Bristol businesses are being urged to invest in the city’s future workforce by getting behind a £1m appeal to boost support services for children and young people. The target has been set to coincide with a ground-breaking approach in Bristol with the long-term goal of ensuring no child or...
Falling inflation has sparked higher business confidence among bosses of firms in Bristol and across the West of England – but most are still gloomy about the UK’s economic prospects. Labour costs also remain a challenge along with problems in recruiting the best people as the skills shortage continues...
Domin, the Bristol scale-up developing cutting-edge hydraulic systems, has been awarded £4.4m to take part in a research project that could revolutionise electric vehicle performance. The firm, which isdeveloping and manufacturing ground-breaking innovations for fluid power in its recently opened technology centre at Pucklechurch, will work with Mercedes-Benz subsidiary...
Bristol-based medical simulator company Limbs & Things has taken on three new graduates to participate in its unique recruitment scheme. The one-of-a-kind scheme gives the graduates the opportunity to play a part in the growth of the world-leading company whose medical training products, which range from ‘arms’ with mock...
A multi-million pound ‘supercluster’ has been launched to position the West of England as the UK’s hydrogen powerhouse. The far-reaching project brings together academic, civic and industry leaders to unlock the huge potential of the region’s hydrogen ecosystem. Harnessing clean green hydrogen to decarbonise the region’s transport, energy and...
Bristol businesses are being urged to share their views on the skills needed by their industry to help build a stronger economy for the West of England. Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce, will use the feedback from firms to draw up its Local Skills Improvement...
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...
Property investment firm Mission Street has appointed Nick Sturge to advise on its plans to open the South West’s largest commercial innovation hub in Bristol. Nick, a pivotal figure in Bristol’s tech sector for more than two decades, has joined the firm’s advisory board as it looks to redevelop...
A scheme to support fast-growing firms launched by globally acclaimed business incubator SETsquared is set to contribute around £1.3bn to UK economy, according to new research. University of Bristol-supported SETsquared’s Scale-Up Programme, which began in 2018, supports innovative, expanding businesses to raise public and private investment to collaborate on...
Can solar give you energy security? If so, how much does it cost, how can you finance it and what return on investment might you expect? These and other questions are on the agenda at a free webinar on Tuesday 3 October when Bristol-based Solarsense will bring together industry...
SETsquared Bristol, the University of Bristol’s acclaimed tech incubator, has further strengthened its adviser team with the appointment of four experts. They join an existing community of 15 advisers in residence, who are a key aspect of the incubator’s programme, providing pro-bono advice to its 80 member companies. Advisers offer weekly...
Bristol has been chosen as the home for the UK’s most powerful supercomputer working on artificial intelligence in a move that will put the city at the heart of the UK’s AI revolution. To be known as Isambard-AI, the University of Bristol-hosted supercomputer will also be among the most...
