Bristol communications agency Purplefish has teamed up with the organisers of next month’s Bristol Technology Festival to launch a scheme offering budding writers, photographers and videographers the chance to get valuable, paid training and work experience. The festival, which runs from October 10-15, will bring together events, people and communities...
Lawyers based in the Bristol office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke have helped secure a £36.3m fundraising for a medical device company specialising in the emerging field of surgical endoscopy. Creo Medical Group, based in Chepstow with satellite offices in Bath and the US, raised the funds through...
A Bristol robotics business aiming to cut the cost of maintaining wind turbines is flying high after landing £1.6m in its latest funding round. Perceptual Robotics uses autonomous drones to map turbines before passing the images onto a cloud-based AI (artificial intelligence) system which processes them to detect damage. ...
James Hadley, the CEO of Bristol-based cybersecurity pioneers Immersive Labs, has claimed a place in the national finals of a prestigious entrepreneur contest after being named as one of the winners of a regional heat. James, pictured below, was named as a Rising Star in the Midlands and South...
The partnership between Bristol Sport and Xledger, the global cloud-based finance software provider with its UK headquarters in the city, has been extended for a third season in a row. While continuing as official sponsor of the South Stand at Bristol Sport’s Ashton Gate Stadium – home to the...
Bristol firms are being urged to help people in the city develop new skills by adding their unused apprenticeship levy funds to a shared funding pot. Nearly half a million pounds has already been pledged to the Share to Support scheme by apprentice-levy paying employers from across West of England...
The transaction services team based in the Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson has advised on a transaction that will give investors in private markets more access to valuable data. The sale of tech business Colmore to Preqin will allow both companies to serve their clients across...
Time is running out for Bristol directors to enter the region’s top awards scheme championing its outstanding boardroom talent. The deadline for the annual Institute of Directors’ Director of the Year Awards is September 13. Nominations are open to anyone working at director level in any type of business or organisation – they...
A group of businesses are to get their name in lights on Bristol’s iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge this autumn after sponsoring a campaign to mark the city’s emergence from the Covid-19 pandemic. The firms have supported the 156-year-old bridge’s involvement in the national #SupportOurMuseums campaign, which is helping historic...
Tom Carter, the founder of Bristol hand-tracking software pioneer Ultraleap, is to become its CEO next week when Steve Cliffe, who has led the firm since its launch in 2013, steps down. Tom, pictured, right, with Steve, invented Ultraleap’s haptic technology during his studies at the University of Bristol and subsequently commercialised...
Cutting-edge software designed by pioneering Bristol firm Invatech Health is being used by an online pharmacy to fuel its rapid growth and continue the sector’s digital revolution. Phlo is experiencing monthly compound growth of 20% after launching in January last year. It now serves more than 10,000 private and...
Directors in Bristol are being invited to enter the top regional awards scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The annual Institute of Directors’ Director of the Year Awards seek to champion outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs in both the public and private sectors. Award nominations are open to anyone working at director...
Burges Salmon, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has won awards recognising its innovation in the fintech market and the successful firm-wide roll-out of a learning management platform. The firm was named as the UK’s Best FinTech Law Firm in Wealth & Finance International magazine’s 2021 FinTech Awards while it...
