OmniDynamics, the innovative Bristol start-up aiming to slash the costs of 3D printing, has reached the national final of the Lloyds Bank Enterprise awards for graduates. The firm, based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), went through to the prestigious final after winning the regional heat in Exeter this...
Bristol has been named as one of the UK’s top five cities for growth outside of London, underpinning its reputation as a centre for innovation, technology and creativity. The city ranks fourth for economic and demographic expansion over the past eight years, according to a new report analysing the...
Brewer and pub operator Bath Ales’ flagship beer, Gem, has won one of the most prestigious international brewing awards. The International Beer Challenge considers more than 500 brews from 30-plus countries. As well as receiving a Gold Medal, Gem also scooped the highly-coveted trophy for its category – the Best Ale up to 5%...
Bristol Airport continued to break its own passenger number records in August by achieving another best-ever monthly total and recording the busiest day in its history. Some 723,000 people used the airport last month as the holiday getaway season reached its peak. On one day alone – August 14...
Bristol-based legal expenses insurer DAS has promoted its southern broker sales manager Darren Weekes to the newly-created position of UK broker sales manager. In his new role Darren is responsible for the development of all DAS broker sales business in the UK, with the Bristol, Manchester and London broker...
Thatchers, the North Somerset cider maker, has entered the lucrative US market for the first time in its 110-year history. From this month, its flagship brand Thatchers Gold will be available in bars across 20 states as Americans increasingly get a taste for traditional English cider. While the entire...
Bristol’s growing reputation as one of the UK’s leading hi-tech centres has been recognised by its inclusion in a national innovation festival. Some of the city’s most innovative businesses will open their doors to executives, entrepreneurs, investors, potential employees and the public as part of the OpenCo event, which...
Monday 8 September Final: Dechra Pharmaceuticals Trading statement: Associated British Foods AGMs: Bacit, Creston EGM: B.S.D. Crown Tuesday 9 September Interims: HaloSource, Hilton Food Group, Safecharge International, Synety Group Finals: Abcam, Hargreaves Services, ISG Trading statements: Dixons Carphone, Fenner, Whitbread AGMs: Oxford Instruments, Pets At Home Economics: BRC sales,...
Bristol’s ‘phone box millionaire’ Dr Stephen Fear, the city-born entrepreneur and businessman, is to co-host a four-part radio series aimed at inspiring young people of all backgrounds to become entrepreneurs and create their own futures through enterprise. The first of four monthly shows, called Dr Fear’s Business Remedies, will...
Bristol firms are being challenged to get their staff to saddle up and take part in a four-day charity bike ride to Paris in aid of the city’s Above & Beyond charity. Participants in the Bristol to Paris Cycle Challenge will help raise £100,000 urgently needed to provide an...
The inaugural Bristol & South West Leisure Property Network will be launched on October 2 at Youngs’ Horts Pub and Kitchen. Coordinated by leisure property specialists Fleurets, the event aims to create an annual networking event for operators and leisure property professionals across the South West and South Wales....
Human resources professional Geraldine Buckland, who has 25 years’ business and HR experience spanning the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, has been appointed to lead the HR consulting team at accountants Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office. Geraldine, who takes over from partner Rachel Stone, has worked in senior roles...
The Virgin StartUp Live tour, which aims to help launch 1,000 new businesses across the UK, arrives in Bristol on Tuesday with one of the city’s most-successful entrepreneurs on hand to give advice. Tristan Hogg, co-founder of Pieminister, the pioneering Bristol-based firm that has brought real pies back to...
