Research-stage biomedical firm Innaxon, which is investigating treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases, has become the first occupier of the shared lab space at UWE Bristol’s new Future Space science innovation hub. Innaxon is using the lab, pictured, to carry out early stage feasibility studies into a number of biomolecules...
Bristol’s next generation of healthcare entrepreneurs have learned how to take their cutting-edge technology and business ideas to the next level thanks to an intensive innovation programme. The four-day course brought together health professionals, health and life science academics and small businesses and was delivered by business incubator SETsquared, which is...
Businesses are being given the chance to shape to design of the University of Bristol’s new £300m campus next to Bristol Temple Meads station as part of a major consultation on the scheme. The university this week revealed its initial vision for the project – one of the city’s largest...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Nick Sturge, Engine Shed director and South West regional chairman of the Institute of Directors, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched?...
NatWest will on Monday launch a new digital centre of excellence in Bristol, bringing 80 jobs to the city. The new facility will be based in its Trinity Quay office, alongside the bank’s Entrepreneurial Spark hub and NatWest teams including commercial and corporate banking. The NatWest Digital Studio will...
Bristol Property Agents Association and the School for Social Entrepreneurs have become the latest organisations to become members of the business lounge at Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed. The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), a charity supporting people using entrepreneurial approaches to tackle social issues, has signed up for...
Bristol bosses have swept the board at this year’s South West IoD Awards, which celebrate outstanding talent in the region’s boardrooms. Directors from city firms won four of the five main awards at the ceremony, which took place at Ashton Gate last night. The winners were: Director of the Year:...
One of the UK’s most advanced supercomputers – capable of performing up to 600 trillion calculations a second – has opened at the University of Bristol, significantly boosting its already world-class research and teaching capability. The multi-million pound system, called Blue Crystal 4 (BC4), is three times faster than...
The next government must strengthen the UK’s ability to help businesses start up and grow – including ditching the view that all immigration is bad – according to the director-general of the Institute of Directors. Speaking on his first visit to Bristol in the role yesterday, Stephen Martin, pictured,...
Pioneering Bristol firms Ziylo and NuNano have become the first tenants to take up residence at the city’s newly launched Unit DX scientific innovation centre. The companies were both founded at the University of Bristol and members of SETsquared Bristol – the world-class incubator based at nearby Engine Shed....
Diversity in the West of England’s burgeoning tech sector will come under the spotlight at a major event next month. Called DIVERSITY? and taking place on Saturday June 24 at Bristol’s Watershed media centre, it will bring together a wide range of people from across the region who are...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub is extending its support for the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by introducing an investor-in-residence service open to all growth businesses in the area. Delivered in partnership with Deepbridge Capital and Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), the service goes live on with bookings available during normal office...
A fledgling Bristol business developing a pioneering screening device that could help prevent blindness in older people has attracted private equity funding from a group of city-based entrepreneurs. The £310,000 for Azul Optics will provide seed funding for product development. Some £160,000 has been invested by Bristol Private Equity...
