Bristol Airport has become the first in the UK outside London to achieve a major independent industry accreditation in recognition of its efforts to become net zero in less than seven years’ time. The airport has gained a ‘Level 4+ Transition’ level in the international carbon accreditation scheme run by...
The Bristol firm behind ‘purposeful playgrounds’ that have transformed schools, parks and leisure environments across the UK and beyond has celebrated its 21st anniversary. Since its launch in 2002, TouchWood Play has gone from strength to strength, designing and building play areas for customers across the UK and in...
ZapMap, the fast-growing Bristol-based electric vehicle mapping service, has expanded its charge point location service into mainland Europe. UK electric car owners driving across Europe can now use the ZapMap app and desktop map to find thousands of charge points in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The...
Planning, architecture and placemaking consultancy Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, has recruited associate planner Alexandra Egge in a move it said reflected its growing portfolio of projects. Alexandra, pictured, joins from Arup in London, where she led projects ranging from strategic mixed-use development strategies and masterplans to...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has an office in Bristol, has demonstrated its commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and support for people with disabilities by partnering with a major legal sector organisation. It has become one of 90-plus leading law firms across the UK,...
Bristol Chamber & Initiative’s new president has pledged to focus on “community and green growth”, saying the city can be a global leader in social and environmental change. Dr Justin Morris, pictured, chief executive of Bristol Zoological Society – the charity that runs Bristol Zoo Project – started his...
Innovative Bristol-based giving platform Neighbourly has wrapped up a hugely successful year by partnering on three of the festive seasons’ top advertising campaigns. The firm, which launched in 2014 to match large businesses with local good causes, features in the Christmas TV campaigns of discount supermarket chains Aldi and...
Gloucestershire Cricket has teamed up with waste management firm Grundon for a further three years after their existing partnership resulted in a steady improvement in the club’s recycling performance. Recycling rates at the club’s Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol have bounced up by almost 60% over the past three...
The University of Bristol has been named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities in recognition of its globally acclaimed environmental research as well as its action in tackling the climate crisis. The university, which has 31,500 students and employs just over 8,000 staff, was ranked 17th in...
Bristol is to get a new £8.5m incubator to nurture spin-out companies working in the fast-growing quantum, biotech and AI sectors – the latest in a series of hubs in the city aimed at creating the next generation of high-potential businesses. Called OMX, it will be opened next year...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has a major office in Bristol, has become one of the first UK businesses to have its net zero targets officially validated. The firm, which employs around 800 people in Bristol and also has UK offices in London and Reading, is among the...
One of the South West’s leading carbon reduction advisory firms and a Bristol hair salon have been awarded the B Corp status, taking the number of businesses in the city to gain the coveted accreditation to more than 80. That figure puts the city in the vanguard of the...
An organisation with one of the largest female workforces in Bristol has become the latest signatory to a unique charter that aims to make a difference for women in the workplace. University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), which employs 15,000 people – more than 75% of...
