Bristol’s strength in burgeoning sectors such as cleantech, fintech and AI (artificial intelligence) helped push up venture capital investment in the South West last year by 9%, outperforming the national picture. Firms in these sectors, along with manufacturers, attracted some of the largest investments out of the annual total of...
Monday March 6 Finals: Clarkson, BATM Advanced Communications Interims: Craneware, Seeing Machines Trading announcement: Telecom Egypt Economic announcement: PMI Construction Tuesday March 7 Finals: Direct Line, Just Group, IWG, Keller Group, Fresnillo, H&T Group, Elementis, Foxtons Group, Greggs, Johnson Service Group, STV Group, Reach Interims: Revoltion Bars Group, Dotdigital Group Q2 result: Ferguson Q3...
A record 45% of total funds raised by businesses at tech incubator SETsquared Bristol were led by women, according to its 2022 impact results. They raised £15m of the total £33m received by the 85 companies at the University of Bristol-led incubator – testament, say the incubator’s bosses, that...
PEEQUAL, the Bristol company behind the UK’s first women’s urinal, has won two major titles at the South West’s biggest competition for small businesses. The firm, set up by University of Bristol graduates Hazel McShane and Amber Probyn, won the Business and Product Innovation and Start Up categories at...
Bristol e-scooter specialist Pure Electric is on the road to further expansion after increasing its lending facility with its bank by £2.5m and closing its store network. The firm was set up in 2018 by entrepreneur Adam Norris with a mission is to give every person living in an...
The West of England’s space industry could double in size over the next four years to employ around 2,000 people, with Bristol firms playing the lead role. Space West, the cluster of advanced manufacturing firms, specialised tech businesses and academic and research organisations making up the industry in the...
More and more people are becoming landlords, with latest figures suggesting there are now more than 2.5m landlords in the UK. Many of these are residential properties let for the long term, but an increasing number are being used for short-term furnished holiday lets. In an area like the...
More than 100m free meals were redistributed last year by Neighbourly, the pioneering Bristol-based community engagement platform, while it also doubled its number of corporate partners amid the worst cost of living crisis for generations. New corporate partners taken on in 2022 included Pret A Manger, Hampshire Trust Bank...
Soaring energy bills have sparked a 234% increase in inquiries received by Bristol-based solar energy installer from businesses considering on-site power generation. The firm, one of the UK’s oldest companies in the sector, said the increase was mostly driven by largescale energy users such as manufacturers and warehousing, distribution...
Bristol pharmacy software pioneer Titan PMR has taken on an additional team of 12 staff to cater for a rush of independent pharmacists investing in new businesses. Titan PMR – an innovative, cloud-based system which manages end-to-end pharmacy workflow – has become the preferred software platform for first-time buyers...
Two senior managers from Bristol animation studios have been elected to the council of Animation UK, the organisation acting as the industry’s collective voice. The managing director of Aardman, Sean Clarke, and A Productions’ head of production Duncan Fraser are among six industry figures elected to Animation UK’s council by...
Flights from Bristol Airport to the Irish city of Cork are to start next month – the latest new route to be added to its destination board as it continues to recover strongly from the impact of the pandemic. The six-times-a-week service will be operated by Emerald Airlines, the...
Five new partners have been appointed by Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon as it strengthens its real estate, planning, dispute resolution, projects and corporate teams. The firm said the promotions, which take effect from 1 May, emphasised its ambitious strategy for growth across a number of its key...
