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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

July 28, 2024
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Monday July 29 Finals: Ondo Insurtech, Trifast Interim: Quartix Technologies Trading announcement: Cranswick Economic announcements: Consumer credit, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply Tuesday July 30 Final: Altitude Group Interims: ConvaTec Group, Standard Chartered, Inchcape, BP, Spectris, St James’s Place, Fresnillo Group, Staffline, Essentra, Pod Point Group Holdings, Sabre Insurance...

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Bristol’s hospitality sector hoping for a much-needed boost as city gears up for summer of fun

July 26, 2024
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Bristol’s hospitality sector hoping for a much-needed boost as city gears up for summer of fun

Hospitality and leisure businesses in Bristol are hoping for a bumper few months as a number of new attractions open in the city alongside its regular summer events. Throughout July, August and September, a total of more than 550 separate events will be staged in and around the city,...

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Chance for Bristol firms to support unique event championing refugees’ positive impact on the city

July 26, 2024
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Chance for Bristol firms to support unique event championing refugees’ positive impact on the city

Businesses are being invited to support a gala dinner in Bristol to showcase the positive impact of refugees and migrants on the city and the wider UK – with a keynote speech by Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah. ‘The Welcome Party’ will celebrate individual success stories of refugees...

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Specialist fund backs Bristol edge-computing pioneer’s growth plans amid software market shake-up

July 26, 2024
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Specialist fund backs Bristol edge-computing pioneer’s growth plans amid software market shake-up

Expansion at Bristol enterprise software developer StorMagic is to be accelerated after receiving a “significant investment” from a specialist private equity growth fund. StorMagic, which has taken thousands of clients around the world since launching in 2006, recently introduced a new full-stack software solution that can save customers significant...

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Banks agree new £370m funding line for Ultimate Finance as it looks to build on strong deal pipeline

July 26, 2024
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Banks agree new £370m funding line for Ultimate Finance as it looks to build on strong deal pipeline

Ultimate Finance, the Bristol-based specialist asset-based lender, is looking to further grow its loan book after securing £370m in wholesale funding for the next three years. The firm, owned US private investment firm Tavistock Group, said the new funding would also allow it to diversify its asset-based lending business...

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Cohort of Bristol creative firms chosen to take part in BBC and Amazon-backed AI accelerator

July 26, 2024
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Cohort of Bristol creative firms chosen to take part in BBC and Amazon-backed AI accelerator

Seven pioneering Bristol creative start-ups have joined a programme aimed at helping them unlock opportunities for growth and investment by harnessing the power of AI. The firms will work with the BBC and Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS) to explore how AI can improve creative operations,...

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Latest link-up for fledgling Bristol modular military aircraft firm as it prepares for take off

July 26, 2024
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Latest link-up for fledgling Bristol modular military aircraft firm as it prepares for take off

Bristol-based specialist aircraft firm AERALIS’ plan to develop the first fully British military jet since the 1970s has taken another step forward following a partnership deal with a major US aero-maintenance group. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with StandardAero, the two companies will explore opportunities for collaboration across...

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TLT hails its ‘progressive workplace agenda’ for return to double-digit annual revenue growth

July 25, 2024
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TLT hails its ‘progressive workplace agenda’ for return to double-digit annual revenue growth

Annual revenue growth at Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has gone back to double digits with a 12% rise in its last financial year. The increase, which took turnover to £174m for 2023/2024, follows a 9% rise in the previous year.  That contrasted with the three previous years when...

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Management buyout team at Viper Innovations ready to lead the firm into new era of expansion

July 25, 2024
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Management buyout team at Viper Innovations ready to lead the firm into new era of expansion

Advanced engineering firm Viper Innovations is targeting new markets and further international growth after changing ownership through a management buyout. The Portishead-headquartered firm, which was launched in 2007, has become a lead innovator in developing products that monitor, detect and locate cable insulation and conductor faults.  Having initially worked...

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SLX to help light up Paris Olympics as it wins new business and races towards goal of a £30m turnover

July 25, 2024
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SLX to help light up Paris Olympics as it wins new business and races towards goal of a £30m turnover

Bristol-based SLX, one of the UK’s leading providers of technology for live events, culture and sports, is to play a lead role in staging the 2024 Olympics, which officially opens in Paris this evening. As the official supporter for broadcast lighting and rigging, the firm will work at 29...

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Social impact fund backs Brazilian Jiu Jitsu organisation’s growth plan to support more vulnerable people

July 25, 2024
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Social impact fund backs Brazilian Jiu Jitsu organisation’s growth plan to support more vulnerable people

A Bristol Brazilian Jiu Jitsu association operating two clubs in the city has received £390,000 from impact investor BBRC (Bristol & Bath Regional Capital) to expand its community-focussed operations. Roger Gracie Bristol already generates social impact with initiatives that bring people in personal crisis ‘onto the mats’ through interventions,...

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Bristol Airport’s bus links prove just the ticket for getting passengers and staff out of their cars

July 24, 2024
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Bristol Airport’s bus links prove just the ticket for getting passengers and staff out of their cars

Bristol Airport is celebrating the success of its efforts to get more passengers and staff to use its bus links – with the number soaring past 100,000 in a month for the first time. Last month nearly 110,000 people travelled on the A1 Airport Flyer, which links the airport...

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Nearly 900 micro businesses across the South West benefit from £11m-plus in essential start-up loans

July 24, 2024
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Nearly 900 micro businesses across the South West benefit from £11m-plus in essential start-up loans

More than £11m has been lent to start-up firms across the South West ranging from a sewing café to a mobile cocktail bar over the past year under a programme run by the British Business Bank. Since its launch in 2012, the Start Up Loans scheme has supported more than 9,000...

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