A firm based near Bristol that has supplied weather sensors to airports, stadiums and offshore platforms for more than 25 years has been acquired by an international innovator in measurement technology. Biral, whose sensors measure everything from precipitation to visibility as well as detecting lightning, has become part of...
A section of the BBC’s historic Whiteladies Road site in Bristol, which it has occupied for 90 years, has been put up for sale. The move follows BBC Studios’ relocation to Bridgewater House at Finzels Reach in the city centre and consolidation of the corporation’s main productions on another...
The University of Bristol’s catalyst for innovation has appointed Rosie Bennett as its new innovation lead to grow its programmes for business members. Bristol Innovations was created two years ago to offer innovation-led businesses access to cutting-edge research, technology and talent, creating breakthrough solutions and scalable commercial opportunities that...
A Productions, the specialist Bristol animation studio, has started work on a new series featuring one of the best-loved children’s book characters of recent decades. My Friend Maisy is based on the Maisy books, written and illustrated by Lucy Cousins, which have sold more than 46m copies worldwide, with the mouse Maisy...
A bookshop specialising in witchcraft, fantasy and horror titles has opened in Bristol time for Halloween after receiving a loan from a specialist regional fund. Owner Monika Killer secured the £25,000 Start Up Loan through non-profit company SWIG Finance to help open The Haunted Bookshop in Stokes Croft. The...
South West accountancy firm Albert Goodman has welcomed a record 17 new trainees to the business as its dedication to nurturing new accounting continues. The chartered accountants, tax consultants and financial planning firm has been operating its trainee programme for a number of years, enabling school leavers, university graduates...
Business confidence in the South West has improved and remains firmly in positive territory amid strong domestic sales growth, according to new research. Published less than a week before one of the most important Budgets for a generation, the quarterly survey of chartered accountants in the region paints a...
Law firm Thrings has welcomed its latest tranche of apprentices as it continues its longstanding commitment to supporting different routes into legal careers. Francesca Chisholm, Isabel Warner and Lizzie Parry, pictured, have joined the firm as it is again recognised as one of the best firms in the country for...
Bristol public relations agency Purplefish has won a number of clients over recent months, including the city’s iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge. The Brunel-designed landmark, pictured, which opened in 1864, recently gained museum status, with Purplefish appointed to provide strategic communications support at what is a pivotal moment in its...
An electrical contractor set up less than five years ago has scooped a national award for being the best small business in the industry. Source Electrical topped the Electrical Contractor of the Year (up to £5m turnover) category of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) Awards in recognition of its “hard...
Architecture and placemaking consultancy Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, has secured full planning permission for a scheme in the city that will be one of the UK’s largest community-led development projects of its kind. The approved proposals represent the first build phase of the ground-breaking masterplan...
Monday October 21 Final: Tristel Tuesday October 22 Finals: Nanoco Group, Virgin Wines UK, Aptamer Group, The Revel Collective Q1 result: Petra Diamonds Trading announcements: InterContinental Hotels Group, Gear4music (Holdings), System1 Group, Sosandar Economic announcement: Public sector net borrowing Wednesday October 23 Interim: B. P. Marsh & Partners Q3...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week HR director and director of Bristol Women in Business Charter, Kristal McNamara, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? School of Rock. My daughter has just started...
