurship Week – which starts next Monday – to help people start and grow their own businesses. Its free Thinking about Business seminar on Wednesday November 16 is for anybody considering going into business for the first...
Alan Thorpe has been named as the new managing director of Bristol-based digital and direct marketing agency Bray Leino Yucca. The appointment of Alan, pictured right, follows the sudden death in October of the business’ founder and long-time leader Ben Martin, pictured below. Alan, who has spent the past two...
