More than seven in 10 West of England firms consider climate change to be a core business issue for them but many admit they need help to do anything about it due to cost pressures. As a result, fewer than a quarter have taken concrete steps to reduce their...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke have worked on another renewable energy deal, this time advising specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House on its acquisition of two UK energy storage projects. The projects, bought by Gresham House from global energy provider Canadian Solar, include...
Six key promotions have been made by independent commercial building consultancy Hollis in its Bristol office in a move it says demonstrates its commitment to nurturing talent and rewarding hard work with career progression. The promotions follow the Bristol team’s recent growth and success and form part of Hollis’...
US cloud-based technology company Pax8 is aiming to create up to 150 jobs in Bristol after achieving 800% annual growth. The global business, which has created a marketplace for IT professionals to buy cloud-based tech products, has already secured coveted unicorn status as a privately held start-up company valued...
Independent planning and research consultancy Nexus Planning is celebrating the success of its new Bristol office, which opened earlier this year and has already generated strong business for the national firm. Nexus, which has four other offices across the UK, opened the base in The Programme Building on All...
A giant interactive gorilla sculpture made in Bristol from sustainable wood has been unveiled to mark the countdown to the closure of the city’s iconic Zoo Gardens in just six weeks’ time. At nearly 7m high and sitting on the zoo’s main lawn, the ‘gorilla mum’ is taller than...
The former South West managing director of national PR firm Social has launched a new communications consultancy aimed at place-makers, purposeful businesses and public bodies. Bristol-based Distinctive Communications has been founded by Ben Lowndes, who has taken on all five staff members of Social’s South West team. Under an...
One of the West of England’s best-known business figures, YTL UK chief executive officer Colin Skellett, has become chair of the regional business organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce. Business West is one of the UK’s most influential business leadership organisations, representing more than 21,000 businesses across the South...
The next Prime Minister and their Chancellor of the Exchequer must take immediate action to help companies cope with the impact of sky-high inflation, the region’s largest business group has said. Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics this week show inflation at a 40-year high of 9.4%....
A surface car park opposite Bristol’s St Mary Redcliffe church is set to be transformed into an ‘iconic parkland’ under plans drawn up by a group of Bristol and London designers. The proposed scheme is the result of a design competition staged by Bristol Housing Festival, which called for...
Loungers, the fast-growing Bristol-based café-bar chain, has announced plans to have at least 500 sites in its portfolio after serving up a 200%-plus growth in annual sales. The group, which operates its outlets under the Lounge and Cosy Club brands, has just opened its 200th venue but is already...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has jumped into a top 20 position in a prestigious table of the UK’s highest-rated planning law firms. The firm, which has seven offices across the country including Bristol, climbed eight places from 21 to 13 in the Planning Law Survey 2022. The annual...
National law firm Foot Anstey has been appointed by European renewable energy provider Econergy International to support its first UK battery storage project. The energy & infrastructure team at Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, will negotiate the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the project,...
