The West of England’s first Good Employment Charter has been launched – with Bristol’s four times Academy Award-winning animation studio Aardman the first to pledge its support. The project was kick-started this week by Metro Mayor Dan Norris as part of a push to develop good jobs, deliver opportunities...
More than seven in 10 West of England firms consider climate change to be a core business issue for them but many admit they need help to do anything about it due to cost pressures. As a result, fewer than a quarter have taken concrete steps to reduce their...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke have worked on another renewable energy deal, this time advising specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House on its acquisition of two UK energy storage projects. The projects, bought by Gresham House from global energy provider Canadian Solar, include...
Staff at regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon have stepped up their efforts to improve the environment in the South West and support its communities by sweeping clean a Somerset beach. Just under 20 staff took part in a day of action at Stolford Beach, near Bridgwater, as part of...
A giant interactive gorilla sculpture made in Bristol from sustainable wood has been unveiled to mark the countdown to the closure of the city’s iconic Zoo Gardens in just six weeks’ time. At nearly 7m high and sitting on the zoo’s main lawn, the ‘gorilla mum’ is taller than...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon’s Bristol office has helped secure the sale of an innovative battery business at the forefront of the electrification of the aerospace industry. Electroflight’s directors called in Milsted Langdon’s specialist restructuring and insolvency team to advise on the future of the Cheltenham-based business after seeking additional...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Bevis Watts, CEO of Triodos Bank UK and author of River Journey: searching for wild beavers and finding freedom, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Top...
A surface car park opposite Bristol’s St Mary Redcliffe church is set to be transformed into an ‘iconic parkland’ under plans drawn up by a group of Bristol and London designers. The proposed scheme is the result of a design competition staged by Bristol Housing Festival, which called for...
National law firm Foot Anstey has been appointed by European renewable energy provider Econergy International to support its first UK battery storage project. The energy & infrastructure team at Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, will negotiate the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the project,...
South West chartered accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has taken a major step towards its ambition of becoming a fully sustainable and innovative business by completing a refurbishment of one of its offices. The transformation of the firm’s Taunton base, its largest, includes a reshaping of the office space to...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has renewed its partnership with League Two champions Forest Green Rovers for another two years as the club prepares for its first-ever season in League One. Nailsworth-based Forest Green, known for its sustainable approach, has been named “the world’s greenest football club” by the...
Eco-minded businesses are beginning to sign up for Bristol’s recently launched carbon-friendly gas and heating maintenance service. The team of engineers at Nippychecks, which started in May, use electric cargo bikes to visit properties across the city to maintain boilers, central heating and electrical systems and appliances. The innovative...
The University of Bristol is to combine its far-reaching research expertise with the industry know-how of major global partners under a new project launched today which will also be the first to open on its new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. Called Bristol Innovations, it will be a virtual network...
