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A new chair & board members to support BBRC’s ambitious plans for growth

We are delighted to announce the appointment of two new board members and a new chair to strengthen the board and support our future growth. Investment industry leader Mark Mansley joins as deputy chair, and Burges Salmon’s Richard Leeming joins as a non-executive director. Meanwhile existing board member Ruth Foreman takes up the role of …

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BBRC consortium partner in successful Bristol bid for a new climate action project 

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.  Together with 52 fellow Pilot Cities across Europe, Bristol – the only UK city to be awarded funding – will use the grant to further accelerate climate action and rapidly decarbonise the city. Bristol and Bath Regional Capital is pleased to be one of the successful Bristol consortium partners together with Bristol …

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BBRC expands Homes division to help tackle South West’s housing crisis

The award-winning impact investor Bristol & Bath Regional Capital (BBRC) has today, Monday 20th February 2023, announced an equity investment from Zamo Capital, a specialist impact investor. The investment will expand the activities of BBRC’s Homes division, aiming to finance 1,500 quality, new homes for key workers in the West of England by 2028. The …

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BBRC & Bristol Green Capital Partnership will lead an ambitious feasibility study to overcome barriers to Net Zero following Bristol winning a share of Innovate UK’s £2m fund

Photo: Copyright © 2022 Bristol City Council. Bristol is 1 of 31 places in the UK to win a share of Innovate UK‘s £2m Net Zero Living Programme fund, to develop innovative ways to overcome barriers to net zero. The programme focusses on addressing barriers such as financing, governance, regulation, and engagement. Bristol will use the £75k …

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BBRC £500k investment in boomsatsuma – supporting innovators in Bristol’s creative industries

£500k investment to ‘remove the brakes’ and enable boomsatsuma to double its education offering and create 20 new jobs. Bristol & Bath Regional Capital has announced a half a million-pound capital investment that will support Bristol-based specialist creative education provider boomsatsuma to double its education capacity and create more than 20 new jobs this year. …

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BBRC Winners at the Community Energy England Awards

🏆 We are delighted to be winners at the Community Energy England Awards! Bristol & Bath Regional Capital won the Finance & Innovation Award alongside Ambition Community Energy, Thrive Renewables & Bristol City Council, for our involvement in what will be England’s largest onshore wind turbine. We’re proud to have played a part in getting this landmark 100% community-owned, renewable …

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Community Radio stations go digital thanks to BBRC’s £70k investment in Bristol Digital Radio

📻 BBRC’s £70k City Funds investment in Bristol Digital Radio has supported the installation of digital audio broadcasting transmission infrastructure, for the benefit of community radio in the city Bristol Digital Radio is a collaboration between the city’s community radio stations – Ujima Radio, BCfm and Bradley Stoke Radio. All three stations have broadcast to …

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BBRC Team visit some of our investees – Bristol Together & The Park Community Centre

The BBRC team had a change of venue for our last team meeting. We took at trip to Knowle West, Bristol, to visit our investees, Bristol Together and The Park Community Centre.  Bristol Together is a Community Interest Company that provides full-time, living wage jobs for recently released prisoners, by building new homes and redeveloping and …

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