From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Computers and mobile phones that run on technology that spooked Albert Einstein could be on sale within a few years, thanks to work led by scientists in Bristol. Quantum computing, which uses circuits that operate with light instead of electricity, could lead to far faster...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol’s digital and creative firms are to get a greater chance of bidding for a share of the city council’s £25m annual ICT (Information Communications Technology) budget. The council is changing its strategy on the way it delivers ICT services with smaller packages of work...
Bristol-based cloud computing company IntY has been acquired by Weather Investments, the telecoms investment vehicle behind the Wind mobile phone brand. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. IntY’s management and operational team will remain unchanged, Weather said. They will drive the business into its next phase...
Earlier client deliveries, operating efficiencies and deferred costs helped SciSys, the specialist IT and software firm, finish its first half of 2012 finished more strongly than had been initially expected. The group, which also has an operation in Bristol and its head office inn Chippenham, also said it had...
A pioneering underwater robot designed and created by UWE Bristol Robotics students has been entered for a prestigious international engineering competition. It is the third time that a team from the university has taken part in the Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge Europe (SAUC-E), which challenges the next generation...
A unique concept which brings puppets to life through the use of robotics has won nearly £13,000 in Bristol’s equivalent of Dragons’ Den. The futuristic idea, from Bristol firm Rusty Squid, was one of seven vying for the judges’ votes at the University of Bristol’s New Enterprise Competition. Rusty...
Specialist software developer SciSys issued an upbeat trading statement ahead of today’s annual general meeting, suggesting it could soon hit the acquisition trail. The company, which has a major base in Bristol and its head office in Chippenham, says it opened the year with a comfortable order book of...
Following the successful launch of its Tech Start-up School 2012 on Monday, Science City Bristol is promoting the next sessions in the programme, which focuses on helping launch technology businesses. Next week’s two sessions look at sales and marketing. Research shows that most start-ups that fail do so because...
Two of the largest firms in Bristol’s aerospace industry are set to benefit from the Government’s U-turn over the UK’s next-generation fighter aircraft. As expected, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond today confirmed that the aircraft will be the jump-jet F-35B variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) – a move signalled by...
Chancellor George Osborne has officially launched Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, claiming it will help rebalance the economy away from the City of London and the South East. In a short speech this morning made in a ‘big top’ circus tent next to Temple Meads Station, the Chancellor said...
West business leaders need to understand how smartphones are changing the way individuals engage with their products and services – or they risk being left behind by the competition. The warning came from Richard Hull, formerly of HP Labs and now managing director of Bristol-based software services company Calvium, in...
Most medium-sized West technology companies have no plans to invest in new overseas markets over the next year, despite major opportunities in the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies. New research from accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton shows domestic investment continues to be the number one...
Specilaist software developer SciSys today signalled confidence in the future by raising its annual dividend 10% on the back of a rise in pre-tax profits from £1.57m to £2m in 2011. The company, which has a major base in Bristol and its head office in Chippenham, develops information and...
