Bristol’s aerospace industry has received an order boost from easyJet as the low-cost airline continues to grow its services from Bristol Airport. The airline has signed a firm order for a further 36 aircraft from Airbus’s A320 family – taking its total orders for the type to 451. Wings...
High-growth businesses in the Bristol area are to be offered specialist support under a scheme launched by Barclays. Called ‘Barclays High Growth and Entrepreneurs’, the initiative is in direct response to what the bank sees as Britain’s ‘scale-up gap’, and will also help the UK compete on the global...
Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his much-anticipated Autumn Statement next Wednesday – and once again Bristol Business News will be the number one media outlet for authoritative live news, analysis and comment. Our team of experienced business journalists will highlight the key measures that are likely to impact on...
Devolving power over transport, housing and taxes from Westminster to the West of England would boost the economy and help Bristol firms thrive, according to survey results released today. Some 69% of the region’s business leaders backed the idea of giving responsibility for these services to local authorities. Fifty-three...
Bristol-based specialist software firm BOXARR, which works with global aerospace and defence groups, is to significantly accelerate its growth plans after receiving investment of £2m. The funding will allow the firm, the world’s leading provider of Interdependent Systems Management (ISM) software, to extend its geographical reach and advance its...
West of England firms are right behind the Prime Minister as he sets out his opening position on renegotiating the UK’s relationship with the EU, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, says the region’s businesses want...
More than 80 businessmen and women gathered for the launch of the Go Green 2016 Awards at Avery’s Wine Cellars, which will celebrate the green achievements of Bristol businesses during the city’s year as European Green Capital. All photos by Jon Craig joncraig.co.uk
The green achievements of Bristol businesses during the city’s year as European Green Capital are to be showcased and celebrated in a unique awards scheme. The prestigious Go Green 2016 Awards will recognise those businesses that have made significant improvements to their green credentials this year. And as the...
A London-based venture capital firm is highlighting Bristol as one of Europe’s most attractive places for investment in start-up companies. Since its launch just over a year ago, Downing Ventures has invested almost a third of its entire portfolio in start-ups based in the Bristol area. Its investments include...
Bristol-based patent and trade mark attorney firm Haseltine Lake has promoted Magnus Johnston and Patrick Chapman to partners – bringing its number of partners to 24. Magnus, pictured right, is part of the firm’s chemistry and life sciences team and specialises in pharmaceutical, petrochemical and materials chemistry. He is...
That was the over-arching theme as leaders from across the business spectrum as well as civic leaders gathered for the Bristol 2015 European Green Capital Business Summit. The event focused on the challenges, as well as the huge opportunities, of an era where the world is changing faster than...
SETsquared, the University of Bristol-backed innovation partnership, has been named the best in Europe at helping new businesses for the third year running. The recognition came in the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, which ranks Europe’s best performing university business incubators. SETsquared, a partnership of the universities of Bristol,...
By Matt Cross, head of inward investment, Invest Bristol and Bath. Business leaders, students, visitors and residents are the most powerful, passionate and authentic advocates of any town or city. People who live and breathe Bristol and Bath get the message across better than any other form of advertising...
