The founder of Babbasa, the Bristol social enterprise transforming the lives of young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds, has spoken of his immense pride at its success as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Poku Osei launched the organisation in 2013 in response to the growing gap in...
Bristol-based engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has appointed Mark Walker as a director and new healthcare sector lead for its national mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) division. A Chartered Engineer with more than 35 years’ experience, Mark, pictured, offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise which...
Businesses will get the chance to join forces with researchers and academics from the University of Bristol at an event in the city next month. The Festival of Enterprise will bring together the city’s industry and academia to discuss how they can collaborate to meet business challenges and achieve...
Business West, one of the UK’s largest chambers of commerce, is celebrating 200 years of leading and supporting businesses with a campaign entitled 200 Years of Future Thinking. Marking two centuries since the Bristol-based Chamber of Commerce was founded, the campaign coincides with a new-look brand image, pictured, below,...
Six playful creative prototypes ranging from huge inflatable robots to an interactive pavement will pop up around Bristol next month, showcasing the way the city brings art, technology and culture together. The projects are designed to fire the imagination and spark conversations around inclusion, surveillance, climate change and the kind...
Sixteen cutting-edge Bristol start-ups will promote their innovative technologies to an audience of influential investors and business leaders at a special event later this month. Now in its 19th year, Tech-Xpo is the flagship pitch, demo and connect showcase for the University of Bristol’s acclaimed tech incubator SETsquared Bristol. Eleven of the 16 companies are...
Bristol-headquartered independent UK law firm Burges Salmon’s corporate team has advised on a seed funding deal that will enable a nanotech start-up to scale-up its green ammonia technologies. Nium will use the $3m (£2.34m) investment to assembling its first small-scale, modular, low energy consumption ammonia reactors. Known as ‘minions’,...
A Bristol community centre is now more accessible for elderly users and children, thanks to funding support worth £35,000 from waste management group Grundon. The Lockleaze Youth and Play Space – known locally as The Vench – has a new entrance ramp, sunken trampoline, pizza oven and hot water...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke have advised on a major deal to develop green hydrogen projects in the UK as interest in the alternative fuel source continues its rapid growth. The team advised London-headquartered sustainability-led investor Foresight on its involvement in a new electrolytic...
A University of Bristol spin-out developing an innovative temperature-responsive coating for greenhouses has secured a £1.6m investment. By using advanced polymer chemistry, Albotherm has created a heat-sensitive material with the potential to boost food productivity in commercial greenhouses by up to 34%. The firm’s innovative coating automatically adjusts how much...
Up to 40,000 jobs could be created and a further 60,000 safeguarded across the West of England and South Wales if they embraced the hydrogen revolution, according to a major report unveiled today. It also suggested that between 16,000 and 21,000 kilo tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions could be...
Taste of the West, the UK’s largest independent regional food group, has launched a partnership with regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming and law firm Trowers & Hamlins to help raise the profile of the thriving South West food and drink sector. The firms will act as Taste of the...
Firms will be able to access the latest advice and guidance to enable them to become sustainable when the region’s largest annual environmental exhibition returns next week. Staged by Bristol specialist business hub Future Leap at Paintworks on Bath Road, the Festival of Sustainable Business Exhibition next Thursday, 15...
