Green/sustainable business

Graduate entrepreneurs find space at UWE to launch innovative businesses

January 26, 2018
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Graduate entrepreneurs find space at UWE to launch innovative businesses

Launch Space, UWE’s hi-tech business incubator for graduates, has attracted 23 residents since it was launching just over six months ago. Based in the £16m University Enterprise Zone, Launch Space provides recent graduates from across the UK with free desk space for a year, innovation support and access to...

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Property firm promises sustainable housing development after acquiring Bath Road site

January 25, 2018
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Property firm promises sustainable housing development after acquiring Bath Road site

A high-profile brownfield site on one of the busiest roads into Bristol city centre has been sold for the sustainable development of more than 150 apartments.  The vacant 1.18-acre site on Bath Road, allocated for residential redevelopment in the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, was acquired by London-based Hadley Property...

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Shhh! EasyJet quietly confident its new Airbus will halve take-off and landing noise at Bristol Airport

January 19, 2018
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Shhh! EasyJet quietly confident its new Airbus will halve take-off and landing noise at Bristol Airport

Airline easyJet has signalled a quiet revolution in its operations in the West of England by showcasing one of its new-generation Airbus aircraft at Bristol Airport. The airline, the airport’s largest operator, has taken delivery of the first batch of its A320neo (new engine option) planes from Airbus.  While...

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New finance package funds Pieminister’s appetite for growth and helps offset higher costs

January 5, 2018
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New finance package funds Pieminister’s appetite for growth and helps offset higher costs

Bristol gourmet pie company Pieminister is to open two more restaurants early this year and boost capacity at its central kitchen in the city after securing a £1.65m finance package from its bank. The pioneering firm, which opened its first venue in Stokes Croft in 2003, has a medium-term...

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Pioneering hub launched to fast track low carbon and sustainable tech firms

January 5, 2018
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Pioneering hub launched to fast track low carbon and sustainable tech firms

The UK’s first business acceleration hub dedicated to helping set up and grow a new generation of innovative small firms in the sustainable technologies sector has been officially launched in Bristol. The Sustainable Technologies Business Acceleration Hub has been set up by the University of Bath but will operate across the...

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Less than a week left for firms to help shape major development blueprint for the West of England

January 5, 2018
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Less than a week left for firms to help shape major development blueprint for the West of England

Bristol businesses are being urged to have their say on a major planning blueprint that will determine where future development takes place across the West of England over the next 20 years. The public engagement process on the final draft of the Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) closes next Wednesday,...

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Locally brewed beer proves gem of a new ingredient for Pieminister

December 15, 2017
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Locally brewed beer proves gem of a new ingredient for Pieminister

Pioneering Bristol pie firm Pieminister has teamed up with Bath Ales, selecting its flagship Gem bitter as a key ingredient for a number of its products. The premium amber ale, which is made at Bath Ales’ brewery at Warmley, on Bristol’s outskirts, is being used by Pieminister in its...

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Jelf sponsors unique show staged by Bristol circus company to promote positive mental health

December 14, 2017
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Jelf sponsors unique show staged by Bristol circus company to promote positive mental health

Bristol-headquartered insurance broker Jelf has become the first sponsor of an upcoming contemporary circus show designed to encourage audiences to engage with their emotions and explore complex issues around love and mental health. The show is being staged next month by newly formed Emotive Circus Arts. The Bristol-based circus...

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Travelwest awards recognise Bristol firms’ drive towards more sustainable travel

December 8, 2017
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Travelwest awards recognise Bristol firms’ drive towards more sustainable travel

Bristol businesses working to encourage and help staff travel more sustainably have been recognised at the annual Travelwest ‘Business Travel Awards’ ceremony. A record number of businesses took part in this year’s awards, with 32 different organisations joining the celebrations at the Guildhall in Bath. The event showcased how...

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Cutting-edge tech will meet traditional printing in pioneering UWE ‘smart ink’ project

December 8, 2017
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Cutting-edge tech will meet traditional printing in pioneering UWE ‘smart ink’ project

T-shirts that change colour to alert the wearer of dangerous chemicals in the air or pharmaceutical packaging that can show when pills are counterfeit could become reality under a major ‘smart ink’ project linking UWE and a leading scientist and print industry expert.  Starting in January at the university’s...

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Education charity PHASE Worldwide to benefit from Hyde & Co’s Christmas charity appeal

December 8, 2017
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Education charity PHASE Worldwide to benefit from Hyde & Co’s Christmas charity appeal

Bristol independent restaurant and cocktail bar group Hyde & Co, whose venues include The Milk Thistle, Pata Negra, The OX and Bambalan, has chosen city-based charity PHASE Worldwide for its Christmas Appeal 2017. The charity, based in St Pauls, will benefit from donations and collections for the whole of...

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Bristol Business School teams up with top hotel to stage series of Phenomenal Women talks

December 7, 2017
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Bristol Business School teams up with top hotel to stage series of Phenomenal Women talks

A series of inspirational talks by high-profile business women is to be launched next year by Bristol Business School in conjunction with one of the region’s top hotels. Called Phenomenal Women, the bi-monthly events will be staged from February to November at the five-star Gainsborough Spa Hotel in Bath...

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Osborne Clarke advises on major solar farm portfolio refinancing

December 1, 2017
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Osborne Clarke advises on major solar farm portfolio refinancing

Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have helped on the €22.5m (£19.8m) refinancing of a portfolio of six UK solar farms.  In the deal Aberdeen Standard Investments provided a long-term, 18.5-year debt financing for Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) – the specialist manager established to...

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