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 Alan Bristow, CEO and founder of ICON Corporate Finance, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Alpinist. I would never have come across this had it...
Purposeful Bristol businesses, charities and social enterprises can find out more about place-based impact investment and how it can help tackle local issues and build a thriving regional economy at an event next week. Hosted by Bristol & Bath Regional Capital (BBRC), the free event takes place on Thursday,...
Bristol-based open finance, open data and payments platform Moneyhub has secured funding of £35m from two high-profile financial sector investors as it looks for further expansion. Moneyhub works with more than 100 blue-chip firms in financial services, retail and telecoms sectors, helping them unlock opportunities by creating personalised products...
A sustainable handbag brand founded by a former Bristol lawyer is to expand and take on more staff after receiving a six-figure investment package. Keri Andriana, a graduate of both the University of Bristol and UWE Bristol, hit on the idea of creating affordable vegan luxury products in 2016...
A Bristol healthtech firm developing a self-monitoring app for people with serious eye conditions has secured £2m to launch it in Germany. Founded in 2018, OKKO Health has pioneered a range of apps for sufferers of Macular disease, the leading cause of sight loss in developed nations. It affects more...
Regional accountancy group PKF Francis Clark has appointed an experienced audit partner to serve its growing client base of owner-managed businesses in Bristol. Rob Whitehead has relocated from Yorkshire, where he gained more than 30 years’ experience in audit, accounts, business planning and tax, and was most recently a...
Bristol businesses are being invited to sign up to an innovative project that aims to help close the equality gap in the city and create a fairer future for its young people. Launching next month, OurCity2030 will support young people from low-income households in inner-city Bristol to secure meaningful...
A campaign to help businesses across the West of England reduce their reliance on dirty fossil fuels and embrace a greener future through simple, practical steps has been launched. Bristol-based Action Net Zero’s Beacon of Hope initiative will reach out to firms, as well as communities and individuals, to...
The current volatility of markets is likely to have most investors concerned, especially if you are already feeling worried about the increasing cost of living. Navigating times like these can be difficult and everyone will need to take different action depending on their personal circumstances. However, there is one...
Two empty office buildings on Bristol’s Aztec West business park are to be knocked down and replaced by an industrial warehouse in what is believed to be the first property deal of its kind in the city. Cascade 1 and 2, pictured, which together occupy a 1.96-acre site on...
The organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce has called for an end to instability at the heart of government following Liz Truss’s resignation, warning that it was harming business’s prospects at an already difficult time. Business West, the region’s largest business group, also said it was crucial the...
Bristol-based specialist corporate finance advisory firm Shaw & Co has appointed Marcus Harrison as an executive in its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) division. Marcus, pictured, joins from Saffery Champness, one of the UK’s oldest accountancy firms, where he was an auditor responsible for SME audits across a range of industries, business valuations,...
Clifton Asset Management, the Bristol-based financial services provider, has completed its third acquisition in as many months, bringing its assets under management to more than £1bn for the first time. The takeover of Caerphilly-based financial advisers Mark Phillips Ltd is the latest in Clifton’s ‘buy and build’ strategy since...
