Home to 442,500 usual residents, Bristol has witnessed a progressive growth in terms of population with nearly 47,000 new citizens since 2004. This 12% acceleration in growth over the last decade is faster than the national average (8%), and, if this trend continues, the city is expected to break the barrier of half a million […]
The European Union and the United Stated have found a new way to bridge their different legal approaches to data protection and have agreed a new framework for transatlantic data flows called the EU-US Privacy Shield. The political agreement announced in early February by the European Commission aims to reassure Europeans that their digital fundamental […]
The protection of personal data online has always been a major concern for citizens across the European Union member states, to the extent that over nine in ten (91%) Europeans asked for the creation of a Digital Single Market, something which would tear down regulatory walls across member states by putting aside the existing fragmented […]
Bristol Is Open looks forward to supporting the Digital Minister in his new Digital Strategy for the UK, by leading on research into Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization, both needed to provide enough connectivity for the extensive development of the Internet of Things, Big Data, Data Visualisation and Smart Cities. Bristol Is […]
With more than nine in ten residents (91%) surfing the Internet, Bristol has emerged as the most virtually literate core city in England. As the graph below illustrates, the latest data from the Office of National Statistics shows that Bristolians are more likely to have used internet than their peers in the other English core […]
Is Bristol shifting to more sustainable and eco-friendly modes of transport for the daily commute? The latest findings from the 2015 edition of the Quality of Life survey indicate so, with the data suggesting that Bristolians seem to have changed their habits when it comes to getting work. Indeed, the survey results show that Bristol […]
Bristol can breathe a sigh of relief – the city is now a safer place to live than it was a decade ago, according to the State of Bristol Report 2015. A total of 40,650 crimes were recorded between 2013 and 2014, half the 80,000 reported in 2004. While this illustrates a long-term decrease, […]
Bristol has emerged as one of the most economically resilient cities in the UK. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that the city has seen a considerable growth in terms of gross value added – put simply, an economic measure used to evaluate the contribution to the economy of each […]
The world is getting warmer, the Arctic sea ice is melting and today’s atmospheric C02 concentration is higher than any time in the last 800,000 years. In a week that sees 195 world leaders and more than 40,000 delegates meeting in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties aiming to tackle climate change, what […]
Bristol has twice as many photovoltaic panels on houses than the UK average. It is one reason why Bristol is becoming the country’s leading city for smart and sustainable energy. Department of Energy and Climate Change data shows that in December 2014 Bristol had 2814 domestic PV installations, double the British average. National […]
