A new leadership team has been announced by the Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS), the Bristol-based not-for-profit digital engineering consultancy, following the decision by its chief technology officer to retire this summer. Prof Ian Risk’s departure in July after five years in the role has provided the opportunity for CFMS to...
Bristol specialist printing firm Twentysix01 has secured a six-figure commercial mortgage as part of a wider bespoke funding package from Barclays, which has enabled it to move to a larger base. The firm, which offers large format and bespoke artwork such as banners, posters and exhibition stands along with...
A new head of manufacturing has been appointed by regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming as it reinforces its commitment to supporting the sector. Ally Allington, pictured, has been a partner in the corporate and business services team at the firm, which has its largest office in Bristol, since joining three...
A cohort of 13 women entrepreneurs have showcased their innovative start-ups at a pitching event as a pre-incubation programme staged by incubator SETsquared Bristol reached its finale. Now in its second year, the NatWest-funded Enterprising Women 2.0 programme helps women-formed businesses access world-class business support, including coaching, mentoring, pitch...
Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has underlined its commitment to make its Bristol plant one of the world’s first manufacturing sites to achieve net zero carbon operations. The plant, which makes engines for key defence programmes such as the EJ200 that powers the RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon and the Short-Take Off and...
Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer with a major plant in Bristol, is charting a course for a rapid recovery from the pandemic after clocking up its highest-ever profits last year along with a raft of new orders for its aircraft. In what its chief executive officer Guillaume Faury described...
Bristol businesses are being invited to support a transformational skills programme led by UWE that will create opportunities in the green economy for young people from the city. Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship has been launched against a backdrop of economic recovery following the Covid pandemic and the demand...
Bristol-based bio-pharmaceutical consultancy eXmoor Pharma, which specialises in world-leading cell and gene therapy, has appointed Dr Lucy Foley as chief technology officer. Lucy, pictured, brings with her more than 10 years’ industry experience focused on technology, process development and delivering large, complex projects. She joins eXmoor after eight years...
Fusion Processing, the Bristol tech firm developing cutting-edge automated drive systems, has appointed Nick Sturge, the former director of the city’s pioneering Engine Shed innovation hub, as its non-executive chairman. Fusion Processing’s technology is being used in a number of leading autonomous vehicle trials, including driverless buses, while its...
The Bristol firm behind the world’s first medically approved 3D-printed bionic arm has demonstrated its products to the UK’s science minister on his visit to the city’s science and tech innovation cluster. Open Bionics showed George Freeman the production space where its life-changing Hero Arm for amputees is made...
The first major event staged by the Western Gateway economic partnership takes place next month to bring together key figures from business, academia and local and national government on both sides of the Severn to explore the potential of the cross–border powerhouse. Called Green Growth within the Western Gateway, the day-long...
Pioneering pharmaceutical firm Vectura is planning to develop a centre of research and development excellence in Bristol as it looks for further global growth opportunities under new owner, tobacco group Philip Morris International (PMI). The Chippenham-headquartered group, which was controversially acquired by PMI for £1.1bn last September, says the...
Bristol’s construction and manufacturing businesses will be able to boost their employees’ green skills as part of a new scheme backed by the West of England Combined Authority. More than 100 firms across the region are being invited to take part in the 18-month Skills for Clean Growth programme to...
