Articles about investment

                       10th May – Knowle West Media Centre 

If you missed the launch at Hamilton House and are trying to decide whether this is something that you could invest in ( from as little as £50 ) there us another chance to hear from this exciting initiative on  Thursday 10^th May, at 7:30pm, Knowle West Media Centre
The Event: Thursday 10th May, 7.30-9pm
Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue, Bristol Read more…

Download a copy of the new report written by Miguel Mendonca. Read more about Miguel’s work on his blog: www.miguelmendonca.com

 In 2009/10, the UK ranked 6th in the world, with 3.7% of global sales of low carbon goods and environmental services. When looked at from a West of England perspective this equates to £2.4bn in sales, across 1086 companies employing 19,292 people. By way of comparison, the entire jobs market for the WoE is 77,700 (ref  iNet).

What is even more staggering is the fact that between 2005 and 2008, growth in renewable energy was around 160% compared to 10% for the economy as a whole. However, recent handling by the Government has been much criticised by industry and their lack of policy stability has undermined confidence in investment in the sector. The report contains a series of extremely important recommendations which could help create billions of pounds for the local economy along with many hundreds of new jobs.

Bristol has a track record of economic growth and has a huge range of entrepreneurial talent to build on and connect up within our region and with the wider world, but at a local and national level individuals, groups, organisations and businesses  – particularly smaller and medium sized operations are currently unable to unlock the investment they need to strengthen their business and grow their local economy in a global context.   Read more…

The launch of the Bristol bid to host The Green Investment Bank got off to a great start in Westminister on Monday 12th Dec 2011. Read more about it HERE