Bristol-headquartered tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has advised on a major international deal in the fast-moving data privacy sector. ICON partner Eddie Harding and director Florian Depner worked with, a market leader in SaaS (software as a service) on its acquisition by specialist security and compliance automation SaaS...
The Bristol office of international professional services firm Aon is celebrating after six of its pensions team were announced as finalists in the prestigious Women in Pensions Awards. The shortlisted individuals have been nominated by peers in the sector in recognition of being a trailblazer, for going above and...
Accountancy group Deloitte has appointed two new partners in its Bristol office as part of its annual round of promotions. Samantha Bates has become an associate partner while Dave Smith is now a partner – both work in Deloitte’s audit & assurance team based in Bristol. Samantha, pictured with...
FW Capital, one of the UK’s largest regional fund managers, has appointed Ben Donati to its Bristol team as an investment executive. The firm’s Bristol office, which is headed by fund manager David Goodall, is focused on delivering finance for small to medium-sized enterprises through the recently launched British...
A Bristol-based cybersecurity services firm on a mission to protect its clients from modern, sophisticated hackers, is poised for a period rapid global growth – including doubling its workforce – after securing a £5.5m investment. The funding from Gresham House Ventures is OnSecurity’s first investment since its launch in...
Barclays Eagle Labs hosted a reception to welcome key figures from Bristol’s innovation ecosystem to its new hub in the city. The lab, which opened earlier this year in the University of Bristol’s pioneering Engine Shed innovation centre at Temple Meads, offers business expertise and banking services along with mentoring...
A nature-based charity is urging businesses from Bristol and Bath to step forward and help it raise essential funds for the cities’ vital parks and green spaces. The appeal by Your Park Bristol & Bath follows the release last month of figures showing a third of the population in Bristol...
Fast-growing Bristol-based electric vehicle mapping service ZapMap is to accelerate its expansion into the business-to-business market after receiving a £1.7m investment from its parent company. The funding from renewable power group Good Energy will be put into its Zapmap Spark and Zapmap Insights offerings, which complement its consumer app. While the...
The newly opened extension at Future Space, the innovation hub on UWE Bristol’s Frenchay campus, will create a “research and development playground” for the city, according to its director. Matt Freeman, who took up the role nine months ago, has spent much of that time overseeing the development of the...
Kelpi, the Bristol biotech company developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed, has secured a £4.35m investment to take it to market. The funding round, which includes further finance from a group of Bristol investors who previously backed the firm, will enable the firm to expand its operations, grow...
Bristol-based international healthcare infrastructure specialist Archus is to expand into more markets after securing a £2m investment from NatWest. The firm, which provides a range of strategic and infrastructure-related consultancy services to clients in the health and social care industry, will use the funding to open more offices and...
A Bristol-based construction soil and aggregate recycling firm has been taken over by a major quarrying and materials group in a deal handled by lawyers from the city office of national law firm Clarke Willmott. Hallen-based B&A Group, a family business with more than 30 years’ experience in the...
Azets, the top 10 national accountancy firm, has made three senior appointments in its Bristol office just seven months after it opened. Duncan Stratford and Adam Garside have been appointed as partners while Julia Ross has joined as a director. Azets, which has 88 offices across the UK, has grown a team of specialists...
