Engineering group Dyson’s plan to open a £100m research and development hub in Bristol underpins the city’s lead position as a magnet for innovative businesses and people, according to its tech sector group. The new centre will be home to hundreds of software and AI engineers working on a...
Bristol-based software engineering, data analysis and cyber services firm Bitweave has been acquired by a major US multinational. CACI, which employs more than 1,200 people in the UK and Europe providing business information systems to public and private sector clients, said Bitweave occupied an important position in the national security...
Bristol-based engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has made its fourth acquisition in just over a year – this time snapping up a niche transport planning and infrastructure consultancy. Fore Consulting, founded in 2011 and based in Leeds, Newcastle and London, has a 20-strong team led by experienced...
Bristol climate tech start-up Mykor has secured investment of £825,000 to expand development of its innovative carbon-negative insulation. The pre-seed funding round, co-led by Sustainable Ventures and Green Angel Syndicate, will enable the firm to build a pilot manufacturing line for its carbon-negative insulation MykoFoam, pictured, so helping the...
A Community Interest Company on a mission to improve the lives of neurodivergent people in the Bristol area is the winner of the inaugural Micro Business Incubator Hub Competition staged by city-based creative business collective Istoria Group. Self Agency was founded by Devon Lowndes, pictured, with a vision is...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised pioneering aviation fuel producer Firefly on its £5m equity investment from Wizz Air in a move the airline claims has the potential to save 1.5m tonnes of CO2. Budapest-headquartered Wizz Air, which describes itself as the fastest-growing European ultra low cost...
Regional law firm Michelmores has appointed six new female partners, lifting its female partnership level to 48% and far exceeding the 30% figure it set itself five years ago. The firm, which has an office in Bristol, has also appointed six new senior associates, taking its proportion of women in...
Holiday group TUI is to introduce a new summer destination and increased frequency on some of its established routes from Bristol Airport next year, giving another boost to the airport as it continues to recover from the impact of Covid. Tui’s announcement, which includes Boa Vista in Cape Verde...
Topics ranging from unlocking brownfield sites for development to sustainable economic growth will be covered by speakers at this year’s Bristol Planning Law and Policy Conference when it returns later this month. The event, on 18 May, will explore the theme of ‘Planning in an ever-changing world – how...
