Bristol-based vehicle repair firm WBC Automotive has invested £1.7m in the UK’s most hi-tech and eco-friendly workshop, with financial backing from Barclays. The bespoke 20,000 sq ft building on the Caxton Business Park in Warmley, was built to WBC’s exact specifications and houses a state-of-the-art body shop which is...
Electric vehicle charging points are to be installed at Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway railway stations as part of a campaign to promote low-carbon motoring. Train operator First Great Western (FGW) has been awarded £315,000 to install the chargepoints at 44 of its 210 stations. Clifton Down, Yate...
Firms are being sought to sponsor rower and University of Bristol PhD student Elsa Hammond’s epic solo voyage across the Pacific. Elsa, pictured, will be the only European solo female competitor in the 2,400 mile race from California to Hawaii this summer during which she will row for up...
Firms with a conscience are being urged to enter the South West Fairtrade Business Awards 2014 before this Friday’s deadline. Now in their second year, the awards recognise and showcase the efforts of businesses across the region which use Fairtrade products and support fair and ethical business practices. Each...
Bristol is poised for “significant” economic expansion over the next five years, out-performing even London in the pace of its growth, new research shows. The city’s burgeoning information and communications technology (ICT) sector and its established role as a centre for professional, scientific and technical expertise will pave the...
Liz Zeidler and Philippa Bayley have been elected as chair of Bristol Green Capital Partnership for this year in a job share. Philippa is manager of the University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute, which brings together all the university’s work on living with environmental uncertainty, while Liz is a founding...
Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected...
Bristol’s green credentials have received a major boost with a move that could slash residents’ energy bills by £3.5m a year, save 17,900 tonnes of CO2 and cut the city’s domestic gas use by 5%. The ambitious plans, approved by the city council Cabinet today, come as preparations are...
Some of Bristol’s best-known business figures have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list. Peter Hargreaves, the co-founder of Bristol-based investment services provider Hargreaves Lansdown, has been awarded the CBE for services to business, innovation, financial services. Don Cameron, founder of Bristol-based Cameron Balloons and figurehead for the...
Bristol City Council has completed the restructure of its top management team with the appointment of Barra Mac Ruairí as its fourth strategic director. Currently strategic director for regeneration at Bradford City Council, Barra, pictured, will join Bristol City Council as strategic director for place, responsible for major projects,...
The Government should not overlook the vital role regional airports such as Bristol can play in helping solve the looming gridlock at airports serving London and the South East. The message, from Bristol Airport boss Robert Sinclair, came today as the Airports Commission’s interim report into the capacity constraints...
Two projects by environment design practice Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, have been shortlisted in a prestigious national awards scheme. The St Paul’s project in Cheltenham – a consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes – is competing in the ‘regeneration’ category of the Placemaking Awards while...
Ideas on the best way to create sustainable jobs and growth across the West of England are being invited from Bristol firms. The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) today launches a six-week public consultation on its Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) – a blueprint for growth over the next six years....
