Hundreds of hours of volunteer work have been carried out by members of Bristol Junior Chamber this summer in a drive to support local charities. The BJC Big Help Out, introduced this year by the Chamber’s president Emma Carter, helped link up the organisation’s membership of young professionals with...
Bristol-based Harbourside Corporate Finance has appointed Alex Mitchell as its new corporate finance director. The boutique firm, which specialises in advising and supporting business owners in areas such as acquisitions, mergers and disposals, was spun out of regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon’s corporate finance team nearly three years ago. ...
Businesses are being invited to support a gala dinner in Bristol to showcase the positive impact of refugees and migrants on the city and the wider UK – with a keynote speech by Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah. ‘The Welcome Party’ will celebrate individual success stories of refugees...
Expansion at Bristol enterprise software developer StorMagic is to be accelerated after receiving a “significant investment” from a specialist private equity growth fund. StorMagic, which has taken thousands of clients around the world since launching in 2006, recently introduced a new full-stack software solution that can save customers significant...
Ultimate Finance, the Bristol-based specialist asset-based lender, is looking to further grow its loan book after securing £370m in wholesale funding for the next three years. The firm, owned US private investment firm Tavistock Group, said the new funding would also allow it to diversify its asset-based lending business...
A Bristol Brazilian Jiu Jitsu association operating two clubs in the city has received £390,000 from impact investor BBRC (Bristol & Bath Regional Capital) to expand its community-focussed operations. Roger Gracie Bristol already generates social impact with initiatives that bring people in personal crisis ‘onto the mats’ through interventions,...
More than £11m has been lent to start-up firms across the South West ranging from a sewing café to a mobile cocktail bar over the past year under a programme run by the British Business Bank. Since its launch in 2012, the Start Up Loans scheme has supported more than 9,000...
Funding secured from growth finance group BGF’s Bristol team is powering major international expansion at a UK-based clean-energy engineering company. Severn Drives & Energy (SDE), which BGF supported last year with a ‘significant’ investment, has set up a manufacturing plant in the US to meet rising customer demand for...
A Bristol firm aiming to revolutionise the way crops are grown without increasing greenhouse gases has been named South West and Wales Innovator in a contest to find the UK’s most exciting tech businesses. Glaia, which was founded in 2019 by two former University of Bristol scientists, is developing...
Measures included in the King’s Speech aimed at boosting housebuilding and devolving more powers from Whitehall to the regions have been widely welcomed by key business figures. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill – one of the 40 included in the speech that will shape the first year of the...
The West of England’s economy is forecast to grow faster over the next five years than any other part of the UK outside London, according to two new reports. The region, along with South Wales, will achieve economic expansion of 1.4% a year between now and 2029, according to...
South West accountancy firm, Albert Goodman has boosted its backing for the region’s sport by extending its sponsorship deal with Bristol City Women. Building on its squad sponsorship deal, which was launched 18 months ago, Albert Goodman has now elevated its support by becoming the back-of-shorts sponsor for the 2024/25...
ARAG, the specialist legal insurer with its UK head office in Bristol, has made three key senior manager promotions as it advances its plans to develop a new generation of products. Helen Futter, Anne Wienand and Marc Willett all joined ARAG earlier this year when it acquired DAS UK,...
