Bristol-founded TravelLocal, the leading brand and online marketplace platform for tailor-made holidays, has landed £8.3m to accelerate its international growth. The firm was advised by ICON, the Bristol-based specialist corporate finance boutique, which introduced lead backer Puma Private Equity to invest alongside existing funders Active Partners and Gresham House...
A highly specialised firm based near Bristol that trains falcons for export has secured an export finance facility worth £70,000 to help it achieve it soaring ambitions. Falcon House, which is located near Wrington, buys high pedigree falcons from UK breeders and then trains them for use in falconry...
A Bristol-based specialist law firm which a year ago was described as one of the fastest growing in the region has been sold out of administration in a deal that has secured the future of 46 jobs. Personal injury firm Lysander Law was hit hard by reforms to whiplash...
A deeptech start-up founded by a group of Bristol and London-based academics is to take part in a major global study exploring how quantum computing can be used to develop a treatment for the progressive muscle-wasting disease myotonic dystrophy. Phasecraft, which was launched in 2019 as a spin-out from...
Bristol-based engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has racked up its fifth acquisition in less than a year-and-a-half with the takeover of a nuclear safety assessment business. 3T Safety Consultants, which was founded in 2008 and is based in the heart of the North West’s nuclear sector community...
The £70m engineering research and innovation centre putting the West of England at the heart of the global drive towards low-emission travel has been officially opened. The Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), on the Bristol & Bath Science Park at Emersons Green, is already developing clean, sustainable and...
Work has started on the largest capital project for more than two decades at Bristol Airport – a £60m public transport interchange hub and multi-storey car park. The project forms part of the airport’s overall multi-million pound development plan to increase its capacity from 10m to 12m passengers a...
The West of England’s political leaders should continue with their plans for an “ambitious and green” mass transit system to help the region fulfil its economic potential, according to its largest business group. Business West, which runs the region’s chambers of commerce, said an efficient transport system was essential...
Bristol-headquartered TLT has been named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023 – the third year in a row it has topped the main category in a major legal sector awards scheme. TLT previously landed the Firm of the Year title at The Lawyer Awards...
UWE Bristol has appointed Dr Konstantinos (Kos) Siliafis as the new dean and head of Bristol Law School. Kos, pictured, was previously director of Law and Politics at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has also lectured law at Aberystwyth University, where he gained a Doctorate in Philosophy and Law in 2015. His research...
The UK creative industry’s leading support organisation has teamed up with Bristol-headquartered ethical bank Triodos to launch a fund aimed at growing the sector by £50bn over the next seven years. The £35m fund will also help bring about a million extra jobs by “unleashing the power of the creative...
Bristol hotel bosses have warned that the survival of popular summer events in the city such the International Balloon Fiesta and Harbour Festival is vital for the success of its hospitality sector. An uptick in summer bookings this year has given Bristol’s hotels a timely boost, with the Bristol...
The digital marketing manager at Visit West, the destination management organisation behind Visit Bristol, has been recognised for her continued commitment and excellence in the field of digital marketing. Laura Valentine scooped the Digital Marketing Excellence Award at the inaugural summit and awards ceremony by Simpleview, the tourism industry’s leading...
