A “bold and positive” vision with a target of helping at least one person from each inner-city Bristol household secure a job paying the median salary of £30,353 by 2030 has been launched by youth empowerment group Babbasa and the council’s City Office. Businesses across the city are being urged to...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has said it will design its new showpiece Bristol office around the health and wellbeing of its people as it prepares to become the first major employer in the city to relocate in the post-Covid era. The firm, which employs 650 people in its...
Love to Ride, the Bristol-based online platform that aims to encourage more people to cycle, is gearing up for further growth after securing finance from Triodos Bank UK, which is also headquartered in the city. The loan will allow Love to Ride to capitalise on the increase in cycling...
The government’s long-awaited strategy for the UK’s burgeoning hydrogen sector – which it says could create thousands of sustainable jobs and unlock billions of pounds of investment – has been welcomed by the region’s largest business group. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, believes the West of...
Bristol small business owners uncertain about why sustainability, net zero and climate change are relevant to their day-to-day operations are being invited to a special event next month. Staged by Britain’s biggest business representation group, The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), ‘What is net zero and why is it...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke have advised on a major deal that promises to take sustainable renewable energy development to a new level. The firm worked with London-based specialist asset manager Gresham House on its acquisition of a 50MW solar farm from renewable...
A zero-emission delivery service for Bristol businesses has received a £100,000 investment from a new funding partnership set up to tackle the city’s social and environmental problems. City Funds has been launched by Bristol and Bath Regional Capital, Bristol City Council and Quartet Community Foundation to finance organisations with...
TravelLocal, the specialist Bristol firm that connects travellers with local experts in destinations around the world, is poised for global expansion after merging with a German online travel business. The tie-up with Berlin-based trip.me has been accompanied by additional funding from the two firms’ existing investors. The move, on...
Low-cost airline easyJet has teamed up with Bristol Airport to use it as a test-bed to trial ways of decarbonising its operations and reduce waste. The airline, the airport’s largest operator accounting for about half of all its flights, said the partnership would involve a series of trials using...
Nearly 70% of South West firms see climate change as a core business factor for them, according to a landmark survey of companies’ attitudes to the key issue – but, alarmingly, 21% have so far taken no action despite mounting concern over its impact. Just under half (46%) of...
Construction of premium workspace scheme CARGO Work has started at Bristol’s Wapping Wharf, adding employment to the vibrant Harbourside area’s existing residential, leisure and retail offering. The striking CARGO Work building will be set within the stone walls of the disused J S Fry warehouse, formerly part of the...
Bristol-headquartered international environmental consultancy Eunomia Research & Consulting has made its first acquisition since it was launched 20 years ago in a move that strengthens is expertise in several areas. The takeover of environmental and sustainability consultancy Collingwood Environmental Planning (CEP) adds 13 staff to Eunomia’s 100-plus consultants. Eunomia...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has advised on three major deals across the renewable energy, financial services and housebuilding sectors. TLT’s corporate team helped complete a second deal for London and Cheltenham-based renewable energy company Innova while a cross-firm team advised digital challenger bank Starling Bank on its £50m...
