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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

November 19, 2023

Monday November 20 Finals: Compass Group, Diploma, Cerillion Interims: Polar Capital Holdings, Thruvision Group, Big Yellow Group, Ondo Insuretech Q1 result: Seraphim Space Investment Trust Tuesday November 21 Interims: Caledonia Investments, Workspace Group, Cranswick, Accsys Technologies, Schroder Real Estate, Telecom Plus, Trifast, Intercede Group, Eckoh Technologies, AO World Q3...

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Firm’s AR product means nursing students can use their phones to get ‘under the skin’ to practice

November 17, 2023
Firm’s AR product means nursing students can use their phones to get ‘under the skin’ to practice

Limbs & Things, the Bristol-based medical simulator company, has harnessed the power of augmented reality (AR) for its latest training device in a move it hopes will revolutionise the way nursing students learn. Its ART (Augmented Reality Training) product works with everyday tablets and smartphones to show a 3D,...

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DWF Bristol gets new boss ahead of retirement of managing partner who opened office 12 years ago

November 17, 2023
DWF Bristol gets new boss ahead of retirement of managing partner who opened office 12 years ago

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed a new managing partner of its Bristol office. Mike Renshaw, pictured, will take over from Simon Mason, who has been managing partner since the office’s inception in 2011 and is retiring from the business at the end...

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Bristol software developer named among UK’s rapid-growth tech firms for second year in a row

November 17, 2023
Bristol software developer named among UK’s rapid-growth tech firms for second year in a row

Deazy, the Bristol specialist software firm, has been ranked as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech businesses for the second year in running. The firm, which launched in 2016 with a mission to make development easy, appears at number 40 in the 2023 UK Technology Fast 50 league table,...

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Coalition calling for a global treaty to end the use of fossil fuels led by Bristol ethical bank Triodos

November 17, 2023
Coalition calling for a global treaty to end the use of fossil fuels led by Bristol ethical bank Triodos

Triodos, the ethical bank with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has become the first in its sector to join a global campaign urging European governments and policymakers to phase out the use of fossil fuels. The bank, which was founded in The Netherlands in 1980 and has since become...

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More space for Bristol’s tech and science entrepreneurs as innovation centre gears up for expansion

November 17, 2023
More space for Bristol’s tech and science entrepreneurs as innovation centre gears up for expansion

A Bristol innovation hub aimed at tech and science start-ups and scale-ups is to expand next year to provide more lab and workshop space. Future Space, pictured, has helped generate millions of pounds of investment for its member firms and create hundreds of high-value jobs since it opened as...

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EasyJet flying high at Bristol Airport as it chalks up 70m passengers and launches new flight

November 17, 2023
EasyJet flying high at Bristol Airport as it chalks up 70m passengers and launches new flight

Low-cost airline easyJet has celebrated hitting the 70m-passenger mark at Bristol Airport as it adds another new route to its network. The airline began services from the airport in May 2001 – six years after its launch by entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou – initially flying to Palma, Faro and Nice....

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Middle East becoming more popular for Brits looking to live abroad, Bristol removal firm finds

November 17, 2023
Middle East becoming more popular for Brits looking to live abroad, Bristol removal firm finds

Research carried out by a Bristol-based international removals firm has revealed the growing popularity of Middle Eastern countries among Brits moving abroad for work – replacing former favourites such as Canada and New Zealand. 1st Move International, which is based in Avonmouth, has been managing removals across the globe...

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Chief executive of global architecture firm takes over as new chair of trustees at Design West

November 17, 2023
Chief executive of global architecture firm takes over as new chair of trustees at Design West

Design West, the Bristol-based centre of excellence for architectural design and placemaking, has appointed a new chair of trustees as it enters a new phase of growth. Nick Fairham, pictured, chief executive of global multidisciplinary design practice BDP based in its Bristol office, takes over from Nick Childs, the...

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