French students learning about international real estate at UWE have been given a hands-on insight into the different techniques used to measure office space in the UK compared to France. The students, from the Ecole Supérieure des Professions Immobilières (ESPI – School of Real Estate Professions) in Paris, are...
SETsquared, the innovative business incubator partnership that includes the University of Bristol, has been named as the joint best in Europe at helping fledgling tech firms meet their potential. The accolade comes from the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index which also made it joint fourth best in the world,...
Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a major office in Bristol, has been reappointed to one of two places on the legal panel of The Crown Estate energy and infrastructure portfolio. The decision followed a competitive tender process which aimed to consolidated legal advice across an extremely diverse...
Bristol bedroom furniture manufacturer Swanglen, which collapsed after being hit hard by the collapse of Britain’s biggest bed retailer Dreams, has been bought out of liquidation by major UK bed firm Airsprung. Swanglen supplied headboards and other furniture to major retailers and bed manufacturers. It recently ceased trading and...
The UK’s first hydrogen-powered ferry is officially launched in Bristol tomorrow – the latest step by the city towards becoming the UK’s green powerhouse. Clean, green and producing zero emissions, the ferry service will showcase the commercial advantages of this technology to businesses, residents, commuters and tourists during a pilot...
Bristol scientists have made a world-leading breakthrough – by using urine to charge mobile phone batteries. They are calling urine the ultimate waste product as it freely available and will never run out and believe charging mobiles could just be the first of a host of gadgets to be...
West finance directors were given an insight by leading figures at Bath Rugby into the pressures of delivering results both on and off the pitch at a seminar organised by the Bristol office of business and financial advisers Grant Thornton. The firm, which sponsors the Aviva Premiership side, held...
A pilot community scheme launched by a group of Bristol firms to help budding young actors join Bristol Old Vic’s Young Company has awarded its first bursaries. The payments, at the end of the first year of the three-year pilot scheme, have been made to six talented youngsters who...
A robot submarine built by a team of students from UWE Bristol has come second in a prestigious European challenge competition. The robot, named Phoenix, outmanoeuvred six teams in the week-long SAUC-E 2013 challenge at La Spezia, Italy, to win the runner-up prize worth €2,000. It was the fourth...
Bristol businesses will tomorrow be told how to ‘unleash the entrepreneur’ within their employees through a new initiative being run in the city. The Building Better Businesses scheme is based on the simple proposition that the best, most efficient, most profitable way to operate a business is to give...
Monday July 15 INTERIMS Access Intelligence, Amino Technologies, Frenkel Topping Group, SThree FINALS Ilika EGMS Commercial International Bank (Egypt) SAE GDR (Reg S) AGMS GB Group TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Thorntons Tuesday July 16 FINALS Ideagen, Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd AGMS BTG, Coms, Cyprotex, Dairy Crest Group, EPE Special...
Bristol-based national law firm TLT has acted for international IT services group Sword in its £11.7m cross-border acquisition of UK-based Active Risk Group. NYSE-Euronext Paris-listed Sword operates in 15 countries with 1,000-plus staff. The acquisition of Active Risk Group's risk management software is a significant purchase for the group...
Bristol-based commercial banking manager Rob Hall has been recognised for his role in championing sustainable business with a high-profile business award. Rob, senior manager at Lloyds Banking Group, has been named 2013 Marks & Spencer Sieff Award winner for the South West for his commitment to community engagement across...
