Bristol-based electric vehicle charge point mapping app Zap-Map has partnered with motoring organisation the RAC as it seeks to power ahead in the fast-growing market. The firm, which is majority owned by renewable energy group Good Energy, is already the UK’s top app of its kind with 660,000 downloads...
University of Bristol spin-out companies generate higher average returns on investment than those of any other UK university, a new study has found. The University Spin-out Report revealed that over 20 years the average UK spin-out generates around double the original capital raised. But Bristol’s spin-outs average 285%, putting the...
Bristol tech start-up Zero Point Motion has raised £2.58m in a seed funding round to build a state-of-the-art lab in the city as it develops a new kind of navigation and motion-sensing microchip. The investment also means that Zero Point Motion founder and CEO Dr Ying Lia Li, pictured,...
Zap-Map, the Bristol-based app that helps electric vehicle users find public charging points, has powered-up its senior management team as it prepares for further growth, including a drive into international markets. Richard Bourne, who joined in January 2021 as interim CEO, has been appointed to the role permanently while...
A major festival to be staged in Bristol this summer will give business leaders the opportunity to discuss key issues for the city ranging from the drive towards net zero to the reinvention of high streets with with government ministers and leading opposition politicians. The two-day Big Tent Festival...
Five innovative tech companies with founders from diverse ethnic backgrounds have been awarded a special bursary by tech incubator SETsquared Bristol. Now in its third year, the Breakthrough Bursary provides heavily subsidised membership to SETsquared Bristol’s pioneering incubation programme, including bespoke business support, mentoring, coaching and investment readiness training. ...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare for new rules on food waste as the government sets about increasing recycling levels. Waste management company Grundon, which has a base in Bristol, says the new food waste guidelines, which are expected to be announced imminently, are part of a bigger...
A new leadership team has been announced by the Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS), the Bristol-based not-for-profit digital engineering consultancy, following the decision by its chief technology officer to retire this summer. Prof Ian Risk’s departure in July after five years in the role has provided the opportunity for CFMS to...
A cross-firm team of lawyers from Foot Anstey has advised the UK’s fastest-growing cyber security specialists Integrity360 on an acquisition that forms part of its pan-European expansion plan. The takeover of London-based Caretower’s UK and Bulgarian businesses means Integrity36 now has 300-plus employees, including 200 cybersecurity engineers, analysts, consultants...
Bristol’s landmark RWA (Royal West of England Academy) is calling on the support of the city’s businesses as it looks to raise the final £100,000 of a £4.1m transformational project that will make it one of the UK’s most accessible art galleries. The Light and Inspiration capital programme is...
A cohort of 13 women entrepreneurs have showcased their innovative start-ups at a pitching event as a pre-incubation programme staged by incubator SETsquared Bristol reached its finale. Now in its second year, the NatWest-funded Enterprising Women 2.0 programme helps women-formed businesses access world-class business support, including coaching, mentoring, pitch...
The corporate finance, real estate and renewable energy teams at Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon have completed a hat-trick of deals in the power, hotel and pharma sectors. Its renewable energy lawyers advised NextEnergy on a brace of corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) while its corporate finance team has...
Bristol businesses are being invited to support a transformational skills programme led by UWE that will create opportunities in the green economy for young people from the city. Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship has been launched against a backdrop of economic recovery following the Covid pandemic and the demand...
