Residents Back Bristol Airport Expansion
A YouGov poll of people in the West of England has found that support for Bristol Airport’s expansion plans is almost twice as high as opposition.
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Swanky secures £7.6m YFM investment to grow e-commerce offer
E-commerce agency Swanky has secured a £7.6m investment from YFM Equity Partners to support its next phase of growth.
Card Factory says Funky Pigeon acquisition is already boosting online growth
Card Factory has said its acquisition of Bristol-based Funky Pigeon is already strengthening its position in the fast-growing online greetings cards and gifts market.
The Wakefield-headquartered retail group bought Funky Pigeon from WH Smith for £25.7m last August, making Card Factory the second largest online card
South Gloucestershire to offer 30 minutes’ free parking in all charged council car park spaces
Drivers will be able to park for free for 30 minutes in any space at South Gloucestershire Council car parks where charges were introduced last year, under a series of changes due to come into effect in June.
The council says the updates are designed to make the parking scheme
Bristol energy efficiency firm secures £6.25m funding package
Bristol-based energy efficiency specialist Best.Energy has secured a £6.25m funding package from OakNorth to support a majority buyout by impact investor Future Business Partnership.
The deal will back Future Business Partnership’s investment into the company alongside management and provide Best.Energy with additional funding for future
FinTech West and Howden Salisbury partner to boost cyber resilience across South West FinTech sector
FinTech West and Howden Salisbury have announced a new strategic partnership aimed at strengthening resilience across the region’s FinTech community.
The partnership follows the organisations’ first collaborative event in Bristol in December 2025, which brought together leaders from the FinTech, insurance and cybersecurity sectors to discuss practical approaches to
Blue Self Storage and Pickfords partner to develop new UK sites
Blue Self Storage has entered into a strategic partnership with Pickfords to develop and operate additional self-storage sites across the UK.
The collaboration will begin with a new development in Aberdeen, Scotland, and is being positioned by both companies as the start of a longer-term partnership involving future