Exacta Technologies, the Bristol-based leader in high-performance server technology, is to expand into new markets, including the US< and increase its workforce following a £1.8m investment from NatWest. Launched in 2001, Exacta specialise in bespoke technological packages that provide sector-leading reliability and ultra high-performance capability for its global client...
Later this year Bristol will host The Welcome Party, a gala dinner to showcase the positive impact of refugees and migrants on the city. Ahead of the event on 7 November at The Mount Without on St Michael’s Hill, three refugees who have set up thriving businesses in Bristol...
Bristol Technology Festival, the UK’s largest and most-connected regional event of its kind, returns later this year with five days of cutting-edge events at venues across the city. Tech practitioners, experts and enthusiasts from Bristol and beyond will gather in the city from 7 to 11 of October as...
Bristol-based Great Western Credit Union, which gives access to affordable loans to individuals at risk of financial exclusion, has become the first organisation in the city to be recognised as a Living Pension Employer. The accreditation, made by the Living Wage Foundation, reflects a commitment to ensuring that all...
Bristol-based power firm National Grid Electricity Distribution has become the first key partner for charity campaign to raise vital funds for city’s vital parks and green spaces. Your Park Bristol & Bath launched the Reimagining Parks scheme in May following a report that revealed a third of the population across...
Bristol-headquartered cancer charity Penny Brohn UK has opened its meeting rooms and gardens on the city’s outskirt to businesses looking to stage wellbeing events for their staff. Organisations can now hire the extensive indoor and outdoor facilities at Ham Green House, near Pill, pictured, for activities while at the...
National accountancy group Evelyn Partners’ Bristol corporate finance team has been commended by the MD of a UK software developer for its role in the sale of the business to a leading global technology company. Led by director Paul Stagg, Evelyn Partners’ the team acted as lead advisor on...
South West accountancy, tax and business advisory firm Milsted Langdon has appointed James Barrell as an audit director in its Bristol office. James, pictured, has nearly 20 years’ experience in senior management positions in national accountancy groups. He joins Milsted Langdon from Evelyn Partners in Bristol, where he spent...
Hundreds of hours of volunteer work have been carried out by members of Bristol Junior Chamber this summer in a drive to support local charities. The BJC Big Help Out, introduced this year by the Chamber’s president Emma Carter, helped link up the organisation’s membership of young professionals with...
An initiative which aims to raise awareness for people with invisible disabilities is being adopted by transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has the second largest of its eight UK offices in Bristol. The globally recognised Hidden Disabilities Sunflower (HDS) is used by anyone who wants to...
Bristol-based Harbourside Corporate Finance has appointed Alex Mitchell as its new corporate finance director. The boutique firm, which specialises in advising and supporting business owners in areas such as acquisitions, mergers and disposals, was spun out of regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon’s corporate finance team nearly three years ago. ...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have helped a development consortium win a contract to carry out a major university student campus upgrade. The team advised the Viridis consortium on its bid to serve as delivery partner for the University of Manchester’s sprawling Fallowfield...
One of the UK’s fastest-growing industrial and commercial refurbishment specialist firms is expanding into Bristol after making a high-profile appointment. Inco Contracts, which already has offices in the North West, South East and West Midlands, has appointed experienced construction specialist Adam Bidhendy as its South West director. The firm...
