Cloud8, the Bristol firm that has developed an innovative digital employee benefits platform, has raised £750,000 to further enhance its product. The investment from from Mercia, which recently launched an office in Bristol, will enable Cloud8 to further build its team and boost its sales and marketing activity as...
Bristol-based handmade cake firm Cakesmiths has secured investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC to support the next stage of its rapid growth. Cakesmiths supplies its range of artisan cakes to independent customers across the UK through its direct-to-market online platform. It caters to a wide range of palates,...
The government has been urged to help Bristol businesses weather the storm of soaring energy, raw material and wage costs at a time when they are still being buffeted by the combined impact of Brexit and the pandemic. The plea has come from Business West, the regional business group...
Bristol brand consultancy Firehaus has moved to the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub as its client base continues to grow. The four-person agency, launched three years ago, is already achieving double-digit growth for gross profits and revenues with a mission to bring ‘light + heat’ to ignite brands. With new projects...
Bristol-based utilities innovator The Bunch has strengthened its senior management team with a raft of strategic hires as it targets a 100% increase in customers this year. The hires follow a highly successful year for the company, which consolidates all household bills into a single monthly payment and grants...
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, is set to lead the line-up of speakers at this summer’s Big Tent Festival in Bristol. Mr Gove, who also has housing and community in his portfolio, has accepted an invitation to take part in the two-day event, which will give...
Global tech group Infostretch is to create more than 40 jobs in Bristol by opening a base in the city. The Silicon Valley-based group, which employees more than 2,000 people in 15 offices across the world, said it was attracted to set up in Bristol due to the West...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement was trailed as delivering some hope for beleaguered businesses as the post-pandemic recovery is being threatened by global price hikes. Bristol business leaders and financial experts welcomed some of the measures – but voiced concern that they did not go far enough to ease...
Commercial interiors specialist Paramount is to open an ‘Instagrammable’ office in Bristol, creating up to 20 jobs, as it strengthens its presence in the city and across the South West. The Cardiff-headquartered firm said the base on Welsh Back would be one of the city’s ‘most aesthetically-pleasing’ office schemes to ensure...
Bristol-based electric vehicle charge point mapping app Zap-Map has partnered with motoring organisation the RAC as it seeks to power ahead in the fast-growing market. The firm, which is majority owned by renewable energy group Good Energy, is already the UK’s top app of its kind with 660,000 downloads...
Plans to create Bristol’s first net zero integrated retirement community – which will also include a new leisure and activity hub open to the public – have been submitted to Bristol City Council. The £85m proposal for St Christopher’s Square in Westbury Park have been drawn up following extensive community...
University of Bristol spin-out companies generate higher average returns on investment than those of any other UK university, a new study has found. The University Spin-out Report revealed that over 20 years the average UK spin-out generates around double the original capital raised. But Bristol’s spin-outs average 285%, putting the...
Bristol tech start-up Zero Point Motion has raised £2.58m in a seed funding round to build a state-of-the-art lab in the city as it develops a new kind of navigation and motion-sensing microchip. The investment also means that Zero Point Motion founder and CEO Dr Ying Lia Li, pictured,...
