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 Catherine Frankpitt, founder and director of Strike Communications, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Dodged the heat for a couple of hours last weekend at...
Fast-growing eCommerce fulfilment tech provider Huboo has taken to the skies to promote its sponsorship of Bristol Bears’ new season kit. The firm’s branded hot air balloon took part in the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta’s iconic first mass ascent this morning – with a giant Bears rugby shirt below it as...
A website on a mission to “disrupt the rarefied world of contemporary art” by showcasing only Bristol artists has been launched by a city-based campaigner. BrisArt promises to provide artists with an opportunity to champion their work for a fraction of the industry’s standard commission fees. In order to be...
Global alternative asset management firm ICG’s infrastructure fund has been advised by Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon on its acquisition of a major solar developer. British Solar Renewables (BSR), based in Shepton Mallet, was among the UK’s first developers of solar photovoltaic and has grown into one of the...
International law firm Osborne Clarke is partnering with one of the UK’s largest art education projects for racial justice by sponsoring one of its 10 large globe sculptures in Bristol. The World Reimagined, which launches tomorrow, aims to inspire pride in what it means to be Black and British,...
Bristol-based independent waste management company McCarthy Marland is to more than double its turnover and expand across the South West and beyond after hitting the acquisition trail. The firm has taken over Hughes and Salvidge Holdings in a multi-million pound deal in a move that not only takes its turnover...
Independent planning and research consultancy Nexus Planning has made two more senior hires in Bristol as it continues to expand its office in the city. The firm, which has four other offices across the UK, opened the base earlier this year and has rapidly grown its team since. Dan...
Zap-Map, the Bristol-based electric vehicle charge point mapping app, has received a £9m investment to fuel further growth and steer it towards international expansion. Zap-Map has grown to become the UK market leader since its launch eight years ago , with a 70%-plus share of the rapidly growing electric vehicle...
Venture capital funding secured by fast-growth Bristol businesses leapt by two-thirds to £63m in the second quarter of this year, with the city’s burgeoning fintech sector leading the way. The big rise in total investment came despite a fall in the number of deals compared to the previous three...
A team from national law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol office has been appointed by a developer of battery energy storage and other renewable energy projects as a key partner to provide it with expert legal advice and help it progress its pipeline of work. New Energy Partnership’s (NEP) stated...
A £1.5m fund has been launched to help small firms in Bristol and across the West of England and their supply chains adapt to the new economic and regulatory landscape. The Business Growth and Adaptions Grants are aimed at helping small to medium-sized enterprises buy new products and equipment...
A team from the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has advised on another renewables deal as it continues to build a solid reputation in the fast-growing sector. The team worked with long-standing private equity investment client Foresight’s solar fund and JLEN Environmental Assets Group on their...
The Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Emma Harling-Phillips as partner in its planning & infrastructure team. Emma, pictured, a qualified barrister, joins from the London office of global firm law Pinsent Masons, where she has been a partner for just over five-and-a-half...
