A full-size, futuristic house capable of being built on the surface of Mars is to be created on Bristol’s Harbourside in a pioneering collaboration between artists, scientists, architects and engineers. The house is the outcome of an ongoing public art project called Building a Martian House led by Bristol artists...
Commuters and visitors to Bristol are now able to hire carbon-neutral e-scooters to ride around the city’s streets as part of a year-long trial aimed at encouraging low-carbon travel. Initially, 100 scooters supplied by Swedish firm Voi will be available to hire in Bristol along with 50 in Bath – with...
A Bristol-based independent retailer specialising in clothing and zero-waste accessories made from bamboo has expanded into Bath. Mabboo, which operates a shop in The Galleries, has taken over a former Timberland outlet in Bath’s main Southgate shopping area. The 1,065 sq ft unit, pictured, stocks a range of T-shirts, watches, sunglasses...
A long-running Bristol-based annual conference for communications professionals working in the natural history, conservation and environmental sectors takes place next month with a fully digital programme of events. Staged for the past 16 years, Communicate is hosted by the city-based Natural History Consortium and has traditionally taken place over...
Bristol-based naval architect and boat design consultancy ENPLO has received funding to help establish its profile. The £15,000 loan, secured through regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance via The Start Up Loans Company, is being used by ENPLO to provide working capital to cover initial repair costs and marketing...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare now for the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 next year, despite many questions of how it will work in practice remaining unanswered. The government has launched a campaign for businesses with the strapline ‘Time is running out’ as...
Work is to begin next month on a major Bristol city centre office scheme following the appointment of its main contractor. One Portwall Square developer Nord has appointed Skanska on the six-storey, 33,750 sq ft building next to Bristol City Council’s 100 Temple Street office. Construction is due to...
Building contractor Willmott Dixon is using its work on some of Bristol’s largest construction projects to prepare it to become the industry leader in sustainability. The Hertfordshire-headquartered firm, which has a regional office at Ham Green, near Bristol, this week announced a series of ambitious commitments as part of...
Bristol has been named as the UK’s second ‘most progressive’ city for its residents’ forward-looking approach in areas such as recycling and their taste for vegan and vegetarian food. Bristolians also helped their city challenge for the top spot – held by near neighbour Bath – in the 50-strong...
Construction work on Bristol’s £70m motor industry global centre of excellence has shifted up a gear with the handover of vital research areas, despite disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The 13,500 sq m, two-storey building on the Bristol & Bath Science Park – which is still on track...
A major scheme to redevelop Bristol’s high-profile but neglected St Mary le Port area on the edge of Castle Park is being drawn up following the acquisition of the three buildings on the site. US-based global investment manager Federated Hermes has bought Bank House, Bank of England House and...
Firms will ‘despair’ over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments today that they should prepare for a no-deal Brexit, the region’s biggest business organisation said. Describing the move as “another period of political theatre”, Business West managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said firms across the West of England were already...
More than £100m is to be spent on ambitious plans that use the West of England’s creativity and diversity to protect and secure jobs while building back greener and creating opportunities for all residents. The plan has been drawn up by the region’s Recovery Taskforce, which brings together businesses,...
