Bristol’s acclaimed Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival kicks off next Tuesday with more than 400 films and 60 events across six days showcasing the best of animation and short films from new and emerging talent. This year’s competition programme is extensive and diverse, featuring a range of genres...
Small and medium-sized enterprises from across the South West are being invited to the preview of a unique programme aimed at supporting and investing in the business leaders of the future. Productivity through People is a collaboration between four world-class organisations with the University of Bath School of Management,...
The search is on to find Britain’s female start-up of the Year – with the winner following in the footsteps of two Bristol-based businesswomen. The successful entrant will be crowned in Bristol next month following a live pitching session on stage at the annual Festival of Female Entrepreneurs, which...
Gapsquare, the innovative Bristol tech start-up focusing on tackling the gender pay gap, has been selected as a finalist in a worldwide problem-solving project staged by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The MIT Solve Global Challenge looks at solving the world’s most pressing challenges through open innovation and...
Tech start-ups and scale-ups seeking funding have just a week left to apply for the Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase taking place as part of Venturefest Bristol & Bath next month. Applications, which must be in by September 15, are open to early stage tech firms – those looking for...
A raft of recent contract wins and a bumper order book means specialist IT group SCISYS, which has an office in Bristol, is on target to report solid half-year results later this month, according to its directors. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange earlier this week,...
Developing pioneering products for the global oil industry has earned advanced engineering group Viper Innovations the prestigious title of 2017 PwC West of England Business of Year in the category for businesses turning over less than £30m. The firm, which has its head office and main manufacturing base in...
Tens of thousands of EU workers in the South West could leave the UK over the next few years, potentially triggering a major skills headache for the region’s firms, according to a new survey. Some 28% of all EU nationals working in the region say they are considering quitting...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Elaine McKechnie, centre director at Future Space at UWE, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Hangover 3 – I didn’t...
The University of Bristol has appointed Martin Sadler OBE, an acclaimed tech industry and cyber security expert, as its first special advisor on industrial strategy. Martin, pictured, has a long and illustrious career at the leading edge of industrial research and development, particularly in fields related to digital and...
Annova, the German mediatech firm acquired by specialist IT group SCISYS earlier this year, has landed its second major contract in just over two weeks. SCISYS, which has an office in Brislington, paid €11.35m (£10.45m) upfront in cash for Munich-based Annova in January. Earlier this month it secured a...
Bristol recruitment consultancy Paratus People has beaten its first-year turnover target by more than 300%, achieving £2.2m and opening an office in Amsterdam. The firm, which was launched in April last year, is now expanding its European client base and hoping to grow its sales to £6m in the...
Rugged Interactive, the innovative exercise equipment firm that appeared on Dragons’ Den earlier this year, has become the latest business to move into Bristol’s new tech and science hub Future Space. It has taken space in the new facility on UWE’s Frenchay campus, to expand its commercial team and...
