You may have seen TV coverage of the trial we are carrying out at our materials recovery facility (MRF) near Cheltenham, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the sorting and recovery of plastic waste. The MRF in question is one of six around the South of England at which...
Bristol Junior Chamber has kicked off its 75th anniversary year with its first-ever all-female leadership team. The group was founded in 1948 to promote trade, commerce and industry in the city and provide its members with professional networking and skills development opportunities. Since then it has been involved in...
A team from the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has advised the University of Bristol on its new £500m Temple Quarter Campus, work on which is about to start in earnest. Opening in 2026, the campus next to Temple Meads Station on Cattle Market Road, will...
Construction of the final phase of Bristol’s Paintworks creative quarter is on course to finish this summer, bringing more commercial and public space and nearly 100 new homes to the highly successful mixed-use development. South West property agency Alder King, which has marketed Paintworks on Bath Road since it...
Bristol Airport is to open two new premium pre-flight lounges as it prepares for its busiest summer getaway period in years. The airport, which has almost fully recovered from the impact of the pandemic, is working with airport services business CAVU to bring its Escape Lounge and 1903 Lounge...
Armadillo, Bristol’s largest independent customer relationship marketing (CRM) agency, has relocated to a new office to take account of its hybrid working model. The agency, which works with major global brands such as McDonald’s, Disney and Carnival UK, has spent the past two years carefully researching, consulting, and planning...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Kevin Mashford, sales director of design, build, fit-out and refurbishment specialist Paramount, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: It’s Breaking Bad, which I acknowledge isn’t a...
Global banking giant HSBC has delivered a boost to Bristol’s city centre commercial property market by acquiring space in one of its largest flagship office developments for a new South West regional base. The bank is to occupy 11,000 sq ft of the 200,000 sq ft EQ building, pictured,...
Confidence among West of England firms has recovered sharply from its slump last year, according to the latest research by the region’s largest business organisation – but continued staff shortages are now adding to their problems. The quarterly survey by Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, shows...
Bristol’s hard-hit visitor economy could attract investment worth millions of pounds under a new scheme to position the West of England at the forefront of the UK tourism industry. The region has been chosen as one of 12 hotspots for a new national approach to drive up visitor numbers...
Pioneering Bristol-based giving platform Neighbourly is to help medium-sized firms find and support local charities and causes, so increasing their social and environmental impact. Neighbourly’s platform was launched in 2014 to match large businesses with local good causes. It has since facilitated the donation of 120,000-plus volunteer hours, £23m...
The banking and finance team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has been strengthened with the arrival of real estate finance specialists Rohan Campbell and Tom Farrell as a partner and director respectively. Both have joined from specialist London commercial real estate law firm Maples Teesdale, where Rohan...
SWIG Finance, the non-profit company that supports viable South West businesses that cannot secure sufficient funding from their bank, has become the new regional business support partner for Start Up Loans. SWIG will work with the programme to deliver funding and support to help unlock the potential of small...
