The innovative solar energy system on the roof of the Bristol & Bath Science Park’s National Composites Centre (NCC) has beaten its target for renewable energy generated in its first year of operation. The 600 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels make it one of the region’s largest roof-mounted systems. When...
Great teamwork, increased productivity and an infectious culture of positive action are key to a happy workplace – and they can be achieved now. This upbeat message will be demonstrated today through a groundbreaking partnership between Bristol’s Happy City Initiative, Solutions Focus at Work and the New Economics Foundation...
Bristol architectural firm AWW has been named as the South West Practice of the Year for the second year running in the prestigious AJ100 awards – the first time in the awards’ history that a practice has won the award twice in a row. The awards, staged at a...
All available offices at the Bristol & Bath Science Park have been let just eight months after it opened. The ground floor of the Innovation Centre, the park’s main building, has filled up twice as quickly as anticipated by developer Quantum Property Partnership, while an area set aside for...
Inflation last month dropped to 3% – its lowest level for more than two years. The sharp fall from 3.5% raises the prospect that the Bank of England will be able to support the flagging economy by injecting more stimulus later this year. The fall in the Consumer Prices...
Bristol design and advertising agency Synergy Creative has won an Excellence Award at the Institute of Internal Communications Awards 2012 for its branding and employee engagement campaign for 1610 leisure trust. Synergy was tasked with creating a new name for the trust as well as new logo and corporate...
Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock has welcomed its longest-ever vessel – shipping line ACL’s Atlantic Conveyor. The container ship, which at 292 metres is just under the length of three football pitches, usually calls at Liverpool but diverted to Royal Portbury, owned by Bristol Port Company, due to lock closures...
Bristol Airport’s terminal building will be filled with the sights and sounds of Flamenco dancers and samba rhythms tomorrow when a flashmob arrives to greet a special passenger off a flight from Glasgow. Felipe de Algeciras, one of the UK’s top Flamenco teachers, is arriving to take part in...
Businesses should ignore the cynicism of the mainstream media and instead look at the huge opportunities that come from believing in the positive, the Eden Project's co-founder Tim Smit told business leaders in Bristol. Taking optimism and hope as the theme of his speech to the West of England...
Bristol subsea cabling firm Offshore Marine Management is among the six finalists for accountants PwC’s West of England Business of the Year Awards 2012 – the region’s most prestigious business competition. Since their launch 24 years ago the awards, which this year are staged in association with Bristol Business...
Following the successful launch of its Tech Start-up School 2012 on Monday, Science City Bristol is promoting the next sessions in the programme, which focuses on helping launch technology businesses. Next week’s two sessions look at sales and marketing. Research shows that most start-ups that fail do so because...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Details of South Bristol’s new public transit network have gone on show as a major public consultation begins. Bristol City and North Somerset councils are preparing planning applications for the South Bristol Link section of the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) network, costing about £200m. New services will...
Independent local news website Bristol24-7 has today been nominated for the prestigious Best Local/Regional News Website in the national Online Media Awards 2012. The site, set up by former Western Daily Press and The Independent journalist Chris Brown less than three years ago, will be up against the very...
