Author: Suzanne Audrey

Kingdom, the company appointed by Bristol City Council to fine people for littering in the city centre, has lost the contract and will be replaced by 3GS. 3GS describes itself as an ‘ethical enforcement firm’ and has been asked to work across the whole city to tackle litter, fly-tipping and dog[…]

Bristol Green Capital Partnership CIC is looking to recruit a proactive and  experienced Operations Manager on a fixed term basis. Contract: Maternity Cover – fixed term contract Role: Full Time (35 hrs per week) – part time applications will be considered subject to sufficient capacity from any job-sharing arrangements, see[…]

Max Langer is running a campaign to improve bus services in Bristol and has sent the following information to TRESA: The ‘Take Control of Bristol’s Buses’ campaign has so far garnered over 2300 signatures and much press coverage in support of a franchised bus system. You can find the petition here:[…]

Bristol Green Capital Partnership is to launch Our Future: A Vision for an Environmentally Sustainable Bristol. This vision sets out actions and timelines across the five Partnership themes of energy, food, nature, resources and transport. These actions also formed the Partnership’s contribution to Bristol’s One City Plan. The environmental sustainability challenges we[…]

With the busy Bath Road and Wells Road affecting life in Totterdown, TRESA is concerned about air quality in our area and we have been following the issue of a clean air zone for Bristol. Dr Therese Coffrey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, has now written to[…]

As a result of the informal consultation about changes to bus lanes on the Wells Road through Totterdown, the proposal for a 24 hour bus lane in front of the shops between Lilymead Avenue and the junction with St Johns Lane has been withdrawn. The report outlining this decision is reproduced[…]

Applications to join the Natwest Entrepreneur Accelerator Programmme are now open. The Accelerator is a 6-month fully funded programme for entrepreneurs with high growth businesses looking to scale up, providing: 1:1 coaching; access to business mentors; access to tech and legal advice; access to bespoke events and meet-ups. Participating entrepreneurs can also get[…]

TRESA has received the following update on Thunderbolt Steps. We will continue to monitor this work and stress the importance of this right of way for Totterdown folk. “I can confirm that, due to potential danger to the public from to a structurally unstable parapet wall adjacent to the footpath,[…]

The following may be of interest to Totterdown businesses – and those thinking of setting up a business. 1.       Feeding the City is a fully funded 12 month programme that will support sustainable food start-ups across the UK. Successful applicants will receive bursaries, and have access to business and food expert advice and training[…]

BS3 Wildlife Group AGM This will be on Sunday, 20 January from 2.00pm in the Tobacco Factory. We can talk about some of the ideas for 2019.  My Wild Street This Avon Wildlife Trust (AWT) project was piloted in east Bristol as part of the My Wild City project. See[…]