Another high-rise building scheme could be developed close to Bristol city centre as part of a project to transform a corner of Castle Park into a sustainable housing development. Goram Homes, Bristol City Council’s housing company, has teamed up with Bristol Housing Festival to investigate at how the site...
SETsquared Bristol has appointed Marty Reid as its new director, taking over from Monika Radclyffe, who has led the world-leading tech incubator since 2016. Marty, pictured, takes up the role in January. He has been the head of Engine Shed, the Bristol innovation hub and home to SETsquared Bristol,...
Bristol craft brewery and pub chain Butcombe has become the latest hospitality and catering business in the city to join the war on waste food by partnering with the Too Good To Go app. Butcombe is to offer the service initially at eight of its pubs, including the Whitmore...
Spherics, the Bristol start-up enabling businesses to understand their carbon footprint, has appointed Marina Traversari as its chief operating officer. Spherics uses cloud-based carbon accounting software to support making net zero a reality. The software measures the carbon footprint of companies and their supply chains to better identify opportunities to...
A Bristol-based coffee roaster plans to create jobs and become more sustainable after buying the building that houses its production roastery with a £1.1m funding package. Clifton Coffee Roasters has been renting the premises at Avonmouth for the past eight years, during which it has enjoyed significant growth. Now,...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed four ambassadors for the South West to ensure its members remain at the heart of its operations in the region. The quartet of experienced business leaders – Katherine Piper, Alex Chikhani, Peter Doyle and John Rotherford – will enable greater connectivity between...
A fundraising appeal set up by a pioneering Bristol cookery school to help tackle food poverty in the city is being backed by national law firm Burges Salmon. Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon has joined a group of businesses and philanthropists pledging to double donations over the next week to Square Food...
Three pioneering Bristol tech firms are hoping to secure vital funding after taking part in a high-profile online investment showcase staged by globally acclaimed business incubator SETsquared. Airway Medical, Emm Technology and Neuronostics were among 16 SETsquared-backed ventures that took the mic and pitched for the investment at the...
Bristol’s hospitality and catering businesses are being given a new weapon in the fight against food waste while also helping them become more sustainable. Visit West, the destination management organisation that covers the city through its Visit Bristol brand, has teamed up with with Too Good To Go to...
Bristol has developed Europe’s most exciting ‘deep tech’ ecosystem where innovators can accelerate ground-breaking ideas in areas as diverse as AI, synthetic biology, nano technologies and quantum computing, guests at the opening of the city’s new Science Creates centre were told. The incubator in Old Market is already becoming...
Bristol will miss the government’s net zero targets unless it significantly upgrades its office buildings over the next 10 years, according to new analysis. The report by leading property consultancy JLL, which has an office in the Bristol, concludes that just over 85% of the city’s office stock –...
Two Bristol law firms have been named among the top UK employers with a strong commitment to advancing social mobility in their workplace and the wider community. Osborne Clarke and Burges Salmon – the city’s two largest law firms – have been included in the latest Social Mobility Foundation...
The Bristol office of national investment management firm Rathbones has agreed a three-year partnership with food redistribution charity FareShare South West, including a programme to help disadvantaged people get jobs. The partnership has been arranged through the Rathbones Foundation, the firm’s charitable fund. The employability programme will be based...
