Bristol software firm Ledgerscope, which helps accountants analyse their clients’ data, is launching a new service to enable banks and financing firms make better lending decisions. The cloud-based service uses an API (app programming interface) to extract financial data in minutes and present it to the lender in an easy...
Bristol-based tech innovator Geollect is helping the world’s largest cruise line get back to sea after the industry was plunged into turmoil by the covid-19 pandemic. Geollect is utilising the same tools built for the Royal Navy to support Carnival Corporation’s ships in monitoring risk and understanding global restrictions...
Businesses looking to innovate and address new challenges that have arisen from Covid-19 can apply for funding from a £1m recovery fund set up by UWE Bristol. Following on from a successful first round, the university has launched the second round of funding for its Digital Innovation Fund, which...
Bristol science and tech hub Future Space has appointed Aimeé Skinner as its new innovation manager in a move that further enhances its offering to member companies in a rapidly-changing business environment. Aimeé, pictured, joined Oxford Innovation, which operates Future Space on behalf of UWE, from Bristol Water, where she...
Measures in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economic Plan have been welcomed as “bold steps” and “a shot in the arm” for industry by the UK’s leading business groups. The CBI said it would save hundreds of thousands of viable jobs while the British Chambers of Commerce said it would...
The Winter Economic Plan announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak today may help stave off mass unemployment, but it failed to target support to those sectors that need it most, according to the West of England’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, along with other...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled his Winter Economy Plan to help businesses and their employees as Covid-19 continues to have a devastating impact. The key points are: A Jobs Support Scheme for employees will replace the furlough scheme, which effectively paid people not to work. Under this new scheme,...
The window for claiming the second grant under the self-employed income support scheme opened on August 17 and closes on October 19. Traders do not have to have claimed the first grant in order to qualify for the second, but their business must have been adversely affected by Covid-19 on or after July...
Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce, today called for a comprehensive support package for firms hit by the latest coronavirus measures. With the number of cases of Covid-19 rising again – promoting a new raft of restrictions on businesses – Business West urged the government to...
The challenge Our client presented a challenge to Westgate’s Bristol team that came about due to the pandemic and the difficulties faced with communication and access for multiple team members remotely. They decided that they would no longer need such a large office space to work in and that...
Some of the world’s brightest minds in fintech and investment are being brought together by Bristol-based tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance to provide a masterclass on successfully raising funds. The expert panel will provide the inside track on how to pitch for investment, whether through a bank, venture...
Bristol’s biggest virtual business showcase will next week highlight many of the city’s firms that innovating in the age of coronavirus. The Bristol Business Festival on Wednesday and Thursday promises “high-value content, great engagement and the positive boost we all need in these challenging times”, according to its organisers. It will...
The Festival of Sustainable Business, the one-day event aimed at showcasing and celebrating firms’ actions to achieve carbon neutrality, has announced Bristol City Council as a headline sponsor. The council joins fellow sponsors Bristol insurer Brunel Group and the Future Economy Network, the Bristol-based group that is also organising...
