Bristol tech pioneers who sold their last business to Twitter have received venture capital investment from two tech funds for their new company, which focuses on using messaging platforms to improve opinion polling. Poli harnesses the reach and immediacy of social messaging platforms to recruit larger, more representative panels...
Members of the Being Brunel Corporate Club and other supporters of the SS Great Britain Trust were thanked for their help in making the new museum a reality with an exclusive after-hours celebration. The £7.2m museum opened alongside Brunel’s iconic SS Great Britain on Bristol’s Harbourside last month and...
Directors of two of Bristol’s most innovative companies have been shortlisted for a national awards scheme recognising the UK’s top entrepreneurs. Steve Cliffe, president and CEO of Ultrahaptics, whose cutting-edge technology allows people to ‘feel’ virtual objects, and Charlie Allen, managing director of family-owned action sports equipment firm Shiner,...
Engine Shed on Tour, the latest initiative from Bristol’s highly successful innovation hub, has been launched to encourage young people to follow careers in the West of England’s tech, digital and low carbon sectors. Engine Shed on Tour will visit 16 schools and businesses across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath...
A group of University of Bristol engineers have strengthened the city’s growing reputation as a 5G hotbed by demonstrating their high-level research at a major cyber security conference. Their research into radio wave propagation modelling, smart cities, high-capacity radio waveforms and Gigabit transport connectivity was highlighted at CYBERUK, the...
A £6.5m project that will harness the power of innovative digital technology to boost the West of England’s creative, health and manufacturing sectors is to be launched by a consortium of universities, including UWE Bristol, and arts venues including Bristol’s Watershed medias hub. The new Creative Technology Network will...
Bristol transport technology specialist Esoterix Systems has launched an innovative tool with the potential to save local authorities hundreds of thousands of pounds by helping them streamline their home-to-school transport services. Esoterix has unveiled JourneyBatcher after several months of development and testing. The tool enables councils to cut out...
More than 200 advanced engineering firms and digitally-innovation small and medium-sized enterprises from across the West of England are to gain access to expert support and advice through two new ‘business acceleration hubs’ The University of Bath.has been awarded £1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to deliver...
Bristol’s visitor economy was given a major boost today with the opening of the £7.2m Being Brunel museum – complete with a giant head of the famous engineer which visitors can walk inside to ‘see’ the workings of his mind. The museum, alongside Brunel’s ground-breaking SS Great Britain on...
Would-be participants in a pioneering programme to tackle the lack of diversity in Bristol’s tech cluster have just over a week to get their applications in. Called SHIFT, the project aims to address the imbalance in the sector by amplifying its underrepresented voices. The free course will give 12...
Three of Bristol’s top emerging tech firms have been showcased by the city office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson as part of its International Innovation Week. The office staged a number of events to discuss the initiatives happening across the region and what Bristol – as the...
The UK Business Angels Association has launched an angel investment hub in Bristol, closing another gap in the city’s funding infrastructure for start-ups and scale-ups. The hub has been opened by the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) in partnership with Bristol’s Engine Shed, the innovation centre at Temple Meads that...
Bristol-based ForrestBrown, the rapid-growth R&D tax credit consultancy, has been acquired by a leading US tax incentive group. Established in 2013 by entrepreneur Simon Brown, ForrestBrown has grown exponentially and today employs 63 staff in its Whiteladies Road HQ and an office in London. Since its launch it has...
