Sixteen cutting-edge Bristol start-ups will promote their innovative technologies to an audience of influential investors and business leaders at a special event later this month. Now in its 19th year, Tech-Xpo is the flagship pitch, demo and connect showcase for the University of Bristol’s acclaimed tech incubator SETsquared Bristol. Eleven of the 16 companies are...
Accountancy group Deloitte has appointed Lizzie Hill as its new practice senior partner for South West and Wales – the first woman to hold the role. Lizzie, pictured with former regional practice senior partner Martyn Gregory, is a a tax partner specialising in advising privately owned businesses and a member...
The Bristol office of accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has recruited a new audit manager as it seeks to build on its record-breaking performance last year. Jennifer Morris, pictured with Bishop Fleming managing partner Andrew Sandiford, joins to strengthen the team as demand for the firm’s audit services increases, most notably in...
The Bristol office of growth finance group BGF has made a £15.5m investment in Troy UK, the country’s largest independent network for industrial and engineering supplies, with legal advice on the deal from the corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. Other Bristol professionals involved in the...
National legal and professional services business Knights has hired three partners and a senior associate in its Bristol office just five months after arriving in the city through its acquisition of long-established independent law firm Meade King. Among the new joiners is Marti Burgess, who is well known in...
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed Mike Jones as a senior relationship manager to further bolster its team. The firm, which provides a range of payment services to small and medium-sized enterprises across a range of sectors, said Mike’s arrival would continue to consolidate new leads, drive...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Ian Brokenshire, Bristol-based senior partner at KPMG UK, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Air – the origin of Air Jordan, where a Nike...
A Bristol advanced electronics manufacturer whose products are used by the security, scientific, medical and avionics sectors has been acquired by an international buyer. Microwave Amps designs and manufactures a range of bespoke solid-state radio and microwave frequency amplifiers that are deployed on land and sea, in the air...
Up to 40,000 jobs could be created and a further 60,000 safeguarded across the West of England and South Wales if they embraced the hydrogen revolution, according to a major report unveiled today. It also suggested that between 16,000 and 21,000 kilo tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions could be...
The strength of the South West’s FinTech ecosystem is to be analysed for the first time as part of a new project involving businesses, public sector organisations and higher education establishments. The work will be led and delivered by Whitecap Consulting, the regional strategy consultancy with a base in...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has appointed economic crime and compliance specialist Ben Cooper as a partner. Ben, pictured, left, with TLT head of financial services Andrew Lyon, now heads the firm’s national economic crime compliance team, working closely with its financial services regulatory, investigations and disputes practice. TLT said his...
Specialist business advisory firm FRP has promoted two of its Bristol office senior staff to its national partnership following a year of growth. Jonathan Dunn and Matt Whitchurch, pictured, have been made partners in the firm’s restructuring advisory and financial advisory teams respectively. Jonathan has worked in the restructuring...
Firms will be able to access the latest advice and guidance to enable them to become sustainable when the region’s largest annual environmental exhibition returns next week. Staged by Bristol specialist business hub Future Leap at Paintworks on Bath Road, the Festival of Sustainable Business Exhibition next Thursday, 15...
