Innovative Bristol-based giving platform Neighbourly has wrapped up a hugely successful year by partnering on three of the festive seasons’ top advertising campaigns. The firm, which launched in 2014 to match large businesses with local good causes, features in the Christmas TV campaigns of discount supermarket chains Aldi and...
Gloucestershire Cricket has teamed up with waste management firm Grundon for a further three years after their existing partnership resulted in a steady improvement in the club’s recycling performance. Recycling rates at the club’s Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol have bounced up by almost 60% over the past three...
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The University of Bristol has been named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities in recognition of its globally acclaimed environmental research as well as its action in tackling the climate crisis. The university, which has 31,500 students and employs just over 8,000 staff, was ranked 17th in...
Bristol is to get a new £8.5m incubator to nurture spin-out companies working in the fast-growing quantum, biotech and AI sectors – the latest in a series of hubs in the city aimed at creating the next generation of high-potential businesses. Called OMX, it will be opened next year...
Gloucestershire Cricket has confirmed it is exploring opportunities to sell its home ground in Bristol and use the proceeds to develop a new stadium on the city’s north-eastern outskirts. Following media speculation earlier this week, the club released a statement saying it was looking at the possibility of relocating...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has a major office in Bristol, has become one of the first UK businesses to have its net zero targets officially validated. The firm, which employs around 800 people in Bristol and also has UK offices in London and Reading, is among the...
Bristol animation studio A Productions has sold its pre-school series The Musical World of Mister Zoink to Sky – a major coup for the firm, which is seeking to develop its own content as a key plank to a long-term growth strategy. The series, which has been launched in...
One of the South West’s leading carbon reduction advisory firms and a Bristol hair salon have been awarded the B Corp status, taking the number of businesses in the city to gain the coveted accreditation to more than 80. That figure puts the city in the vanguard of the...
An organisation with one of the largest female workforces in Bristol has become the latest signatory to a unique charter that aims to make a difference for women in the workplace. University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), which employs 15,000 people – more than 75% of...
Bristol specialist recruitment agency Heat aims to double in size within two years after being acquired by one of the UK’s leading suppliers of temporary staff. Cardiff-headquartered Smart Solutions Group said the deal came at “an exciting time for both businesses”, allowing them to combine skills and resources and...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming is celebrating its rapid progress on an acclaimed ‘responsible business tracker’ as it seeks to build on its Better Growth initiative. The firm, which has the largest of its eight offices in Bristol, achieved an increase in its overall score from 20% in 2022...
Law firm Temple Bright has advised Bristol-based waste management firm ETM Recycling on its £7m facility from NatWest. ETM, which operates the South West’s largest waste management fleet, will use the cash injection to make significant upgrades to its state-of-the-art facilities in the city. This will strengthen its recycling...
