Two of the largest airlines operating from Bristol Airport have put thousands of flights on sale for 2025 and 2026 as they look to tempt money-savvy holidaymakers with advance bookings. Jet2 has launched its biggest-ever winter programme from Bristol, with more than 35 flights departing every week, while easyJet, the airport’s largest operator, has...
Sleep pods on planes, cut-price business air fares and cheaper destinations are the latest trends as travellers look for more flexibility and value for money. With the cost of living crisis impacting on the travel industry this year, operators are looking at new ways of attracting business. A number of airlines are introducing special...
Passengers using Bristol Airport will be able to leave mobile phones, laptops and liquids in their hand luggage from next month thanks to a £11.5m in next-generation security scanners. The airport will be one of the first in the UK to meet a government deadline to have the new equipment in place by June,...
Scientists working at the University of Bath have developed a soft and highly flexible touch screen with the potential to radically change the way people use their digital devices for shopping, banking, health and gaming. The screen becomes softer or stiffer in direct response to the user’s touch, pictured – so before buying online,...
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A collaboration to position the West of England as the UK’s leading region for green and ethical-led finance activities has been launched. FinTech West, the organisation representing the burgeoning sector in the region, has teamed up with UWE Bristol’s Sustainable Economies Research Group (SERG) to get the initiative underway. It aims to bring together the...
An exhibition that aims to inspire Bath’s future as a sustainable and climate-resilient city is to be staged at the recently reopened Museum of Bath Architecture. Called ‘Biophilic Bath – The Green City You See’, the exhibition will feature designs by innovative architects, engineers and designers, which show future ‘biophilic’ visions of the city. ...
Tim Cobbold, a non-executive director of Rotork, the Bath-based specialist manufacturing group, is to step down in December. Mr Cobbold was appointed to the board of the group, a world-leader in the design and manufacture of specialist valves for the oil and gas industry, in 2018. He has since served as designated non-executive for workforce...
Bath’s Hotel Indigo has opened a new restaurant celebrating the best of Britain and using only the finest British ingredients. Located on the hotel’s ground floor and including a terrace, Brasserie Beau acts as a partner to its existing restaurant The Elder, which is independently run and owned by multi award-winning restaurateur Mike Robinson. Brasserie Beau,...
Bath-headquartered alternative funder Time Finance has helped put a distillery on the path to major expansion after setting it up with a £100,000 funding facility. Two Drifters, pictured, which produces sustainable rum from its Exeter base, will use the facility to make its regular alcohol duty taxes, so freeing up cashflow to increase bottling...
