Business West, one of the UK’s largest chambers of commerce, celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. The Bristol Initiative, which sits at the heart of Business West, is a community of 160 business leaders who positively influence the way the area is shaped, managed and developed. From 1989 Dr John Savage CBE,...
A healthtech business revolutionising stroke rehabilitation has won the Best Elevator Pitch at incubator SETsquared Bristol’s Tech-Xpo 2023 showcase. SoleSense uses shoe sensors and a real-time biofeedback app to provide personalised digital physiotherapy to stroke patients. The firm, which fought off strong competition from nine other SETsquared-based businesses to claim...
Bristol’s pioneering tech sector was today being showcased to business leaders from India looking to build bilateral ties with the West of England. The 30-strong delegation includes CEOs, presidents and directors from businesses at the forefront of cutting-edge computer technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and zero trust...
When his rock musician son George died by suicide, business coach Nigel Linacre started to write poetry. His friend, contemporary jazz band leader Vladimir Miller, who lost a band member to suicide earlier in his career, then began composing using George’s bass rhythms. The result is the Grief Opera –...
Fast-growing Bristol digital transformation and software specialist Amdaris showed off its redesigned and enlarged head office to guests at am recent official launch party. Having achieved a 94% increase in revenue last year, the firm called in Bath-based workspace design company Interaction to re-shape its new headquarters in the flagship Aurora office...
The founder of Babbasa, the Bristol social enterprise transforming the lives of young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds, has spoken of his immense pride at its success as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Poku Osei launched the organisation in 2013 in response to the growing gap in...
Istoria Group, the Bristol-based collective of creative agencies, has presented its inaugural Tim Marsh Memorial Award to the founder of a city-based tech business. Angela Loveridge’s Better Together initiative supports parents to keep their children safe online by signposting them towards practical tools, techniques and resources. It also facilitates...
The convention bureau that promotes Bristol to the global meetings and events industry has been shortlisted in the sector’s most prestigious awards scheme. Meet Bristol & Bath, which is part of the regional Visit West destination marketing organisation, has been named as a finalist in the Best UK Convention...
The Stradling Collection, one of Bristol’s most important collections of 20th and 21st century design and applied arts, has appointed Karen White as chair to take it forward into its 10th anniversary next year. Containing more than 2,000 items ranging from pieces of ceramic and glass to furniture, toys and...
A biotech business launched by a University of Bristol academic that uses soundwaves to move cells in petri dishes has won £10,000 and a year’s membership of the city’s acclaimed SETsquared tech incubator. Impulsonics’ patented technology makes growing cells in the lab cheaper, faster and more reliable by automating...
A lack of interest among the West of England’s politicians in its tech sector, despite its strength, is holding it back compared to other regions, according to a major new report. At the same time, the government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda is steering funding towards parts of the country with strong...
Success in a landmark court case featuring characters from TV comedy classic Only Fools and Horses has earned national law firm Ashfords’ intellectual property disputes team a major award. The team represented Shazam Productions, which owns the copyright in the scripts for the much-loved sitcom, in legal proceedings brought...
Businesses will get the chance to join forces with researchers and academics from the University of Bristol at an event in the city next month. The Festival of Enterprise will bring together the city’s industry and academia to discuss how they can collaborate to meet business challenges and achieve...
