SETsquared, the innovative business incubator partnership that includes the University of Bristol, has been named as the joint best in Europe at helping fledgling tech firms meet their potential. The accolade comes from the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index which also made it joint fourth best in the world,...
Bristol scientists have made a world-leading breakthrough – by using urine to charge mobile phone batteries. They are calling urine the ultimate waste product as it freely available and will never run out and believe charging mobiles could just be the first of a host of gadgets to be...
A robot submarine built by a team of students from UWE Bristol has come second in a prestigious European challenge competition. The robot, named Phoenix, outmanoeuvred six teams in the week-long SAUC-E 2013 challenge at La Spezia, Italy, to win the runner-up prize worth €2,000. It was the fourth...
HybridCluster, the Bristol firm described as among the most exciting to come out of the city for years, has secured a $1m (£650,000) investment to fund a new version of its web-clustering software. The firm’s products help users’ systems automatically recover from hardware or software failures without loss of...
A hi-tech consortium led by Filton-based OC Robotics has secured £5.8m to develop ‘LaserSnake’ – a robot-controlled laser cutting tool that can be used to decommission nuclear structures. The investment is co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board (£4m), DECC (£1m) and the NDA (£1m). The LaserSnake combines robot technology...
SciSys, the West-based specialist IT group, today blamed foreign exchange movements and a reduction in low-margin resale activity for a fall in annual revenue. However, operating profits at the group, which supplies a range of sectors from space and defence to media with high-end systems, climbed 13% to £2.7m...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com A prototype vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars will make a starring appearance in Bristol this weekend at one of the largest space conferences held in the UK. ‘Bridget’, pictured below in an artist's impression, is due to play a pivotal part in...
Bristol-based digital marketing firm Smart Traffic has been named as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies for the third time in two years. Revenues at the firm, the UK’s largest SEO (search engine optimisation) specialist, soared by 1,468% over the past five years, earning it 11th place in...
Bristol Green Capital Group has staged its first blogfest, bringing together more than 25 people from sustainable organisations across the city who blogged and tweeted for more than four hours. Taking the theme ‘I’m dreaming of a green Christmas’, the event, hosted by the science attraction At-Bristol, garnered much...
Bristol is in the running for £24m Government funding to make it the UK’s most-advanced digital city with a publicly-accessible IT system that brings together essential information for citizens from bus times to energy use. Bristol is bidding for the cash under the Government’s Future Cities Award scheme –...
Bristol has strengthened its position as the UK’s leading hub for research into cyber attacks with the opening of a dedicated centre at the University of Bristol. The Bristol Security Centre will lead a network of bases across the UK studying all areas of cyber warfare to protect the...
Making the UK the tech hub of Europe will form the theme for discussion at a business breakfast in Bristol this morning hosted by Julian David, the director general of Intellect, the trade body for the UK’s technology industry. The meeting, at the offices of law firm Burges, will...
Bristol firms Smart Traffic, the UK’s largest SEO (search engine optimisation) specialist, and IT development consultancy Mosaic Island, have been named as two of the UK’s fastest-growing hi-tech businesses. The firms appear in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 rankings which is published this Sunday. The table, sponsored...
