The Society of Merchant Venturers have defended the 163-year-old law which means they ‘manage and protect’ Bristol’s famous Downs area, after a city councillor called for the law to be repealed. The ...

A generation of schoolchildren in South Bristol have been ‘left behind’ by the poor leadership of an academy trust run by the Society of Merchant Venturers and the University of Bristol, and their ...

One of the most high-profile and controversial organisations running schools in Bristol is effectively being taken over by a much bigger national multi-academy trust. The Venturers Trust, a ...

For five centuries, a small group of wealthy men has exerted enormous influence over the city of Bristol. They built the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Theatre Royal and made a fortune from the slave ...

A Bristol philanthropic organisation is facing calls to disband after its attempts to dilute new wording for a plaque on the statue of slave trader Edward Colston were aired in court. During the trial ...

This is page 1 of an 8 page report. View the report contents or download the entire Merchant Venturers Building historical context report (PDF, 2,317kB) The 1996 Park Row Development was named the ...

An organisation linked to Bristol's involvement in the slave trade has appointed its first black member. Lawyer Marti Burgess has joined the Society of Merchant Venturers (SMV) to help them “more ...

This is page 4 of an 8 page report. View the report contents or download the entire Merchant Venturers Building historical context report (PDF, 2,317kB) The Society of Merchant Venturers continued to ...

A Bristol philanthropic organisation is facing calls to disband after its attempts to dilute new wording for a plaque on the statue of slave trader Edward Colston were aired in court. During the trial ...

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