Bristol will stage a programme of events based around the idea of the city as a ‘laboratory for change’ if it succeeds in becoming European Green Capital 2015, it emerged today as the team behind the bid prepare to meet the judges. Building on Bristol’s long history of experimenting,...
An innovative project to transform Bristol’s urban environment by planting meadows for pollinating insects has won the Mayor of Bristol’s Genius Award, one of the city’s Festival of Ideas Awards. The Urban Pollinators Project is being staged by scientists from Bristol University in partnership with the City Council’s Meadow...
NHS foundation trusts are contributing billions to the regional economy, a new report published today by the Foundation Trust Network (FTN) and Barclays says. As provider organisations to the Health Service, foundation trusts such as University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust, care for hundreds...
Stage Electrics, the Avonmouth-based firm supplying lighting and sound equipment to entertainment venues, has been taken over in a management buyout (MBO). The firm has grown from its launch in 1979 into a business turning over £30m a year with more than 225 staff, 10 sales offices and operations...
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TV show The Apprentice is giving young people a great appetite for business, Nick Hewer, Sir Alan Sugar’s right-hand man on the programme, told West business leaders last night. Speaking at the annual Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) West of England dinner, he said whenever...
Construction on the second phase of Bristol’s pioneering National Composite Centre (NCC) is underway following a turf cutting ceremony attended by business minister Michael Fallon. The work, supported by Government funding of £28m, will double the size of the NCC and allow it to extend its capabilities to develop...
By Nigel Morrison, advisory partner, Grant Thornton Despite the difficult economic climate, business insolvencies in the UK are running almost at pre-financial crisis levels, and continue to fall. Why is this? One of the principal reasons for the low business failure rate is the proliferation of the so-called “zombies”...
Aero-engine giant Rolls-Royce is to support the Bloodhound Project, which will attempt to beat the 1,000mph world land speed record, in a tie-up that puts Bristol firmly at the heart of engineering innovation. The Bloodhound car will be powered by a Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine – made at its...
The Bloodhound Project, which is developing a 1,000mph car, is to move to larger premises on an industrial estate in Avonmouth as it prepares to challenge the world land speed record. The project has taken a flexible five-year lease on Unit 3 Avonbridge Trading Estate on Atlantic Way, which...
Nearly a third of West construction firms are at risk of failure in the next 12 months, according to new research. This compares to 25.7% of businesses at risk across all sectors in the region and comes on the back of a fall in UK construction output in the...
A £25m fund has been set up for businesses across the West to help develop jobs by matching public and private cash. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will distribute the money which comes from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund. Businesses can apply for grants of between...
More than 80% of West hotels and tourism businesses suffered a decline in bookings last year as the London Olympics, economic gloom, and wet weather combined to keep visitors away from the region. And so far this year is not looking much better, with 90% reporting fewer or no...
