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Hydro International, the innovative developer of technology that manages stormwater and wastewater, has sealed a $1m (£670,000) acquisition in the US to strengthen its range of services it offers clients. California-based M2 Renewables has developed rotating belt screen filtration technology used in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, securing...
Bristol Business News is to launch GAMECHANGERS – a unique and highly innovative project to identify the 50 individuals shaping the future of Bristol’s economy. These inspirational people are helping make Bristol the UK’s most exciting city through their innovation, enterprise and creativity. Some will be well known, others...
Innovative Bristol firms Phineas Group and Limbs & Things have teamed up to create medical products that are already having a major impact in training healthcare professionals worldwide. Phineas Group, which specialises in designing and manufacturing a wide range of plastic shoe hangers and display products, has expanded into...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub celebrates its two-year anniversary by inviting guests to the launch of Boxworks, a custom-designed workspace in 20 re-imagined shipping containers for the creative, digital and hi-tech industries. Boxworks expands the Engine Shed by 30% – enough space for around 120 entrepreneurs – and will provide much-needed...
Nuclear sector expert Michael Bray, a senior associate with Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon, has been appointed as vice chair of The Young Generation Network (YGN). Michael, pictured, will take up the two-year role on January 1. The YGN is one of the UK’s leading nuclear organisations and...
Small business network Enterprise Nation’s first panel event in Bristol takes place on Monday with a focus on business promotion. Called How to sell yourself and promote your business, the event next Monday evening will look at three essential techniques – sales, photography and marketing. The panel features serial...
Some of Bristol’s top employers have taken part in a day-long ‘Seeing is Believing’ visit designed to show them first-hand the key role businesses in the city can play to support people who face barriers into employment. Creating meaningful employment is one of the most significant ways that businesses contribute...
Partnerships between schools and businesses, a key issue for firms across Bristol, can have significant benefits, according to the results of a national survey of education chiefs and company bosses. Some 3,500 teaching staff and business leaders took part in the research run by the British Chambers of Commerce...
BOXARR, the Bristol-based specialist software firm which works with global aerospace and defence groups, has made a strategic senior appointment as it aims for further growth in international markets. Martin Hamilton has joined the firm, the world’s leading provider of Interdependent Systems Management (ISM) software, in the newly created...
Bristol tech businesses are to have access to a £10m specialist investment fund launched in the city this week. Great Western Ventures will back small, fast-growth tech firms with seed funding – so plugging a widely acknowledged gap in the city’s otherwise high-quality business support ‘eco-system’. The fund, backed...
Aerospace giant Airbus has confirmed a £14m investment in research and technology at its giant Filton plant to help to develop the aircraft of the future. The funding was announced by Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Airbus president and chief executive officer Fabrice Bregier on a visit to the...
The Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has advised hi-tech engineering firm M+W Group on its development of the UK’s largest waste-to-energy plant of its kind. When completed, the £200m Energy Works scheme in Kingston upon Hull will be able to generate up to 28MW of electricity...
