A multidisciplinary team of lawyers from Ashfords has worked on the sale of a long-running UK marine technology business to a major US-owned industrial group. Ashfords, which has an office in Bristol, advised the shareholders of Devon-based Valeport on its takeover by a subsidiary of California-headquartered Teledyne Technologies Incorporated....
Accountancy firm Haines Watts has strengthened its leadership team in Bristol with the appointment of Clare Boden as corporate tax director. Clare, pictured with Haines Watts director Andrew Jordan, managing partner Matthew Bracher and director Conor O’Sullivan, has joined from Evelyn Partners’ Bristol office, where she worked for nearly four years,...
Monday April 15 Finals: Engage XR Holdings, Itaconix, Ceres Power Holdings Trading announcements: Kainos Group, Berkeley Group Holdings Tuesday April 16 Finals: Gresham Technologies, Next 15 Group, Equals Group, Accesso Technology Group, Billington Holdings, Ashtead Technology, Learning Technologies Group, Team17 Group Interim: Gattaca Q3 result: Petra Diamonds Trading announcements: Integrafin...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Dirty Jack co-founder and video producer Hayden Brown answers our 10 questions. (Warning: Some of Hayden’s answers contain strong language and themes of an adult nature!) What was the LAST: Film...
Office rents in Bristol city centre are set to soar by more than 17% to a record high this year due to a shortage of prime space. Property agents in the city believe an increase to £50 per sq ft is “very realistic” as a growing number of firms...
Highly complex projects aimed at easing the climate emergency, such as harvesting solar energy from space and harnessing the power of hydrogen, are to be made easier thanks to a new high-performance computing (HPC) system being developed in Bristol. Digital engineering consultancy The Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS), based...
Bristol Airport has acted as the test bed for a ground-breaking project showing how hydrogen can be safely used to power ground support equipment such baggage tractors. Information gathered from the year-long trial, the first of its kind at a major UK airport, will form the basis for a...
A pioneering Bristol-based start-up Celltris has received a second round of funding as it accelerates its mission to develop more effective, cheaper electric vehicle batteries. The £800,000 combined equity and grant investment means the firm has now raised more than £1.3m to launch a battery development and cell prototyping...
Budget airline Ryanair has launched its biggest-ever schedule from Bristol Airport for this summer, with 36 routes, including six new destinations. Copenhagen, Fuerteventura, Marrakesh, Prague, Sofia and Tirana have been added to the airline’s route network from the airport following the addition of a fifth aircraft to s Bristol-based...
Albert Goodman, the fast-growing South West accountancy firm with an office in Bristol, has unveiled new branding which it says better reflects its confidence as a fiercely independent business. The 158-year-old, £15m-plus turnover firm described the new look, pictured, as bold and distinctive and in keeping with its strong...
Barclays has officially launched its new hub in Bristol offering business expertise, banking services and mentoring and coaching from scale-up specialists. The Eagle Lab, the 37th opened by the bank across the UK, provides start-ups and entrepreneurs in the city with access to a wide range of services. It...
Expert support on how to enhance digital presence, adopt new technologies, improve competitiveness and increase productivity is now available to small and medium-sized businesses Bristol firms under a new scheme. Called Tech for Growth, the initiative offers tailored tech adoption consultancy to eligible organisations. It aims to equip businesses...
Joanne Webber, a Bristol-based tax partner at national audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK, has become managing partner for its office in the city. Joanne, pictured, has more than 21 years’ experience working with organisations on global mobility and global people issues. She also leads the firm’s national...
