Bristol-based ICU Charging Equipment is to take part in the world’s largest trial of smart charging for or electric vehicles. The Electric Nation project, which was officially launched on Wednesday, aims to boost the number of electric vehicles on Britain’s roads while avoiding the cost and disruption of upgrading local...
Business leaders have welcomed the government’s historic decision today to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, saying it will create a huge economic boost for the West of England and lead to thousands of new jobs. The final decision after years of delays –...
Bristol has been chosen as one of only three places in England to host a free one-day national roadshow of seminars and workshops aimed at helping smaller business owners. The events, staged by Britain’s biggest business representation group, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), will give practical advice and...
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is to be increased in a landmark move that paves the way for the city’s highly successful Engine Shed innovation hub to expand into a much-needed second building. The approval this week by Bristol City Council’s cabinet will also trigger the redevelop of the...
UWE Bristol is to launch a pro bono legal service for small businesses in collaboration with Bristol lawyers Gregg Latchams and the city office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke. The support will be provided within the university’s Future Space Centre, part of its new University Enterprise Zone (UEZ) on...
Sustainable building and environmental technologies will be in the spotlight at the next Bristol and West of England China Bureau ‘pow wow’, held in conjunction with Low Carbon South West. Pow wow’s are popular business networking events that allow directors from across the region to meet exporters who are...
Businesses around Bristol are being invited to share their efforts to encourage more of their staff to travel sustainably through an awards scheme. Now in their fifth year, the Travelwest Business Awards recognise travel success stories throughout the the West of England. Designed to reward the work that businesses put into staff...
Energy sector and planning law experts from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have advised the developers of one of the UK’s largest planned offshore wind farms pass a vital milestone. The Burges Salmon team have secured consent for the Triton Knoll scheme’s electrical system – paving the way for...
Somerset brewery Wild Beer Co has become the latest business to open at Bristol’s cutting-edge Wapping Wharf food and drink hub. The firm’s new restaurant offers craft beers and ‘new school’ fish and chips in a light and spacious modern setting on the Harbourside alongside some of the city’s...
Some of the UK’s most radical thinkers in areas spanning technology, energy and transport are sharing their views this weekend at a pioneering event in Bristol. The Radical Technology Conference at the University of Bristol, which starts this evening, will explore a more radical approach to technology and its ability...
Confidence among West of England firms has slumped to its lowest level since 2012 as they continue to react to the EU referendum, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), which gauges how businesses view the economic prospects facing them over coming year,...
Staff from global professional services firm KPMG have moved into its new flagship office in Bristol’s Queen Square – a stone’s throw from its first base in the city nearly 200 years ago. The 450 staff relocated this week from the firm’s former regional office at 100 Temple Street,...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has thrown down the gauntlet to the government over its delay in giving the go-ahead the Hinkley Point C project. With billions of pounds of investment and thousands of jobs hanging in the balance, Business West has called for swift action. In...
