Bristol firms are being encouraged by the city council’s public health team to help staff stay off the booze this month and support Alcohol Concern’s annual Dry January campaign. Support on offer for businesses from the public health team includes informative lunchtime talks as well as training to support...
Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed has teamed up with the RSA to host a briefing exploring the convergence of the scale-up and inclusive growth agendas. Called Scale Up Inclusively – Minding the Gap, the event on February 24 will hear from a panel of speakers including Mayor of Bristol...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is launching a Planning for Business Growth event for local entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level. The half-day session – at the Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol, on January 24 – is for existing business owners...
More firms across the South West are unlocking growth funding by claiming research and development (R&D) tax relief, according to new figures. But the region still lags many other parts of the UK in accessing what is widely viewed as a key way of boosting innovation. Latest figures from HMRC...
By Phil Smith, managing director, Business West It’s always difficult making predictions about what the next 12 months will have in store for businesses, and for sure the forecasts for 2016 would have been way off beam! But if one thing’s for certain about 2017, it presages a new...
Bristol Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the city’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Bristol Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday,...
CARGO, the successful Bristol food and drink hub made from shipping containers, is to be extended by more than three times its current size as it continues to attract an eclectic mix of retailers, bars and restaurants. The first of 49 containers arrived on site this week to make...
Engine Shed, Bristol’s innovation hub, has formed a partnership with City of Bristol College to help develop stronger links between further education and business. The collaboration is an invitation to businesses to engage more easily with apprenticeship provision and find out about the talented young people across the city...
Bristol-based Thrive Renewables has hit its target of raising £7.7m through a bond offer in just four weeks – some two months quicker than it expected. As reported by Bristol Business News in November, the firm behind the four-turbine wind farm in Avonmouth, wants to invest in more sustainable...
More than 700 people gathered in Bristol Cathedral last night to celebrate the work of Above & Beyond, the charity that raises funds for all nine of Bristol city centre hospital sites at its fourth annual Christmas Star Concert. The sold-out concert mixed traditional carol singing and festive music...
National law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has raised more than £13,000 for the city’s Ronald McDonald House, its charity of the year. Ronald McDonald House is an independent charity that provides free home-from-home accommodation to the families of critically ill children receiving care at Bristol Royal Hospital for...
Computershare, the Bristol-based financial services company, has given each of its 1,500 employees a reusable coffee cup as it steps up its efforts to reduce waste. Staff working at the firm’s headquarters at the Pavilions on Bedminster Down started receiving the reusable cups and silicon holders for free this...
Economic and business links between Bristol and its Chinese sister city Guangzhou have been strengthened during an official visit to China by Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees. Mayor Rees, who travelled with members of the Bristol and West of England China Bureau, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Guangzhou and...
