Zapmap, the fast-growing Bristol-based electric vehicle charge point mapping app, could be launched in international markets while also growing in the UK if its co-owner is acquired by its Dubai-based bidder. Esyasoft, which hopes to acquire renewable electricity supplier Good Energy for £99.4m, said it saw the benefit in...
Investment into small and mid-sized business by growth finance group BGF’s South West office fell last year by around £10m as it came up against what it called “several economic uncertainties”. BGF, the largest and most experienced investor in the UK and Ireland, completed deals totalling £60m during 2024...
Bristol-based corporate finance boutique firm ICON has continued its international expansion with the appointment of a new head of emerging markets. Edward Burbidge, pictured, right, with ICON CEO and founder Alan Bristow, has joined following 14 years as founder and CEO of I&M Burbidge Capital, a Kenya-based corporate finance advisory firm...
Private equity investor LDC has strengthened its support for management teams in the South West with the appointment of a new value creation partner. Prashant Selvaratnam, pictured, joins as VCP director, data strategy & AI, based in the firm’s Bristol office. In his new role he will help the...
Four Bristol firms are to develop new ideas and products after being selected for funding under a new regional creative industries scheme. Stagescreen, which has received £30,000, captures stage events for cinema and TV audiences worldwide as well as other media such as DVDs and educational performances. Its team has...
Nearly 200,000 jobs in 19,000 South West businesses have been supported by investments made through the British Business Bank over the past10 years, according to a new report. Some 16,000 more jobs are expected to be created as the firms it has backed over the past decade continue to...
Investment group Foresight has appointed an experienced senior investment manager in its Bristol-based private equity team ahead of opening an office in the city this year. Olly Cox, pictured, brings more than 12 years’ deal experience to the role in which he will support the deployment and management of...
Leading figures from Bristol’s business community will celebrate the growing links between the city and China next month at a special banquet to mark the start of the Chinese Year of the Snake. Staged by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau, the annual event brings together firms...
The West of England was today named as a priority region for the creative industries by the government as it looks to ‘turbocharge’ economic growth by building on the UK’s world-leading role in the sector. The region is one of 11 which will receive investment from a new £60m...
Engineering giant Dyson has abandoned plans to open a £100m research and development hub in Bristol and has told all its staff already based in the city they must now work from its UK headquarters in Wiltshire nearly 30-miles away. The firm, best known for its vacuum cleaners, said...
National law firm Shakespeare Martineau’s Bristol corporate and banking team notched up a best-ever £259m-worth of deals last year, supporting a record-breaking £6.6bn across the whole of the UK. Among the team’s notable transactions in the region was supporting specialist lender Black & White Bridging to secure a new funding...
European intellectual property (IP) firm Withers & Rogers is to encourage more science, technology, engineering and maths students to embark on a career in IP by extending its support for an international internship scheme. The firm is to offer the 10-week, immersive work experience opportunities in its Bristol office...
Bristol can play a led role in ensuring the UK is a world leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) through harnessing its innovation, talent and the spirit of Brunel, according to the West of England’s metro mayor. By making the city and the wider region an official UK AI Growth...
