Innovative businesses based at SETsquared Bristol, the incubator that supports the growth of tech start-ups, attracted investment of £98.8m last year – a 145% increase on 2020’s total. Member companies also created 250 jobs, generated £29m in revenues and achieved best-ever numbers for leadership diversity. More than half of...
The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon are celebrating advising on deals totalling more than £2.5bn last year, despite challenges posed by the pandemic. The firm’s corporate deals review for 2021 highlights its success in completing transactions across a wide range of sectors and for businesses...
Bristol-based bio-pharmaceutical consultancy eXmoor Pharma, which specialises in cell and gene therapy, has signed a deal to work with New Zealand’s blood service. eXmoor, which has worked in more than 15 countries worldwide, will be providing the service with valuable quality support as it builds and establishes a new...
More than 100 innovative businesses have been supported by Future Space, the science hub launched five years ago by UWE Bristol, creating 400-plus high-value jobs between them, a new report shows. One of four University Enterprise Zones (UEZ) set up across the country, Future Space aims to spark new...
National accountancy group Smith & Williamson, which has a Bristol office, is to partner with fintech group Innovate Finance to provide its members with professional and financial services insights to help them grow and develop their businesses. Under the year-long tie-up, the two will collaborate on a series of...
Dealmakers from accountancy firm Deloitte’s Bristol-based mergers & acquisitions team completed a record number 17 deals last year – four of them in just three weeks during December. The total number, with a collective value of just under £2bn, was almost double that of 2020, when the team completed...
Bristol-based digital marketing agency Superb Digital has been praised by one of its clients, a Midlands-based vape kit and cannabis oil wholesaler, for helping it achieve triple-digit growth over two years. Superb Digital began working with JM Wholesale in mid-2019, after JMW’s CEO Logie Rajan approached the agency’s managing...
Nearly three-quarters of tech firm executives in the South West put purpose before profits while just under 80% prioritise relationships over success, according to a new survey. The region also boasts a far higher number of female tech entrepreneurs than the national average – 36% against 22% for the...
A Bristol firm aiming to revolutionise the way indoor air quality is monitored has teamed up with the University of Bath on a ground-breaking research project. Atmo Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the university’s Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering to partner on the work. The...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has strengthened its public sector offering with the appointment of Gemma Townley as a partner in its technology, IP and data team. Gemma, pictured, joins from London-based public law firm Sharpe Pritchard, where she specialised in technology procurement and commercial contracts. Her experience includes...
Three Bristol early-stage tech companies have been named among the country’s latest ‘Rising Stars’ of the sector. All About The Cooks, itsettled, and Lumio feature on the list complied by Tech Nation, which recognises the UK’s early-stage tech scaleups with the highest potential. Lumio allows customers to instantly track...
A Bristol-based recruitment firm that has achieved a 700%-plus growth rate since its launch three years ago has landed a prestigious national award. Foxtek Recruitment, which specialises in the Dutch IT market, was founded by Tom Baker and Tom Page, who previously worked together at Bristol firm g2 Recruitment...
With the ongoing impact of the pandemic, climate change and Brexit, 2022 will be another tough year for many Bristol businesses. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative – looks at the needs and challenges for this...
