Three high-growth tech start-ups from Bristol are hoping for funding after taking part in a high-profile investment event staged by SETsquared, the global number one business incubator backed by the University of Bristol. SETsquared’s annual Accelerating Growth Investment Showcase in London gives entrepreneurs based at its centres the chance...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) has joined the growing list of organisations whose members can use the business lounge at Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub for free. The lounge is already a popular stopping off point and meeting place for members of a wide range of bodies including...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub has celebrated its third anniversary by looking back at its success and ahead to its next phase of growth. Engine Shed houses the world-leading SETsquared business incubator, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Invest Bristol & Bath and a number of other...
The University of Bristol’s ambitious plans for a £300m ‘transformational’ new campus next to Temple Meads railway station will put the city among the world’s leading centres for innovation, according to Mayor Marvin Rees. The scheme, announced this week, will also help bridge the gap between prosperous parts of...
The first biotech company to sign up to use UWE’s state-of-the-art Future Space laboratories has moved in. University of Bristol spin-out Pertinax Pharma is developing patent-protected, sustained release technology for chlorhexidine, a common antiseptic. Based on years of research and development from the university’s School of Oral and Dental Science,...
SCISYS, the specialist IT group with a base in Bristol, is to acquire German media software firm Annova Systems for up to €27.83m (£23.8m) in a move that will give a strong international boost to its own media & broadcast division. Chippenham-based SCISYS said the acquisition, which it is funding...
Specialists in computer science and creative technologies from UWE have confirmed their support for the inaugural Bristol Fintech showcase next week. Entrepreneurs, start-ups and growth businesses still have an opportunity to secure a place at the event next Wednesday, November 23, which has been organised by Barclays, national law...
Bristol is to get much-needed high-end laboratory space and support facilities to encourage cutting-edge science and tech start-ups – allowing the city to effectively compete for the first time against centres such as Oxford and Cambridge. Construction has started on the lab space and science incubator – called Unit DX - ...
Bristol hospital charity Above & Beyond is asking businesses in the city to swap their secret Santa for a donation with a difference as it launches its Christmas Appeal to raise £20,000 for the Royal Hospital for Children. More than 5,000 children will spend the festive period in Bristol...
Specialist IT group SCISYS, which has an office in Bristol, has landed a contract to play a pivotal role in the launch of the world’s largest satellite constellation which aims to provide connectivity to billions of people around the world. The OneWeb global satellite system will consist of 648 orbiting...
Innovative Bristol tech start-up YellowDog has become the first business to gain funding from a recently launched private equity club in the city. The £425,000 of investment capital from Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC) came as YellowDog scooped one of the top prizes at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld event...
Two directors from the Bristol area have been recognised for their inspiring leadership in a major national award scheme. Brady George, managing director of Keynsham-based facilities management company Almeda, and Jamie Rawsthorne, a graduate of UWE, were among the winners at the coveted Institute of Directors 2016 Director of the...
Firms can find out more about growing their business by accessing long-term equity capital in the latest finance event to be staged at Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub. Claire Dorrian and Marcus Stuttard from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will be at the Engine Shed on Wednesday November 9,...
