A University of Bristol scheme aiming to equip its early career researchers with the skills needed to commercialise their projects has signed up 10 ambitious academics as advisers. The academics, who work in fields as diverse as artificial intelligence, medical education, composite manufacturing, and next-generation cameras, have become the...
Bristol-based soft drinks company Counter Culture Drinks has signed up the first two charities to its pioneering ownership model that commits 51% of the business’s shares to supporting social and environmental causes. The Bedminster firm, which makes a range of kombucha-based drinks, is also donating 5% of total sales...
Senior figures from the worlds of business, sport and charity will share their perspectives on leading with integrity and purpose at an event hosted by the University of Bath’s School of Management. Taking place in The Forum in central Bath on Wednesday 3 July, Leadership Dialogues @Bath is organised by...
The Bristol-formed business behind the world’s first origami self-watering plant pot has won the Sustainable Garden Product of the Year award at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. POTR was launched in Bristol five years ago by former Dyson engineer Andrew Flynn to create a pot that was not only...
A collaboration to position the West of England as the UK’s leading region for green and ethical-led finance activities has been launched. FinTech West, the organisation representing the burgeoning sector in the region, has teamed up with UWE Bristol’s Sustainable Economies Research Group (SERG) to get the initiative underway. ...
Lawyers in international legal practice Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office have advised on two major deals in the defence and renewables sectors. The firm advised the shareholders of defence sector simulation and training specialist Mabway on its disposal to a Canadian firm and supported the sale of a UK onshore...
Bristol property development and architecture firm Studio Hive has drawn up ambitious plans to transform a derelict 19th century pub into offices, homes, a business hub and a licensed cafe/coffee shop. Once used as a temperance inn for workers at the nearby Tyntesfield Estate, Grade II listed The Battleaxes...
A cross-firm team of lawyers from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon has advised on a major wind farm project in the Scottish Highlands with the capacity to bring green power to more than 40,000 homes. Burges Salmon provided banking, finance, energy, real estate, planning and construction expertise to Export Development Canada...
Ambitious plans to transform The Galleries shopping mall in Bristol city centre into a mixed-use development have been submitted to the city council. Bristol-based developer Deeley Freed has spent the past four years working with The Galleries’ owner LaSalle Investment Management on the project to replace the 70-store centre,...
A new ‘mobile-first’ website has been launched for the Visit Bristol brand to better showcase the city’s independent spirit for smaller devices while also making it more sustainable. Commissioned by Visit West, the destination marketing organisation for the region, the new design has images chosen to reflect Bristol’s colourful,...
With the general election now taking place on 4 July, Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – has issued a 10-point plan for the long-term prosperity of the West of England. Through its Quarterly Economic Survey, which acts as a barometer of business sentiment across the region,...
A Bristol-based coffee brand is to expand its reach and strengthen its team after securing a loan from alternative regional funder SWIG Finance. TrueStart Coffee, which is led by entrepreneurial husband-and-wife team Helena and Simon Hills, will use the £158,000 loan to take advantage of growth opportunities with new...
Experts in law firm Thrings’ Bristol office have advised on a deal to create the South West’s largest new forest in a generation. The 422-acre woodland is to be established between Bristol and Bath by Bristol-based charity Avon Needs Trees. Once complete, the 100,000-tree Lower Chew Forest will be...
