Bristol-based advanced materials start-up Albotherm is collaborating with one of the world’s largest glass manufacturers and two UK food firms in a groundbreaking project that could revolutionise the way crops are grown in greenhouses. The University of Bristol spin-out is developing an innovative temperature-responsive coating for greenhouses. By using...
Renewable energy contractor Solarsense has become the latest firm in the Bristol area to become owned by its employees after achieving its best-ever trading results. The firm, which was launched nearly 30 years ago, has delivered over 15,000 installations in homes and businesses across the UK and taken solar...
Staff from some of Bristol’s largest hotels are to take part in a sponsored charity walk to highlight mental health issues in the hospitality sector. Members of Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA) – which represents 40 hotels in and around the city with around 4,000 rooms between them – are...
Hopes that small business confidence levels in the South West are bouncing back have been dashed by the results of a new survey, reflecting firms’ concerns over the economic outlook. But while there has been a fall in confidence among the region’s smaller companies, some positive signs have emerged...
A social enterprise is offering Bristol firms the chance to take part in outdoors team-building days while also helping local communities and the environment thrive. Bristol-based charity Your Park Bristol & Bath has launched the team days in response to the shift to hybrid working by many businesses, which...
More than 350 businesses from across the South West have already expressed an interest in applying for finance from a new £200m regional investment fund just weeks after its launch. The government-backed South West Investment Fund (SWIF), which was unveiled last month by the British Business Bank, aims to...
Bristol’s Wake The Tiger, the world’s first ‘amazement park’, is to double in size after receiving a £500,000 investment from a specialist creative sector growth fund. The walk-through experience, pictured, opened just over a year ago at a cost of around £2.5m in a former paint factory in the...
Fast-growing Bristol-based all-day café-bar and restaurant operator Loungers has opened its third Brightside roadside venue ahead of turning the chain into a national brand. Following on from the opening of Brightside Exeter, pictured, in February and Brightside Saltash in June, the new outlet at Honiton, Devon, began welcoming travellers on the...
The drinks group behind Bristol craft brewery and pub chain Butcombe plans to make it the leading provider of premium accommodation in the South of England, it said this week. At the same time, Jersey-based Liberation Group is to invest in Butcombe’s brewery in Wrington to increase capacity for...
Confidence levels among businesses in the South West have bounced back from the gloom of earlier this year – making the region one of only two to register an increase in optimism. Overall confidence rose five points last month to 34%, while companies in the region became far more...
Bristol employers are being invited to take part in a new £2m programme that will support hundreds of individuals across the West of England to learn new skills. The scheme, launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), is designed to plug the skills gaps in the region...
Passengers arriving at Bristol Airport are now greeted by an eye-catching artwork featuring many of the West of England’s family-friendly attractions. Produced by Visit West, the region’s destination marketing organisation, in partnership with the airport, specialist advertising experts Eye Airports and businesses, the 136 ft-long mural, pictured, weaves its...
Bristol recruitment specialist Baltimore Consulting has moved into new, state-of-the-art office space – taking it full circle back to the building where it launched 10 years ago. The firm was founded by Charmaine Vincent, pictured, in a small office in Castlemead, Bristol’s tallest commercial building, in 2013. Since then...
