The National Composites Centre (NCC), Bristol’s world-leading institution for composites research and development, has appointed GKN Aerospace senior vice president Rich Oldfield as its new chief executive. Owned by the University of Bristol and based on the Bristol & Bath Science Park, the NCC is the UK’s foremost centre...
Skills and opportunities for up to 3,000 adults across Bristol and the West of England are to be boosted under a new project. Future Bright is a £4m scheme being run by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), working with Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East...
The stars of the West of England’s aerospace and defence industries have less than a month to enter the region’s top awards dedicated to the sectors. June 1 is the deadline for the West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) Aerospace Ambassadors Awards, which celebrate the individuals who have made...
Four Bristol firms have this week been celebrating winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s most prestigious business accolade. The four very different businesses – Ultrahaptics, Ndemic Creations, Thomas Ware & Sons and Census Group – are among 230 companies from across the UK to receive the award...
Bristol robotics firm Open Bionics has launched the world’s first medically certified 3D-printed artificial arms for amputees. After working with NHS England on the first trial of a wearable 3D-printed medical device for children and young people, the firm, based at UWE’s Future Space innovation hub, is to now...
The first two new director posts at the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) have been filled as it continues to develop its senior leadership team. WECA is creating four director jobs in the areas of business & skills, infrastructure, investment & corporate services and legal services, which is...
Bristol’s innovative Bloodhound project to build the world’s fastest-ever car is inspiring young people to pursue careers that use maths, engineering and technology, the region’s business leaders have been told. Nearly 400 chartered accountants and guests from across the business community gathered at the annual ICAEW West of England...
UWE Bristol has unveiled how its new state-of-the-art engineering building could look in a series of striking images released by its design team. Subject to planning consents, the multi-million pound building – with a mission to attract and inspire the engineers of the future – will be sited next...
The union representing workers at GKN’s two Bristol factories called for tougher takeover laws this week after the government gave the green light to engineering group’s £8.1bn takeover. Unite and Bristol politicians had urged Business Secretary Greg Clark to block the move by financial turnaround group Melrose on national...
A major business park being developed on the site of a former Rolls-Royce aero-engine factory in Bristol has emerged as a possible location for a major logistics hub linked to the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Representatives from Heathrow visited the Horizon38 business park, Filton, along with a second possible...
Members of the Being Brunel Corporate Club and other supporters of the SS Great Britain Trust were thanked for their help in making the new museum a reality with an exclusive after-hours celebration. The £7.2m museum opened alongside Brunel’s iconic SS Great Britain on Bristol’s Harbourside last month and...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to Bristol for a seventh year in October with one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs already lined up as headline speaker. Emma Bridgewater, who has spent more than 30 years building up a successful pottery business, will share her experiences and give advice...
One of the most inspirational women in technology today is to give the second in a series of talks by high-profile business women later this month. Carole Mundell, head of physics at the University of Bath, will speak at The Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel’s Phenomenal Women event, part of...
