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Bristol has been awarded €1.5 million (£1.3 million) following a successful bid for a new innovative climate action project through the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme from the European Union Cities Mission.  …

Happy 1st year in your new building to The Park Community Centre! The new Park Centre …

Bristol & Bath Regional Capital are delighted to be a finalists alongside Thrive Renewables & Ambition Community …

Are you a purposeful business, charity or social enterprise based in the Bristol or Bath …

Bristol businesses have sold more than 20,000 experiences in the city over the last 12 …

After a £1 million social impact investment from Bristol’s City Funds, the new purpose-built building is …

Photo: Artist Impression of Main Entrance Ⓒ AWW Inspired Environments You’d be hard-pressed to find …

BBRC were delighted to be involved in the regional COP26 Green Zone event, The Business of Net …

You can now access an audio recording of the Bristol Festival of Ideas ‘Festival of the Future …

XeroE launch delivery platform with £100k City Funds investment A partnership set up to tackle …

Impact developer takes important step towards delivering homes at scale for the region BBRC Homes …

Bristol’s City Funds governing board member, Sally Britton, spoke today at ‘The Evolving Cities’ event …

New publication, Making a Good Place by Caroline Slocock, Director of Civil Exchange, for the …

AutonoMe raises £406k to grow independent living platform with local partners. In a bid to …

Job Title: Development Director – BBRC Homes Location: Central Bristol (but currently operating remotely) Type …

Above: what the proposed wind turbine could look like, pictured on land between Severn Beach …

Bristol City Funds has completed its first social impact investment, with £150,000 invested into Talking …

BBRC Homes is supporting the Hillfields Family & Community Trust (HFCT) in its aim to …

The Big Potential Breakthrough scheme, funded by The Big Lottery. Funds provide access to expert investment readiness work for charities, voluntary and community sector organisations and enterprises.

Bristol & Bath Regional Capital CIC (BBRC), the recently launched not-for-profit investment intermediary, announced the completion of its first fundraise on behalf of the South Bristol Sports Centre (SBSC).

It is with great pleasure that I introduce Bristol & Bath Regional Capital CIC. We are at the starting line for what promises to be an exciting, innovative and worthwhile journey of discovery.

Social Enterprise UK, the national body representing all aspects of the social enterprise sector, announced today that BBRC is one of the finalists in the ‘Social Investment Deal of the Year’ category in its Social Enterprise Awards 2016.

BBRC held our One Year Anniversary event at South Bristol Sports Centre last Friday, 16th September.

BBRC exists to provide innovative finance solutions to some of Bristol’s trickiest problems, and homelessness as part of the wider ‘Housing Crisis’ is high up our priorities list.

Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, announced a strategic partnership between BBRC and his City Office initiative at his ‘State of the City’ annual mayor’s lecture last Thursday, aiming towards “structuring Bristol’s economy to work for all”.

BBRC’s Chief Executive Ed Rowberry will be chairing an Engine Shed Finance Briefing panel discussion, addressing the question: “It’s easier to socialise the commercial than it is to commercialise the social”

We are delighted to share the news that BBRC has won the Social Investment Deal of the Year Award at the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2016, held last night at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London.

David Clensy of the Bristol Post interviewed our Chief Executive Ed Rowberry last week to meet the team behind BBRC, and find out why we do what we do.

On Thursday the 11th of May 2017 between 16:30 and 18:30 Bristol and Bath Regional Capital will host an event at the St. John’s Foundation in Bath, in collaboration with The House and Business West.

BBRC values thought leadership and having a deeper understanding of the issues that are facing our city and wider region.

The Chapel at St John’s Foundation in central Bath was a serene, sunlit setting for a bustling room of attendees at Thursday’s “Opening New Doors” event.

Bristol & Bath Regional Capital (BBRC) has recently completed its third project, a £625,000 ‘refinance’ for local social enterprise Bristol Together.

ig Society Capital, one of the founding institutions in the Social Investment market, have finalised arrangements in the last few weeks to lend BBRC an unsecured loan to help us grow and deliver our regional ambitions.

This week the Bristol Post has announced that the construction of 161 new homes will begin in the site of a former primary school in Southmead, North Bristol.

We are delighted to announce that we have worked with local affordable counselling charity Network Counselling and Training to broker them a £350,000 mortgage on their own property in Filton, North Bristol.

BBRC are delighted to be announced as the Engine Shed‘s first Social ‘Investor-in-Residence’.

This article was first published in the economia and it was written by David Adams …

Earlier this week the Bristol Post ran an article about how Grace Ekall started her own business whilst undergoing chemotherapy. Grace took a loan from the Community Innovation Fund (CIF), a pilot project sitting within Bristol & Bath Regional Capital.

From dancer to designer to chef, the founder of Sauce & Spice, Grace Ekall, is using her latest creative pursuit to spice up Bristol’s food scene.