Ultraleap, the Bristol-based firm leading the world in touchless technology and hand tracking, is set for more growth after completing a further investment round worth £60m. The deal will enable Ultraleap to further develop and commercialise its revolutionary technologies for existing and next-generation computing platforms. Ultraleap’s technology uses ultrasound...
Bristol businesses are partnering with the police, banking sector and specialists to spearhead a new crackdown on fraud in the South West. They have come together to re-launch the South West Fraud Forum (SWFF), which is dedicated to helping prevent businesses and individuals becoming victims of the crime. The...
Britain’s largest organic dairy brand Yeo Valley is returning to TV with a new multi-million pound advertising campaign created by communications agency McCann Bristol. Over a decade ago Blagdon-based family-owned Yeo Valley Organic made history by taking over an entire commercial break during a 2010 X-Factor live show with...
Free one-to-one support to help potential entrepreneurs start and grow their own business is available from a new Business and Intellectual Property Centre opened in the city’s Central Library. The centre, which was officially opened by Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees, is offering free resources, confidential one-to-one support, advice...
Bristol’s two biggest law firms have been named among the winners in one of the UK’s most prestigious awards schemes. Osborne Clarke landed the Law Firm of the Year title at The Legal Week British Legal Awards 2021 while Burges Salmon topped the CSR Initiative of the Year category. ...
Bristol-based specialist finance firm National Friendly has teamed up with the city’s Southmead Hospital Charity and The Bristol Hippodrome to launch a fundraising appeal which aims to raise £30,000 to support pioneering research into Long Covid now taking place at the hospital. Known as the DISCOVER study, it has...
Bristol Law Society has appointed two co-presidents in a move that means the the top role at the 251-year-old organisation will be operated as a job share for the first time. Family lawyer Erin Sawyer and property litigator Edward Thompson will operate the presidency on a flexible-working basis for...
Penny Brohn UK, the Bristol-based cancer charity, has appointed two new members to its board of trustees – consultant clinical oncologist Dr Penny Kechagioglou and Jon Green, former NHS hospital chief executive and operational director. The pair join at a critical time for the charity, which leads the UK...
Leading lights in Bristol’s higher education, innovation and research communities are being invited to apply for posts representing the sectors on the board of the Western Gateway as it starts to ramp up its work. The gateway is the cross-border economic partnership of eight cities either side of the...
Being ‘agile and responsive’ for its clients during the pandemic has earned Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon’s employment team a prestigious legal award. The team came first in the Employment Law Firm of the Year category at the Personnel Today Awards 2021. The award recognises innovation, performance and...
Global property consultancy Knight Frank has expanded its Bristol team with the appointment of Jemima Young on the graduate programme and Claire Stretton as a senior surveyor in the residential development valuation team. Claire, pictured right, joins with 15 years’ experience in real estate, having worked at South West...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has completed another major London pub deal, advising on the sale of 12 high-quality freehold venues for a number of operators backed by funds managed by investment manager Downing. The pubs, 11 in South London suburbs and one in East London, have been bought...
Monday November 15 Final: Nightcap Interim: Totally Q2 results: Fondul Proprietatea, HG Capital Trust Trading announcement: Kingspan Group Tuesday November 16 Finals: Focusrite, Imperial Brands, Revolution Bars Group Interims: Adept Technology Group, Gear4music, Homeserve, Mckay Securities, Premier Foods, Vodafone Economic announcements: Unemployment rate, Claimant count rate Wednesday November 17...
