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Almost two-thirds (63%) of South West-based paramedics who took part in a major UK-wide survey by their professional body, the College of Paramedics, said they had feared for their safety or felt threatened while carrying out their duties.
Summer 2021 is shaping up to be a bumper house moving season in North Somerset thanks to a combination of pent-up demand due to Covid-19 restrictions and an increasing interest in the area from buyers.
Local youth workers have thanked independent housebuilders, Redcliffe Homes, for their support in helping complete the new hub project at Thornbury Skate Park that gives local youngsters access to face-to-face listening and mentoring and has been recognised as being so worthwhile it has even continued through lockdown.
A South-West nursery group is celebrating the incredible achievement of being named one of the top 20 nursery groups in the UK by parents.
The Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has once again been recognised in the recently released Chambers and Partners High Net Worth rankings.
A Covid-19 Memorial at Westerleigh cemetery and crematorium, near Bristol is now available for the public to visit.
Secondary school pupils in Bristol will be soon able to learn more about Bristol’s involvement in the transatlantic traffic in enslaved Africans thanks to a new textbook.
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.
Bristol-based lawyers at international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised BGF and CPT Capital on an £11 million equity fundraising round for THIS, a plant-based, meat alternative brand.
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.
Hoteliers in Bristol welcomed the announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson that ‘Freedom Day’ is set to happen on 19 July.
West Country drinkers mostly associate Scotland with whisky – but now there is a new sprit available online from the North – rum.
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.
Clarkson’s Farm has been praised for bringing farming issues to light but family lawyer Chris Longbottom, of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, says Jeremy’s own relationship status also brings an important talking point to the fore.
The ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit, Covid and the Suez blockage has left the British building industry in the midst of a supply chain crisis, but it could bring about long-overdue change, says industry specialist Dan Grimshaw.
