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...
A new ‘cultural plan’ to boost a sector that contributes just under £2bn to the West of England’s economy a year by putting it on the map for national and international success has been unveiled. The prospectus showcases the region’s creative individuals – including its world-beating artists and games designers...
Bristol-based animation production studio A Productions has been shortlisted in a national award scheme for its work on the first Sesame Street animated special for HBO Max. Sesame Workshop’s The Monster at the End of This Story has been nominated in the Best Longform category in the British Animation Awards (BAAs),...
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...
Bristol charity Aid Box Community is appealing for storage space as it struggles to cope with a huge increase in demand for its services triggered by a rise in the number of refugees and asylum seekers arriving in the city. Aid Box Community (ABC) has a hub and free...
Work has started on the £12m redevelopment and expansion of Bristol’s highly successful film and TV studio The Bottle Yard as it aims to attract more productions to the city. The work, which will add three new sound stages and is being funded by the West of England Combined...
The Bristol team behind the UK’s first female urinal has raised £250,000 in their first funding round, including investment from the co-founder of online bank Monzo, as they aim to pioneer ‘pee-equality’ for women. The PEEQUAL, invented by University of Bristol graduates Hazel McShane and Amber Probyn, pictured, is...
The Bunch, the rapidly expanding Bristol firm set up in 2016 by students fed up with being taken advantage of by utility companies, is taking its innovative bills payment system to the US in a move to harness the country’s vast market potential. The business, which consolidates all household...
Research projects ranging from using electric buses to transfer passengers to their planes to planting carbon-absorbing flowers and grass are to be explored by Bristol Airport as ways of lowering its emissions. The airport is to fund five projects in partnership with organisations ranging from two leading airlines to...
Communications consultancy Social has made two appointments and two promotions in its Bristol office after a fourth successive year of growth. Tom Jones has joined as a senior account manager and Sam Bessant as a senior graphic designer to its work across public relations, stakeholder engagement and creative design disciplines. ...
BaseKit, the Bristol-based website and e-commerce platform, has received £1m in funding as it looks to broaden its portfolio and exploit the boom in online trading. The award-winning SaaS (software-as-a-service) business, which was set up in 2008, aims to more than triple its turnover to £10m by 2025. A key...
Bristol has been described as “a theatre of opportunity” for TV productions ahead of the first new drama of 2022 filmed entirely in and around the city hitting the small screen this weekend. Six-part psychological thriller Chloe, featuring a cast led by Erin Doherty (The Crown), begins on Sunday. The team...
Innovative businesses based at SETsquared Bristol, the incubator that supports the growth of tech start-ups, attracted investment of £98.8m last year – a 145% increase on 2020’s total. Member companies also created 250 jobs, generated £29m in revenues and achieved best-ever numbers for leadership diversity. More than half of...
