Work is to start next month on the £43m second phase of Wapping Wharf, the major regeneration scheme on Bristol’s Harbourside. Some £23.4m has been secured from Homes England by developers Umberslade and Muse for Wapping Wharf Living, their joint venture which will create more than 250 homes. The...
Bristol taxi drivers are being offered subsidies of more than £3,000 if they buy electric and ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) that will help improve the city’s air quality. Bristol City Council is offering a package of incentives made possible by a successful funding bid of £449,500 from the Department...
A charity law expert at Bristol-headquartered VWV are helping the city’s pioneering Natural History Consortium celebrate its 15th anniversary by bringing its governance arrangements up to date. The Consortium, which is also marking 10 years of charitable status, has been supported by VWV partner and head of charities Con...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to Bristol for a seventh year in October with one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs already lined up as headline speaker. Emma Bridgewater, who has spent more than 30 years building up a successful pottery business, will share her experiences and give advice...
Engine Shed on Tour, the latest initiative from Bristol’s highly successful innovation hub, has been launched to encourage young people to follow careers in the West of England’s tech, digital and low carbon sectors. Engine Shed on Tour will visit 16 schools and businesses across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised long-standing client Gravis Capital Management on its £20m financing of a major energy storage project. The transaction builds on the firm’s market-leading experience in the innovative debt structures needed to fund energy storage projects and their complex revenue streams. The latest...
Collecteco, the Bristol-based firm that help businesses donate furniture, equipment and materials to good causes, has become the first from the city to join the West of England’s pioneering sustainable technologies programme. Collecteco works with businesses and other organisations to donate reusable furniture, equipment and materials to good causes,...
Bristol-based quick service restaurant chain Friska has bolstered its ethical credentials by launching a refillable flask to mark World Water Day. Friska, which has a long-standing partnership with Bristol ethical bottled water firm Frank, hopes to raise awareness of water security issues in developing countries as well as stop...
TV legend Sir David Attenborough will take part in an ‘in conversation’ session with friend, colleague and BBC Natural History Unit creative director Mike Gunton next month to help raise funds for concert venue St George’s Bristol’s music charity. The concert hall runs an active education programme, as well...
Three innovative Bristol firms have been in India this week on an official trade delegation to meet new buyers, distributors and partners. The firms – Motivation UK, which provides wheelchairs and services for disabled people in developing countries, independent production company Icon Films and kids’ travel accessories brand Trunki...
Bristol-based waste brokerage firm Waste Source has made three promotions as it aims for an end-of-year turnover target of £6m. Clayton Davies, who joined the company 15 months ago, has been promoted from account executive to junior account manager for the business’s construction customers. The promotion comes less than...
Bristol business experts have been reacting to yesterday’s Spring Statement, with most pointing to what Chancellor Philip Hammond failed to deliver rather than what he said. Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has the largest of its seven offices in Bristol, was particularly hard-hitting in its comments, calling it...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, welcomed Chancellor Philip Hammond’s assertion in his Spring Statement that he would continue to “support British businesses” – but it insisted that his actions had to speak louder than words. The £80m pledge to help small firms take on apprentices and the...
