News Archive
May 2012
The Society of Merchant Venturers has donated £46,000 to a groundbreaking project for young people in Bristol, which will be one of the biggest and most important of its kind in the UK.
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Apr 2012
The drive to improve educational opportunities for young people in South Bristol has been boosted with the formal confirmation that Gay Elms Primary School and Merchants’ Academy are to merge.
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Mar 2012
Organised by the Public and Ceremonial Events Office with support from The Society of Merchant Venturers, Ben Morris of Framestore will discuss "Visual Effects in Film - a Fusion of Art and Science" at the Wills Memorial Building on Tuesday 6 March.
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Jan 2012
Good causes across the region have received support from the Society of Merchant Venturers’ Youth Committee.
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Nov 2011
On their historic Charter Day, 10 November, the Merchant Venturers announced that David Marsh is their new Master.
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Oct 2011
The Merchant Venturers have announced a £3,000 grant to the Tobacco Factory Theatre to support a pioneering educational outreach programme.
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Oct 2011
The Society of Merchant Venturers has announced a series of financial awards, totalling £38,641, to a range of recipients across the Greater Bristol area.
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Jul 2011
The Society of Merchant Venturers’ Appeals and Youth Committees have recently awarded a number of grants to a variety of good causes across the greater Bristol area.
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Jun 2011
Students, staff and parents at Merchants’ Academy are celebrating after inspectors gave their school an overwhelmingly positive report.
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Jun 2011
The Merchant Venturers have announced a £100,000 grant to the Brunel Institute, the world-class conservation and education centre located beside the ss Great Britain at Bristol Harbourside.
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May 2011
17 May 2011 is the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Downs Act, which enshrined this extensive, unspoilt amenity space at the heart of Bristol, as “forever after kept open and unenclosed as a place of public resort.”
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Apr 2011
Good causes across the West of England have received financial support from the Society of Merchant Venturers.
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Mar 2011
The first Bristol-based residential home for veterans officially opened its doors this week. Provided by specialist support charity Alabaré and with funding from the Society of Merchant Venturers, the home is the first of its kind in Bristol.
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Feb 2011
The Princess Royal gave her seal of approval to Merchants’ Academy after seeing students showing off their talents and skills at the £30m Bristol school.
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Dec 2010
HRH The Duke of Gloucester has formally opened Katherine House – a new purpose-built, residential care home. The Society of Merchant Venturers is the trustee of Cote Charity, which runs both Katherine House and Cote House.
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Nov 2010
Bill Wilkinson, Porter and Care Taker at Merchants’ Hall has announced his retirement, aged 71, after twelve years of service for the Society of Merchant Venturers.
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Nov 2010
Giles Clarke DL has been named Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers. His appointment took place at a ceremony at Merchants’ Hall on 10 November, at which he was sworn in for the next year.
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Oct 2010
One of Bristol’s oldest organisations, The Society of Merchant Venturers, will with other partners,be celebrating the launch of a new organisation set up to champion academy schools in the city.
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May 2010
A reflection on Colston’s Schools' Tercentenary by David Marsh
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May 2010
Merchants help the next generation of budding entrepreneurs turn their business ideas into reality
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Apr 2010
Merchant Venturer Peter Durie, has died aged 84
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Mar 2010
In its 300th anniversary year Colston’s School is creating a Foundation to support bursaries and widen access.
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Mar 2010
More work needed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary school
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Jan 2010
Bristol researchers have called on schools to act to make the switch from primary to secondary education less "scary" for children.
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Jan 2010
Vulnerable young people's happiness and prospects are being undermined because too little is done to ease one of the major transitions of their lives - that from primary to secondary school.
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Jan 2010
Society of Merchant Venturers has stepped out of the shadows to try to help revive Bristols education reputation.
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Dec 2009
The opening of Katherine House, the history of Cote and the Robinson family.
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Dec 2009
The Merchants provide 2 million pounds funding for Withywood Academy
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Dec 2009
Members of The Society of Merchant Venturers join with the Prince's Trust to host new mentoring scheme for entrepreneurs
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Nov 2009
The Society of Merchant Venturers is due to hold its special Charter Day Service at Bristol Cathedral on 10 November at 11am.
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Nov 2009
The Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers, Trevor Smallwood, will be attending a plaque unveiling ceremony in Canada tomorrow (Tuesday, 3 November) to mark the 400th anniversary of the country’s first English settlement established by a Bristol Merchant.
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Apr 2009
Businessman and entrepreneur, Louis Sherwood, who died on 26 March aged 67, was a past Master of Bristol’s Society of Merchant Venturers and had a career that spanned financial services, retailing in the UK and US, and commercial television at the highest level.
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Nov 2008
Trevor Smallwood OBE, has been named the Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers.
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Nov 2008
Bristol Old Vic theatre has presented a replica of a historic silver token to the Merchant Venturers.
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Oct 2008
The Society of Merchant Venturers has presented funding to the St Pauls-based Somali charitable trust, Amana.
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Sep 2008
The Merchant Venturers have handed over the keys to the Merchants’ Academy
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Aug 2008
Business and education form a new partnership
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Jun 2008
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May 2008
Take a look inside Bristol's newest school
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May 2008
Signing of Colston's Girl's School Academy Funding Agreement. Offer Letters Sent To Pupils
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Nov 1999
Bristol researchers have called on schools to act to make the switch from primary to secondary education less "scary" for children.
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