The South West’s festival scene is thriving after its Covid-induced hiatus, with dozens of summer music and food events taking place within an hour’s drive of Bristol this summer. Alongside entertainment, food and drink, logistics and transport, festival organisers need to consider how to manage the waste that is...
Global renewable energy group Sonnedix has appointed South West and South of England-focused law firm Foot Anstey to its UK legal panel as it looks to scale up its presence in the market. The Chile-headquartered group develops, builds and operates renewable energy projects with the aim to provide affordable,...
On-site renewable energy generation is helping thousands of businesses to reduce costs, become more sustainable and gain long term energy security. If you’re considering solar power but are not sure where to start, this free breakfast webinar is a chance to hear from those who have already made the...
Bristol’s pioneering Future Leap sustainability network and consultancy is to expand outside the city for the first time after securing new funding. The business, one of the UK’s largest green networks, is to open a site in the Bath area in response to the growing demand for its services...
The government’s recently published Powering up Britain plan sets out an ambitious strategy to accelerate the development of offshore wind in order to help achieve the UK’s net zero targets. Floating offshore wind (FLOW), which can harness the wind power potential of the open seas with less disruption to...
FRP Corporate Finance’s Bristol team has advised on a major deal in the burgeoning renewable energy sector. The team worked with Hampshire-headquartered insulation services provider South Coast Insulation Services (SCIS), a tier-one partner to three of the ‘big six’ energy suppliers, on its acquisition of heating equipment supplier Cotswold...
National law firm Bevan Brittan has boosted its energy & resource management group in Bristol by recruiting experienced energy and infrastructure lawyer Rupert Lugg as a partner. Rupert, who previously worked at Bevan Brittan as a solicitor for two years between 2011 and 2013, is the market-leading group’s seventh...
Experts from the Bristol office of waste management firm Grundon have renewed their ties with a major music and food festival on the city’s doorstep as its steps up its drive for optimum sustainability. Planning for this year’s Valley Fest is now getting in full swing, with Grundon appointed...
An innovative charity support programme staged by Bristol digital marketing agency Noble Performs is to return for a second year following the success of its launch last summer. Originally operated by Noble Performs’ headquarters in Nevada, the Noble Deeds programme has helped dozens of US charities over the past...
Digital marketplace Yuup has secured a further £200,000 investment to help it continue growing its presence in its home city of Bristol while strengthening its expansion in Birmingham. Launched in 2021, Yuup’s online platform offers bookable, in-person events, workshops and fun group activities organised and hosted by local people,...
Bristol-headquartered energy group Ovo has been ordered to repay thousands of its customers after overcharging their bills. The firm, Britain’s third-biggest energy supplier, was found to be in breach of the government’s energy price cap by regulator Ofgem, which said almost 11,000 of its customers had paid a total...
Bristol is to play a key role in a pioneering project to make clean hydrogen-fuelled buses a reality – helping support hundreds of jobs and saving millions of tonnes of CO2. The Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), pictured, on the Bristol and Bath Science Park has been...
Bristol Airport is to press ahead with what it called “responsible growth” after the latest legal challenge against its multi-million pound expansion was rejected. Secretary of State for Levelling Up ruled there was “no compelling reason” to uphold the appeal by anti-expansion umbrella group Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN). ...
