Bristol Airport is celebrating the success of its efforts to get more passengers and staff to use its bus links – with the number soaring past 100,000 in a month for the first time. Last month nearly 110,000 people travelled on the A1 Airport Flyer, which links the airport...
More than £11m has been lent to start-up firms across the South West ranging from a sewing café to a mobile cocktail bar over the past year under a programme run by the British Business Bank. Since its launch in 2012, the Start Up Loans scheme has supported more than 9,000...
Law firm Thrings has extended its support for a podcast created by farmer and BBC Countryfile host Adam Henson that champions wellbeing and mental health in the farming sector. Keeping on Track was launched at the beginning of this year to encourage people in the farming community not to...
Regional construction group Beard has appointed its first social value manager – a role it has set up to ensure its projects deliver wider social, economic and environmental benefits. Paula Baleson, pictured, takes up the post after two years as Beard’s communications manager based in its Bristol office. She...
Funding secured from growth finance group BGF’s Bristol team is powering major international expansion at a UK-based clean-energy engineering company. Severn Drives & Energy (SDE), which BGF supported last year with a ‘significant’ investment, has set up a manufacturing plant in the US to meet rising customer demand for...
Waste management vehicles operated by Grundon on Bristol’s roads will soon boast some of the industry’s most-advanced safety features following a £750,000 investment by the company. The firm, which opened its St Philips depot four years ago, is equipping all its 300-plus strong commercial fleet with connected operations platform over...
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Bristol-headquartered café/bar chain Loungers has opened its largest venue so far in the city where it started nearly 22 years ago. Ritorno Lounge, in the former Pitcher & Piano on Harbourside, is the group’s 228th Lounge-branded venue. The café/bar, pictured, has an outside terrace overlooking Pero’s Bridge, a 10.5m-long...
Cutting-edge hydraulic systems developed in Bristol that could bring about a step change in sustainable aviation are to be showcased alongside the world’s leading aerospace technology next week. Domin, the firm behind the ground-breaking systems, is exhibiting at the Farnborough International Airshow, the global gathering of the leading aerospace...
