Practical, face-to-face support for new parents can be hard to come by – but new Bristol events company From Little Seeds Grow aims to plug the gap. Launched by experienced events manager and parent Mel Bound, it will give parents information, practical guidance and support in sociable workshops across...
A 7,000 year old technique, known as Egyptian Paste (or Faience), could offer a potential process and material for use in the latest 3D printing techniques of ceramics, according to researchers at UWE Bristol. Professor Stephen Hoskins, director of UWE’s Centre for Fine Print Research, and David Huson, research...
Bristol & Bath Science Park is celebrating the role played by its university partners in putting the region at the forefront of research and innovation. Large signs naming the three universities involved in the 59-acre park have been unveiled on the Energy Centre building at the park’s entrance. The...
Hargreaves Lansdown director Stephen Lansdown is to step down from the board of the Bristol financial business he co-founded in 1981 with Peter Hargreaves in a bedroom and now has a stock market value of nearly £3bn. Mr Lansdown, pictured, who is among the city’s most prominent businessmen and...
West firms are being urged to explore trading opportunities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia as the countries continue to experience steady economic growth with a strong demand for UK goods and services. High-value investment opportunities exist in many sectors – from science, innovation, defence, security, energy and power,...
Young research engineer Natasha Watson, is exhibiting her work at the British Science Festival, one of Europe’s largest celebrations of science, engineering and technology. Natasha, pictured, a third year EngD in Systems student, a course run jointly by the Universities of Bristol and Bath, is a finalist in festival organisers...
The world’s airlines will buy new planes worth £2.5 trillion over the next 20 years, aerospace giant Airbus forecast today as it sounded a confident note for the civil aviation industry’s long-term future. The European planemaker, number one in the global aerospace manufacturing market, raised its 20-year forecast by...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Computers and mobile phones that run on technology that spooked Albert Einstein could be on sale within a few years, thanks to work led by scientists in Bristol. Quantum computing, which uses circuits that operate with light instead of electricity, could lead to far faster...
Close Brothers Invoice Finance is aiming to take a larger slice of the regional specialist corporate funding market following the opening of an office in Bristol. The firm, part of the giant Close Brothers specialist financial services group, has set up a dedicated team for the South West to...
Veale Wasbrough Vizards, the Bristol-based law firm, has appointed contentious probate and trusts specialist Marianne Nankervis as a senior associate in its contentious probate team, the largest outside London. Marianne, pictured, who has worked at Wilde Sapte in London and most recently Bristol firm Osborne Clarke, joins Veale Wasbrough...
A rare office has come onto the Bristol market which could be just the ticket for firms looking for easy rail access in a quiet location. While business space close to a railway station can command a premium and be convenient for staff and customers, one Bristol property agent...
SDS, the specialist in surface water management systems, is marking its 10th anniversary by sponsoring tomorrow’s meeting at Bath Racecourse. The firm, based at Biddisham near Cheddar, works with local authorities, water companies and private developers providing a service from design, consultancy and manufacturing to installation and maintenance. Its...
Bristol’s most famous animation firm Aardman has given a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of how it works with its latest TV advert for National Accident Helpline. The ‘making-of’ footage follows the Academy award-winning animation studio's production process of the new Underdog ad with the claymation experts explaining how they brought...
