Waste management and recycling firm Hills Waste Solutions is gearing up for further growth across the South West after relocating its Bristol depot. The Swindon-headquartered firm expanded into Bristol nearly five years through its acquisition of commercial waste recycling and food collection firm Able Waste Management. The move led...
Workwear firm Alexandra has strengthened its commitment to combating modern slavery across domestic and global supply chains by joining a new scheme. The Thornbury-based firm, which has been designing and manufacturing garments since 1854, has joined forces with catering-to-home care group Sodexo UK and Ireland to launch the Modern...
A student firm developing disruptive technology that will slash food waste in the education sector has won £10,000 to develop the idea. UK schools, colleges and universities throw away 150m tonnes of food each year, at a cost of around £250m – but the University of Bristol students behind...
Bristol’s innovative approach towards tackling food inequality, reducing waste and increasing urban growing has resulted in it becoming only the second city in the UK to secure Gold Sustainable Food City status. Awarded by the independent Sustainable Food Places Board, the accolade recognises work that also included growing the...
Bristol’s soon-to-open £70m motor industry global centre of excellence is to collaborate with the world’s largest automotive testing firm to help put the low-carbon car of the future on the road. The pioneering Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), now under construction on the Bristol & Bath Science...
Bristol businesses are being asked for their views on the changing work patterns of their employees to help gauge post-Covid transport needs. Independent research has been commissioned by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), which includes Bristol City Council, into the ways firms across the region plan to...
South West law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has secured reaccreditation from the National Equality Standard (NES), achieving the highest score of any legal sector organisation. Foot Anstey became the first law firm in the region to gain an NES three years ago for its efforts...
Accountancy group PwC has become the latest firm to join the Bristol Climate Leaders Group, which was launched last November to help make the city carbon neutral within 10 years by sharing experiences and best practice. PwC, which employs 580 people in its West of England office at Temple...
Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace, which is developing a world-beating electric-powered ‘flying taxi’ that could revolutionise air travel, has landed a $2bn order for up to 500 of the aircraft. The order, from international aircraft leasing company Avolon, will speed up development of the world’s most advanced electric vertical take-off and...
Bristol Technology Festival returns for its third edition later this year with the city hosting more than 50 events with themes spanning the breadth and depth of its growing tech and digital sector. The current plans are to hold the events in a hybrid model with a selection of...
One of Bristol’s oldest charities has been advised by the city office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson on the acquisition of a specialist workspace and conference centre. The Vassall Centre, pictured, in Fishponds offers affordable, accessible facilities for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Bristol Charities, which provides opportunities and...
West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris is calling on employers to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the region. With an estimated £4m to £8m of unused Apprenticeship Levy funds returned to the Treasury each year, Mayor Norris is calling for apprentice levy-paying employers to give their unused funds to a new...
Two sewage and food waste-powered trucks bought by utility group Wessex Water will hit Bristol’s roads this summer, ushering in a transport revolution that could potentially slash greenhouse gas emissions and improve the city’s air quality. The vehicles, pictured, which follow in the tyre tracks of the firm’s pioneering ‘poo...
