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Expert lawyers are reporting an increase in parents using the coronavirus pandemic to avoid paying their monthly maintenance payments.
A Bristol business that is developing a reusable manufacturing satellite that will enable materials to be built in space has secured £250,000 worth of funding, including backing from a dozen of Bristol’s established entrepreneurs.
In response to one of the toughest Coronavirus challenges - the need to keep life as normal as possible for care home residents living with dementia – a local activities organiser has revised plans for spring with a programme of entertaining and healthy new coronavirus activities that can take place wholly within the care home.
North Somerset Council says it is working hard to get payments out to businesses under the support schemes announced by the Government due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has expanded its private capital team with the appointment of two new solicitors.
Children from a Taunton day nursery have sent a special package of drawings to two local residential care homes to spread some joy during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Backwell-based artisans Little Hollows Pasta have made the move to home delivery to survive as food businesses found their route to customers changed overnight.
A new free easy-to-navigate online guide for businesses and individuals to consult over concerns or challenges that they face in the light of the coronavirus pandemic has been launched.
Survey shows reduction in volumes, potential job cuts and confusion around Government support
Work is going on at a Bristol laboratory to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. Progress has been made at the Unit DX incubator in central Bristol where many bio-technology businesses rent laboratory space.
Children from Mama Bear’s Day Nurseries across Bristol have been busy creating bright and colourful rainbow pictures as a symbol of love and hope amidst the coronavirus crisis.
A new online resource encouraging families to explore Holy Week and Easter is now available free from the New Room in Bristol, otherwise known as John Wesley’s Chapel.
A Somerset care home group is supporting the NHS by arranging for a former home to be converted quickly into an intermediate care facility so that people can be moved out of the county’s two acute hospitals and be safely looked after during the coronavirus pandemic.
Small to medium-sized manufacturers are being urged to take part in a major survey detailing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on industry.
The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare has closed until further notice as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Camelot House and Lodge, a specialist care home for up to 90 people with dementia located on Taunton Road in Wellington, Somerset, has been rated 'Good' by inspectors at the Care Quality Commission.
The owners of a woodland cemetery have pledged to ensure that dignified burials and memorial services are available for families in the greater Bristol area whatever restrictions on movement and gatherings are brought in by the government because of coronavirus.
In these extraordinary times businesses are looking urgently at ways to protect themselves. A raft of measures have been announced by the Government on top of the usual support mechanisms that businesses have.
Here Helen Bassett, director assurance and business services at Smith & Williamson in Bristol, gives some guidance to businesses looking to navigate their way through the coronavirus crisis.
In response to the Government’s request that people with Learning Disabilities self- isolate, technology start-up AutonoMe offers a FREE version of their platform to any person with a Learning Disability in the UK.
Investors from Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC) are rallying around their community of ambitious start-ups and high growth companies, providing much-needed guidance and support to help them find solutions to the challenges that lie ahead.
