BRISTOL POUND DIRECTORY YOUR GUIDE TO INDEPENDENT BRISTOL Our city. Download the Bristol Pound app from your app store BRISTOL POUND DIRECTORY Our money. Bristol Pound 0117 929 8642 bristolpound.org @BristolPound Room 111, The First Floor, Corn Exchange, Corn Street, Bristol, BS1 1JQ Your guide to exploring Bristol’s local currency BRISTOLBRISTOL ENERGY ENERGY IS IS PP sisiTTivivEE ENE ENErrGGyy We’reWe’re Bristol’s Bristol’s energy energy company, company, BRBRISTOISTOL L supportingsupporting local local communities communities and and POPOUNUND D proudproud to toaccept accept Bristol Bristol Pounds. Pounds. OUR CITOURY. OUR CIT MONEYY. OUR .MONEY. GetGet up up to to20 20 Bristol Bristol Pounds Pounds when when youyou switch switch to toBristol Bristol Energy Energy and and quotequote “BPOUND001”*. “BPOUND001”*. ThatThat really really is positiveis positive energy! energy! FindFind out out how how much much you you could could save. save. SearchSearch Bristol Bristol Energy Energy now now or or callcall us freeus free on on0808 0808 281 281 2222 2222. 10166 10166 BD *£10BD for*£10 gas, for £10 gas, for £10 electricity. for electricity. See website See website for Ts for& Cs. Ts & Cs. Welcome Welcome to the Bristol Pound Directory Bristol is a city that is independent Bristol Pound not only helps you to through and through. Our city choose the best of local business, but grows so many forward thinking spending them also passes on your social movements, and is often values so that the people who you at the forefront of cultural and shop with, in turn, choose to support technological innovation. Bristolians our local economy.. are curious and refuse to take no Thanks so much for using Bristol for an answer, and we attract others Pounds. You, the people who use who are likeminded to join in. The them, are what make this work. It is Bristol Pound was born here 5 years your city, and your money. ago. And why not? It is natural that Bristol would be the place to not only challenge monopolies held by big business, but to create a solution. Why should we have money that Ciaran Mundy leaks out to shareholders and the CEO, Bristol Pound Cayman Islands, when we could @ciaranmundy make our own and build a resilient localised economy? This directory contains the finest of Bristol’s local business. We are very proud to be able to promote them and recommend that you use your money to get behind what they do. Businesses can only accept Bristol Pounds if they are independent and willing to spend our city’s money onwards into the local economy, meaning you can be sure that every business listed here is working to make Bristol’s local economy thrive. Over 700 places you can spend Bristol Pounds are listed in the following pages, giving you a local choice in almost all situations. Our city. Our money. 1 Contents Contents Introduction About Bristol Pounds 4 Using Bristol Pounds 12 Using this directory 14 Listings Food and drink Central Bristol 16 North of the river 28 South of the river 40 Wholesalers 45 For your business 51 For your home 65 Getting around 77 Going out 81 Looking after you 85 Shopping Central Bristol 96 North of the river 99 South of the river 103 Visiting Bristol 105 Community and city 107 Index 111 Photography including cover: Christy Nunns. Other photography by Adam Rich, Nick Hand or supplied by businesses. Directory design: Chris Woodward. Printed in Bristol in January 2018. This directory was compiled using data supplied by companies to Bristol Pound CIC and information publicly available on the web. Significant effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information in this publication. However Bristol Pound CIC cannot accept any responsibility for any errors it may contain. 2 bristolpound.org Our city. Our money. 3 About Bristol pounds Bristol Pound is Bristol Pounds Bristol’s currency circulate in the city Bristol Pound is money made by the only local independent businesses and Instead of money leaking out of our city, as it does when you spend Sterling, people of Bristol, for people in Bristol. help Bristolians to choose keep buying Bristol Pounds circulate, ensuring the benefits of trade are passed on to When you spend Sterling, only a small locally, meaning these high street heroes other people and businesses in Bristol. amount stays in the local economy, grow a base of loyal customers. whereas Bristol Pounds have to stay in There are paper notes, and digital Bristol, where they circulate boosting money. Bristol Pound notes are beautiful local business. It’s money that builds a trading tokens that flow through the city. I take Bristol greener, fairer, happier city. Pounds as part of my Most Bristol Pounds are spent digitally We are proud to salary and I use it to It sticks up for the little guy too. We