Bristol-based brand consultancy Mr B & Friends has created a ground-breaking new identity and website for Verne Global, the industry-leading data centre solutions provider. Verne Global provides high-intensity computing services to clients across a broad range of sectors – from engineering to financial services – from a former NATO...
West of England business’s confidence in the economy has bounced back for the first time in four years, according to a new survey, but there are growing fears that the recovery will be choked off by a lack of skilled workers. The latest quarterly economic survey conducted by Business...
A Bristol firm at the cutting edge of data protection and cyber security has received £3.1m to market its pioneering encryption hardware. University of Bristol spin-out KETS Quantum Security has developed one of the world’s first protection systems against quantum security threats, starting with chip-based, quantum-safe encryption development kits. ...
A student firm developing disruptive technology that will slash food waste in the education sector has won £10,000 to develop the idea. UK schools, colleges and universities throw away 150m tonnes of food each year, at a cost of around £250m – but the University of Bristol students behind...
Bristol firms that have imported goods from countries in the EU this year are being urged to complete their full declarations or face a possible fine or prosecution as the final deadline approaches. Regional business group Business West, which is authorised by HMRC to process supplementary customs declarations, said...
Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace, which is developing a world-beating electric-powered ‘flying taxi’ that could revolutionise air travel, has landed a $2bn order for up to 500 of the aircraft. The order, from international aircraft leasing company Avolon, will speed up development of the world’s most advanced electric vertical take-off and...
Bristol Technology Festival returns for its third edition later this year with the city hosting more than 50 events with themes spanning the breadth and depth of its growing tech and digital sector. The current plans are to hold the events in a hybrid model with a selection of...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke have advised Microsoft in its partnership with the Met Office to develop a £1bn-plus world-leading weather and forecasting and climate modelling supercomputer. The Met office said the supercomputer, which is due to be operational from next summer, will...
Investment by foreign businesses into the South West rose last year despite the pandemic in contrast to a fall for the UK as a whole. According to a new report by accountancy group EY, the South West achieved a 6.7% increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2020...
West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris is calling on employers to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the region. With an estimated £4m to £8m of unused Apprenticeship Levy funds returned to the Treasury each year, Mayor Norris is calling for apprentice levy-paying employers to give their unused funds to a new...
Payaca, a Bristol software business revolutionising the way home improvement firms manage their workloads, has clinched £400,000 in funding, enabling it to create seven jobs over the next six months. The firm has developed job management software that is successfully being used by more than 260 businesses to manage everything from creating interactive proposals with multiple payment options through to integrations...
The region’s largest business group has urged the Prime Minister to help create a more sustainable future for business at this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall. The British Chambers of Commerce South West (BCCSW) – which includes Bristol Chamber of Commerce parent group Business West – has written to...
Robot football players met newly elected Metro Mayor Dan Norris as they took part in a futuristic soccer tournament at Bristol’s We The Curious science centre. Ahead of the bank holiday weekend and half term the Metro Mayor visited the educational tourism attraction and personalised his own robot ahead of...
