Bristol healthy fast food restaurant group Friska has secured a £65,000 funding deal with Santander to help finance further growth. Launched in 2009 by University of Bath economics graduates Griff Holland and Ed Brown, Friska has since grown from one to four restaurants around Bristol. The new finance agreement...
The multi-billion pound funding gap in the £16bn Hinkley C nuclear power plant project could be filled by investment from Gulf state governments, according to media reports. A consortium led by French energy giant EDF was given the go-ahead on Monday to build two reactors at Hinkley Point in...
The £14bn Hinkley C nuclear power plant has gained official Government go-ahead, delivering a massive boost to the economy of the West of England but re-opening the debate on the cost of the massive project for consumers. The two nuclear reactors to be built by French giant EDF Energy...
Two Bristol-based organisations have announced a joint venture to support the city's burgeoning environmental technology and services sector. The tie-up comes after the city’s success in being named European Green Capital of the Year for 2015. Low Carbon South West, one of the largest trade associations of its kind...
Bristol firms are invited to an event next week to help them forge relationships with the charitable sector and boost the city’s growing reputation for responsible business. Hosted by BITC (Business in the Community), the Power of Partnership workshop on Tuesday will give charities and community organisations a platform...
Women in Property’s South West branch has launched a contest for schools around Bristol to design a sustainable four-bedroom house suitable for modern lifestyles. The competition for Year 9 students also aims to raise awareness of sustainability, as well as inform young people about the construction process and the range...
Bristol will have a bright economic future if it harnesses the innovation of its key sectors and the talents of its skilled workforce and also markets itself effectively, a major conference heard this week. But it needs to overcome some serious issues, particularly around transport, and it needs to...
A major conference this afternoon will explain why Bristol is set to have one of the UK’s best-performing local economies as the country moves out of recession. The high-profile Bristol’s Bright Future event at Ashton Gate will hear from a range of speakers who will take the pulse of...
Among speakers at this afternoon’s Bristol’s Bright Future conference are: James Durie, executive director of Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative at Business West, the organisation that leads and speaks for business in the Bristol, Bath and wider area. It provides a range of services from business start-up, business...
Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson has hailed a pioneering green energy scheme as an example of how the city will be a “laboratory for change” when it becomes European Green Capital in 2015. The £2.8m SoLa Bristol project went live in Knowle West this week with homes, schools and...
MITIE, the highly-successful Bristol-based outsourcing group, has landed a £38m waste management and cleaning contract with restaurant and pub operator Mitchells & Butlers. Under the three-year deal, which builds an existing contract, MITIE will provide recycling and environmental services at 1,600 Mitchells & Butlers restaurants and pubs around the...
The latest developments in the low carbon sector and their significance for Bristol’s burgeoning green sector will be highlighted at an event staged later today in the city. Staged by Low Carbon South West and hosted by accountants Smith & Williamson, the event will have a particular focus on...
The UK’s first hydrogen-powered ferry is officially launched in Bristol tomorrow – the latest step by the city towards becoming the UK’s green powerhouse. Clean, green and producing zero emissions, the ferry service will showcase the commercial advantages of this technology to businesses, residents, commuters and tourists during a pilot...
