A scheme to support fast-growing firms launched by globally acclaimed business incubator SETsquared is set to contribute around £1.3bn to UK economy, according to new research. University of Bristol-supported SETsquared’s Scale-Up Programme, which began in 2018, supports innovative, expanding businesses to raise public and private investment to collaborate on...
Can solar give you energy security? If so, how much does it cost, how can you finance it and what return on investment might you expect? These and other questions are on the agenda at a free webinar on Tuesday 3 October when Bristol-based Solarsense will bring together industry...
SETsquared Bristol, the University of Bristol’s acclaimed tech incubator, has further strengthened its adviser team with the appointment of four experts. They join an existing community of 15 advisers in residence, who are a key aspect of the incubator’s programme, providing pro-bono advice to its 80 member companies. Advisers offer weekly...
A major new event series for employers on how to improve recruitment and retention across gender-equal talent pools is being launched next week. Staged by Bristol Women in Business Charter (BWIBC) on Wednesday, 20 September, the inaugural event will feature two panels – one made up of employment experts and another hearing from people with lived experience. ‘Recruiting for...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon’s renewable energy team has advised a longstanding client on a £30m revolving credit facility that will fund its further growth. Atrato Onsite Energy, an investment company focused on onsite clean energy generation, secured the £30m deal with NatWest Bank. The London-based firm will...
What are the commercial finance options for solar PV and is it worth the investment? Join an independent panel of experts at this live webinar on Tuesday 3 October and get all your questions answered. Solar PV is leapfrogging ahead of other energy sources across Europe and taking an...
Bristol Airport has teamed up with airline easyJet and aerospace groups Rolls-Royce, Airbus and GKN Aerospace – all with major plants in the city – to accelerate the introduction of sustainable aviation. They have formed a new group called the Hydrogen in Aviation (HIA) to work with the government...
Bristol-based Perceptual Robotics, which uses autonomous drones backed by artificial intelligence (AI) to help cut the cost of maintaining wind turbines, has closed its largest funding round so far. The latest investor to back the innovative firm is Susten, a London-based backer of sustainable energy projects. The deal means...
Emmaus Bristol, the charity helping people out of homelessness and poverty, is to benefit from an £18,000 package of digital marketing support under a programme staged by Bristol digital marketing agency Noble Performs. The US-owned agency brought the Noble Deeds scheme to the UK last year to help charities...
Looking at it rationally, having a Bristol Women in Business Charter is counterintuitive. We should not, rationally, even be discussing the ‘business case’ for women to be an equal and part of a fair and moral functioning economic system. There would, you could argue, be no rational reason to...
Less than a quarter of Bristol’s offices and under a third of its shops would meet tough new environmental regulations expected to come in by the end of the decade, according to a new report. The city’s industrial buildings would fare even worse, the research from global property services...
National wealth management and professional services group Evelyn Partners is to move its Bristol office to a new, highly sustainable flagship development just a stone’s throw away. The firm will transfer its 250-strong Bristol team from Portwall Place, where it has been based for the past 15 years, to...
South West accountancy firm Albert Goodman, which recently doubled the size of its Bristol office, has secured a coveted B Corp accreditation in recognition of its pursuit of purpose as well as profit. The £15m-plus turnover firm said its enhanced commitment to environmental and social goals had earned it the...
