Yate-based managed IT service provider Orchard Computer Services has been acquired by a national operator in a £1m deal. Orchard, which has been in business for more than 30 years, has built a loyal base of more than 120 active clients mainly in the South West and across a...
Ultraleap, the Bristol-based hand-tracking software pioneer firm, has made two key appointments – with Rowena Innocent joining in the newly created role of senior vice president (SVP) of engineering and Charlotte Laband as General Counsel. The appointments come as Ultraleap looks to scale its world-leading hand tracking and mid-air...
Bristol-based tech-focussed investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has hired mobility sector expert Sumeet Pillai. With a background in venture capital, investment banking and corporate development, Sumeet, pictured, has partnered with companies and investors throughout the growth lifecycle from series A and mid-to-late-stage growth to publicly listed companies. He brings...
Three firms from the Bristol area have won coveted Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, with one of them – the firm behind the innovative Rockit portable baby rocker – collecting two in different categories. N2M, which trades as Rockit and designs, manufactures and markets sleep aid devices for babies and...
The intellectual property (IP) team at law firm Foot Anstey is to mark World Intellectual Property Day next week by offering free 30-minute consultations for businesses worried about IP issues. Lawyers from across the firm’s offices, including Bristol, will be stage the event from 26 April – World IP...
Specialist engineering firm SEA has been awarded a major contract for its traffic safety and enforcement system by Bristol City Council as it prepares to launch its Clean Air Zone in September. SEA, which has an office in Bristol, is to instal 49 of its ROADflow Fusion cameras at...
The conversation around investing in what is known as a ‘cryptoasset’ is becoming more popular and high profile. In the UK alone estimates suggest that more than 2m people currently have an investment in cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. This is certainly a different market in which to...
Experts from the Bristol office of accountancy group Tilney Smith & Williamson have joined forces with the Department for International Trade (DIT) to produce a guide to setting up in the UK for international fintech firms. Called Doing business inthe UK – A guide for fintech businesses, it provides expert...
Bristol-based breastfeeding and early parenthood support innovator LatchAid is poised for further growth after closing its seed funding round, taking its total investments to £1m and bringing in some high-profile backers. The fundraising round was led by super angel and former Google UK & Ireland managing director Dan Cobley and...
A Bristol-based firm supplying pioneering analytical technology to the global pharmaceutical industry has been sold to a major US biotech group in a deal handled by a team from law firm Thrings. Optimal Industrial Automation and Technologies’ acquisition by Massachusetts-based Bruker Corporation opens up new markets for both firms. Founded...
Bristol-based utilities innovator The Bunch has strengthened its senior management team with a raft of strategic hires as it targets a 100% increase in customers this year. The hires follow a highly successful year for the company, which consolidates all household bills into a single monthly payment and grants...
Award-winning Bristol health and protection insurer National Friendly has extended its partnership with software development company Spark! Data Systems, which is also based in the city. Spark! will continue to deliver and support National Friendly’s policy administration and customer services platform Odyssey, which it uses across its range of...
Global tech group Infostretch is to create more than 40 jobs in Bristol by opening a base in the city. The Silicon Valley-based group, which employees more than 2,000 people in 15 offices across the world, said it was attracted to set up in Bristol due to the West...
