Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, will continue to be responsible for helping firms across the West of England to export after being awarded the contract to run the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) services in the region for another five years....
Warmley-based Bath Ales and Bath Racecourse have signed a three-year sponsorship deal which will make the brewery, pub and restaurant group headline sponsor of the racecourse’s annual beer festival while its beer will be official guest ale of the course. The brewery, based between Bristol and Bath at Warmley...
Bristol firms are greeting positive economic news, such as the latest fall in unemployment, with “faint alarm bells rather than celebratory cheers”, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, said politicians should now focus on the “significant...
Open Bionics, the fledgling Bristol firm developing a 3D-printed robotic hand, has been named with Dyson, Google, and Panasonic as one of the Top 50 robotics companies to watch in 2015. The international RBR50 list is chosen by the robotics community through the Robotics Business Review. Companies are included...
A thousand Bristol firms are being challenged to ‘go green’ in the largest project of its kind ever staged in the city. Under the high-profile Go Green scheme, launched this week, businesses will play a pivotal role in making Bristol healthier, more competitive and more sustainable. But they will...
The UK’s first affordable straw homes have gone on sale in Shirehampton. The houses are an affordable, low carbon and fuel-efficient means of housebuilding with fuel bills up 90% cheaper than an equivalent brick-built house. Designed by Stokes Croft-based architects White Desig, they also cost less to buy than...
The South West Innovative Manufacturing forum (SWIM) has been relaunched after the Bristol office of accountancy and business advisory firm BDO forged a new collaboration with Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Lloyds Bank has joined founders BDO and existing partner EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, to drive forward the regional initiative...
A ‘live lounge’ where Bristol’s creative sector can brainstorm design ideas for cutting-edge exhibition stands has been opened by Clip Display, the international leader in the industry. It has invested thousands of pounds in the 13,000 sq ft facility in Pucklechurch, close to its head office in Wick. The...
Firms in the Bristol area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in...
Two Bristol engineers have been nominated for inclusion in a prestigious ‘hall of fame’ which brings together and celebrates the most inspiring and innovative figures in British engineering. Joel Gibbard, the founder of Open Bionics based at the Technology Business Incubator at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, and Mark Chapman, chief...
Bristol businesses can find out how they can get involved with the city’s year as European Capital year and benefit from the increased support and activity that is on offer at the launch of a new initiative next Tuesday. Low Carbon South West and regional business organisation Business West...
Alderley, the South Gloucestershire-based advanced engineering group, has appointed Mark Colebrook as chief executive officer. He joins from GE Oil and Gas Subsea Systems for which he established and led its Subsea Services Centre of Excellence at Aztec West. Mark, pictured, who also joins Alderley’s board, has 22 years’...
Bristol businesses can learn about the benefits of doing business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by taking part in a trade mission to the fast-growing country. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) South West will be leading a visit to the capital Dubai from March 13 to 20 to...
