Workwear firm Alexandra’s response to the coronavirus crisis has earned it the chance to win a major national award while it has also been shortlisted in five categories of a regional awards scheme. The Thornbury-based firm, which has been designing and manufacturing garments since 1854, has produced clear face coverings...
Bristol Green Capital Partnership, which was founded in 2007 with just 12 organisations, has passed the 1,000-member mark – demonstrating, it says, the city’s ambition to become greener, fairer and more resilient. Already thought to be the largest partnership of its kind in the world, the unique network brings...
The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on the sale of a specialist UK education software developer in a cross-border deal. Burges Salmon acted for NC Technology & Consultancy alongside accountants Mazars on the disposal of its two Cardiff-based subsidiaries LexAble and LexAble Services...
An annual hospice charity event that gives people the chance to remember their loved ones while also raising essential funds netted £26,000 after going online with the support of sponsors Bristol-based mutual society National Friendly. Children’s Hospice South West’s Memories by Moonlight event traditionally includes a fundraising walk in Falmouth, Cornwall. ...
The latest lockdown measures will be devastating to many Bristol firms despite their best efforts to make themselves Covid-safe, the region’s largest business organisation has warned. Most businesses were forced to close yesterday as the country entered its second lockdown, with staff being urged to work from home where...
Bristol businesses suspected of flouting measures aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus could be visited by a new team of Covid Secure Marshals being set up by the city council. The council said it is to have “at least 16” of the marshals operating around the city...
Nearly 6,500 Bristol businesses were in ‘significant financial distress’ between July and September as the coronavirus pandemic hit the city, according to a new report. The total of 6,476 was a 4% increase in the number of firms struggling in the previous three months, according to the figures from...
A full-size, futuristic house capable of being built on the surface of Mars is to be created on Bristol’s Harbourside in a pioneering collaboration between artists, scientists, architects and engineers. The house is the outcome of an ongoing public art project called Building a Martian House led by Bristol artists...
Bristol brand advocacy platform Duel, which helps brands nurture relationships with their advocates to fuel retention and growth, has secured £1.8m to further develop its pioneering artificial intelligence-driven technology and take on more staff. The firm, based at Runway East, uses cutting-edge machine learning and machine vision tagging technology...
Bristol business leaders have joined calls for regional politicians to urgently unite the West of England by allowing North Somerset to join its powerful combined authority. North Somerset Council declined to become part of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) when it was set up in 2016. Bristol...
Commuters and visitors to Bristol are now able to hire carbon-neutral e-scooters to ride around the city’s streets as part of a year-long trial aimed at encouraging low-carbon travel. Initially, 100 scooters supplied by Swedish firm Voi will be available to hire in Bristol along with 50 in Bath – with...
A Bristol-based independent retailer specialising in clothing and zero-waste accessories made from bamboo has expanded into Bath. Mabboo, which operates a shop in The Galleries, has taken over a former Timberland outlet in Bath’s main Southgate shopping area. The 1,065 sq ft unit, pictured, stocks a range of T-shirts, watches, sunglasses...
A long-running Bristol-based annual conference for communications professionals working in the natural history, conservation and environmental sectors takes place next month with a fully digital programme of events. Staged for the past 16 years, Communicate is hosted by the city-based Natural History Consortium and has traditionally taken place over...
