Kelpi, the Bristol biotech company developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed, has secured a £4.35m investment to take it to market. The funding round, which includes further finance from a group of Bristol investors who previously backed the firm, will enable the firm to expand its operations, grow...
More than 70 Bristol firms have issued a joint letter to all prospective Parliamentary candidates standing in the city’s five constituencies, asking them to back the Climate and Nature Bill. Among those signing the letter are ethical bank Triodos – which coordinated the letter – international civil engineering group Arup, specialist...
Bristol’s key role in accelerating the development of next-generation low-carbon aircraft has been boosted by a new partnership between the city’s Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) and sector giant GKN Aerospace. Independent digital engineering research and technology consultancy CFMS and GKN Aerospace, which has three bases in Bristol...
A free business support programme in Bristol for aspiring women founders has launched for its fourth year. Enterprise Women is staged by SETsquared Bristol, the University of Bristol-led tech incubator that was recently ranked the UK’s Top Startup Hub by the Financial Times. Over the course of the six-month...
Corporate and tax lawyers based in the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised on the first acquisition made by a fast-growing niche financial crime risk and compliance consultancy. The team worked with Plenitude, a portfolio company of Growth Capital Partners (GCP), on its takeover of financial...
A University of Bristol scheme aiming to equip its early career researchers with the skills needed to commercialise their projects has signed up 10 ambitious academics as advisers. The academics, who work in fields as diverse as artificial intelligence, medical education, composite manufacturing, and next-generation cameras, have become the...
Senior figures from the worlds of business, sport and charity will share their perspectives on leading with integrity and purpose at an event hosted by the University of Bath’s School of Management. Taking place in The Forum in central Bath on Wednesday 3 July, Leadership Dialogues @Bath is organised by...
Phasecraft, the deeptech business founded by a group of Bristol and London-based academics, is to open its first international office in the US as it looks to commercialise its world-leading expertise in quantum computing. The firm, launched in 2019 as a spin-out from London’s UCL and the University of...
A new ‘mobile-first’ website has been launched for the Visit Bristol brand to better showcase the city’s independent spirit for smaller devices while also making it more sustainable. Commissioned by Visit West, the destination marketing organisation for the region, the new design has images chosen to reflect Bristol’s colourful,...
With the general election now taking place on 4 July, Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – has issued a 10-point plan for the long-term prosperity of the West of England. Through its Quarterly Economic Survey, which acts as a barometer of business sentiment across the region,...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has launched a digital tool designed to help organisations better understand how they can harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI). TLT AI Navigator is designed to guide organisations through the complexities of AI adoption, governance and compliance while allowing them to gain deeper...
A University of Bristol spin-out developing cutting-edge technology that could vastly improve human cell research and lead to better healthcare has raised £450,000 in its first funding round. Impulsonics’ innovative acoustic technology uses acoustic waves to move cells inside sterile containers without touching them. Despite advances in biotechnology, cell...
The University of Bristol’s groundbreaking, £225m Isambard-AI phase one supercomputer is now live – and has immediately been crowned as the UK’S fastest and most powerful as well as the world’s second greenest. Scientists will soon be able to use Isambard-AI, pictured in its temporary housing, for research not...
