Businesses are being invited to support a gala dinner in Bristol to showcase the positive impact of refugees and migrants on the city and the wider UK – with a keynote speech by Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah. ‘The Welcome Party’ will celebrate individual success stories of refugees...
Bristol-based SLX, one of the UK’s leading providers of technology for live events, culture and sports, is to play a lead role in staging the 2024 Olympics, which officially opens in Paris this evening. As the official supporter for broadcast lighting and rigging, the firm will work at 29...
A Bristol Brazilian Jiu Jitsu association operating two clubs in the city has received £390,000 from impact investor BBRC (Bristol & Bath Regional Capital) to expand its community-focussed operations. Roger Gracie Bristol already generates social impact with initiatives that bring people in personal crisis ‘onto the mats’ through interventions,...
Bristol Airport is celebrating the success of its efforts to get more passengers and staff to use its bus links – with the number soaring past 100,000 in a month for the first time. Last month nearly 110,000 people travelled on the A1 Airport Flyer, which links the airport...
More than £11m has been lent to start-up firms across the South West ranging from a sewing café to a mobile cocktail bar over the past year under a programme run by the British Business Bank. Since its launch in 2012, the Start Up Loans scheme has supported more than 9,000...
Regional construction group Beard has appointed its first social value manager – a role it has set up to ensure its projects deliver wider social, economic and environmental benefits. Paula Baleson, pictured, takes up the post after two years as Beard’s communications manager based in its Bristol office. She...
Funding secured from growth finance group BGF’s Bristol team is powering major international expansion at a UK-based clean-energy engineering company. Severn Drives & Energy (SDE), which BGF supported last year with a ‘significant’ investment, has set up a manufacturing plant in the US to meet rising customer demand for...
Waste management vehicles operated by Grundon on Bristol’s roads will soon boast some of the industry’s most-advanced safety features following a £750,000 investment by the company. The firm, which opened its St Philips depot four years ago, is equipping all its 300-plus strong commercial fleet with connected operations platform over...
Cutting-edge hydraulic systems developed in Bristol that could bring about a step change in sustainable aviation are to be showcased alongside the world’s leading aerospace technology next week. Domin, the firm behind the ground-breaking systems, is exhibiting at the Farnborough International Airshow, the global gathering of the leading aerospace...
A Bristol firm aiming to revolutionise the way crops are grown without increasing greenhouse gases has been named South West and Wales Innovator in a contest to find the UK’s most exciting tech businesses. Glaia, which was founded in 2019 by two former University of Bristol scientists, is developing...
Measures included in the King’s Speech aimed at boosting housebuilding and devolving more powers from Whitehall to the regions have been widely welcomed by key business figures. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill – one of the 40 included in the speech that will shape the first year of the...
The West of England’s economy is forecast to grow faster over the next five years than any other part of the UK outside London, according to two new reports. The region, along with South Wales, will achieve economic expansion of 1.4% a year between now and 2029, according to...
Triodos Bank UK, the Bristol-based sustainable banking group, has strengthened the wellbeing sector of its business banking team with the appointment of Tony Kear as senior relationship manager. Triodos said the appointment continued its work in assisting businesses to deliver positive social and environmental impact across the UK, with...
