The newly opened extension at Future Space, the innovation hub on UWE Bristol’s Frenchay campus, will create a “research and development playground” for the city, according to its director. Matt Freeman, who took up the role nine months ago, has spent much of that time overseeing the development of the...
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 Haines Watts Bristol corporate tax director Clare Boden answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: 12 Angry Men Book you read: Because of You – Dawn French...
Kelpi, the Bristol biotech company developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed, has secured a £4.35m investment to take it to market. The funding round, which includes further finance from a group of Bristol investors who previously backed the firm, will enable the firm to expand its operations, grow...
Bristol-based international healthcare infrastructure specialist Archus is to expand into more markets after securing a £2m investment from NatWest. The firm, which provides a range of strategic and infrastructure-related consultancy services to clients in the health and social care industry, will use the funding to open more offices and...
Bristol digital marketing agency Noble Performs is to launch its annual Noble Deeds competition for charities and not for profits at a special event later this month. Now in its third year, the initiative provides a city-based charity with pro bono digital performance marketing support. US-owned Noble Performs brought...
A Bristol-based construction soil and aggregate recycling firm has been taken over by a major quarrying and materials group in a deal handled by lawyers from the city office of national law firm Clarke Willmott. Hallen-based B&A Group, a family business with more than 30 years’ experience in the...
Azets, the top 10 national accountancy firm, has made three senior appointments in its Bristol office just seven months after it opened. Duncan Stratford and Adam Garside have been appointed as partners while Julia Ross has joined as a director. Azets, which has 88 offices across the UK, has grown a team of specialists...
More than 70 Bristol firms have issued a joint letter to all prospective Parliamentary candidates standing in the city’s five constituencies, asking them to back the Climate and Nature Bill. Among those signing the letter are ethical bank Triodos – which coordinated the letter – international civil engineering group Arup, specialist...
Bristol’s key role in accelerating the development of next-generation low-carbon aircraft has been boosted by a new partnership between the city’s Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) and sector giant GKN Aerospace. Independent digital engineering research and technology consultancy CFMS and GKN Aerospace, which has three bases in Bristol...