however, with an app, by texting, or accept Bristol Pounds support independent all love Bristol. Its creative, different, via the online banking system. To get and have committed businesses on my to respending 100% of local high street independent businesses make it an digital Bristol Pounds, you can open an what we receive. We amazing place to live. Big chains are account with the Bristol Credit Union – have localised our supply occupying our highstreets, and their your wonderful financial co-operative chains and we offer to pay staff wages in ubiquitous advertising gives them an providing ethical and honest banking Bristol Pounds advantage. Bristol Pounds advertise services for everyone in Bristol. What happens to the money you spend? Reference: At least 80p in every Bristol Pound Just 20p in every £1 stays in Bristol’s local economy sterling stays in Bristol’s The Money Trail, 2002, New Economics Foundation 2002, New Economics The Money Trail, Sustaining independent business local economy when Stopping the homogenisation of our highstreets spent with chain stores. Localising supply chains to make greener communities The rest trickles away to tax We take Bristol havens and into shareholders’ Pounds and spend pockets… them with our local wholesalers. Using We accept Bristol Pounds means Bristol our customers know we Bristol Pounds from Pounds keep this lots of our customers, care about the local economy value in Bristol, and use them to pay whereas Sterling our business rates to spent with an the council. It’s good to - WORKER CO- independent business know the council will OPERATIVE - also leaks away respend our taxes over time locally! 4 bristolpound.org Our city. Our money. 5 About Bristol pounds The financial system is broken – we can fix one part of it... Let’s keep our city independent There are multiple problems with the financial system – how money is created by commercial banks as debt; how information and power is held secretly and centrally; Ben Heald – chair of Bristol Pound CIC how debt is packaged and traded; how money is circulated and accrues in tax havens etc. It’s a cliché that Bristol has an independent in the UK. Bristol Pound has also We are angry about all of them and as currency activists we are campaigning to change spirit, and I’m wary of pushing the hosted visiting delegations from both them. Bristol Pound doesn’t fix all these issues but we are one part of the puzzle. argument too far as I’m fairly sure that Barcelona and Paris in the last few years, Birmingham, Manchester et al also have keen to explore their own potential Our contribution is to change the rules of how money moves in cities and stop it plenty of local verve. But maybe Bristol complementary currency schemes. leaking out to big business and tax havens, give members a say over our money has the edge with it being smaller! system, and to promote Bristol. The great thing about entering the Local businesses make a city world of Bristol Pound is that it takes What we are What we’re not distinctive. Bristolians and visitors alike you on a fascinating journey round the want to go to local places, eat local city, learning about and exploring new A way to support Bristol’s A system that creates money. Bristol food, drink local beers and wines, buy member businesses. Why not join me independent sector, rather than big Pounds are backed 1 to 1 with Sterling. local products, and generally experience in bringing Bristol Pound into your life - highstreet chains. A Fintech start up. We’re a the unique bits of the city they’re either it’ll make your travels as a consumer A currency for people, not banks, community interest company living in or visiting. What’s more, both round the city so much richer. preventing money from disappearing meaning any profit we earn goes groups are drawn to new shops, bars into global financial systems. back into our work. & restaurants. A tool to make our economy greener, Bitcoin. Our financial ledger is held And when unique and new local by shortening supply chains and building by the credit union rather than by businesses are mapped onto an more resilient local links between us all. nodes on the internet… interesting city geography and industrial heritage, that’s what gives things character. So here in Bristol, you’ve got community buzz in a number of locations, from the traditional settings of St Nicks market to Cargo’s modernist containers at Wapping Wharf. Bottom line, no one wants “samey” city developments. Which is where Bristol Pound comes in as an expression of our passion for the city and to help reinforce our local values. One day, there’ll be local currency schemes in all the major provincial cities, and we can take great pride in the fact that Bristol is the pathfinder for the others 6 bristolpound.org Our city.