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A new report has revealed that green credentials are important for more than 80 per cent of those interested in living in a retirement development.
People have until January 27 to comment on a planning appeal by Persimmon Homes, who want to build a housing estate on farmland in Backwell, North Somerset and create a new junction on the A370 by demolishing two houses.
Esther Woolford, partner and head of agriculture at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, comments on the recently launched Farming Investment Fund (the FII).
A new state-of-the-art fertility and IVF clinic serving the South West is set to open soon at Aztec West, Bristol.
Bethan Evans, Banking & Finance Partner at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, shares her thoughts on whether green finance is here to stay.
A beautiful woodland location in Alveston, near Thornbury, is being offered up to schools and other play groups as a setting for outdoor exploration, forest schools and nature play sessions.
Installing solar panels and other energy saving initiatives is set to enhance the value of homes across the South West, according to property specialists in the region.
A ground-breaking new at-home test has been developed by UK scientists to help couples struggling to conceive to improve their chances of having a baby.
Regional Angel Investment Accelerator delivers private investment and grant funding to Bath-based start-up
Bristol's business and cultural links with China were celebrated when a delegation from the West Country visited the award-winning "Guangzhou Garden" at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The gold medal-winning garden, designed by Bath-based landscape architecture practice Grant Associates for the Chinese city of Guangzhou, which is the sister city of Bristol, aims to highlight how planners must work in harmony with nature.
A common condition that affects one in ten women of child-bearing age and can lead to difficulties falling pregnant - polycystic ovary syndrome - is under the spotlight this month with fertility experts in the South West and Wales taking part in PCOS Awareness Month throughout September in a bid to increase understanding of the condition.
An eighteenth-century pioneer of jabs against smallpox; a great reformer in the often-brutal treatment of mental illness; an amateur GP who gave away free pills to the poor. They were all prominent doctors in Bristol 200 years ago - and all were Quakers.
Dale Edwards, a Green Energy Strategic Consultant with national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, comments on the UK Government’s eagerly awaited launch of its hydrogen plan.
On the anniversary of the birth of the world’s first IVF baby, World Embryologist Day - 25 July - senior scientists in Bristol are aiming to raise awareness of advances in fertility medicine by revealing a glimpse of their daily behind-the-scenes activities.
Care for the environment is leading to a growing number of people in the South West choosing to be buried rather than cremated.
A high-profile new appointment at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) sees the post of consultant clinical embryologist going to a specialist with the highest industry accolade possible in the UK - Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists.
Dale Edwards, a Strategic Consultant in Green Energy with national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP discusses the importance of clean air and the potential implications in securing it, on planning in the future.
Horticulturist Giles Palmer hopes to help Westerleigh Group become an industry-leader when it comes to sustainability and the presentation of its gardens.
Space Forge – a business started in Bristol that is developing a reusable manufacturing space satellite - is set to become a leading player in the industry after raising an undisclosed amount in seed funding from around the world.
Lawyers at Osborne Clarke in Bristol have advised Microsoft in the provision of a world-leading weather and climate supercomputing capability and managed service to the Met Office for advanced weather forecasting and climate modelling.
