Bristol-based kitchenware supplier Horwood has bought an Australian eco-business as the hospitality market continues to look for alternatives to single-use plastic. EcoSouLife, based in Melbourne, produces disposable and reusable alternatives to plastic and foam housewares such as cups, mugs, bowls and lunchboxes out of agricultural waste. Horwood, one of...
Firms will be able to get expert advice on a range of typical issues affecting growing businesses – ranging from finance to exporting , employing staff and finding premises – at an event in Bristol next month. Organisers of Drive for Success promises to provide businesses with the ultimate...
Cross-border transactional lawyers at Bristol-headquartered TLT have helped West of England manufacturing group Avon Rubber finance its £75m acquisition of US industrial group’s 3M’s personal ballistic protection business. Avon, which specialises in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) respiratory protection systems, said the deal would help deepen its long-standing...
Bristol digital engineering specialists The Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS) is helping a former soldier realise his Paralympic dream after designing the world’s first 3D-printed snowboard bindings. Double above-the-knee (DAK) amputee Darren Swift – also known as Swifty – lost both his legs in an IED explosion in...
Ultrahaptics, the Bristol-based mid-air touch technology innovator, has rebranded as Ultraleap four months after combining with US firm Leap Motion. The two companies came together in May after working together for six years on their pioneering complementary technology. While Ultrahaptics described the move as a ‘combination’, trade media reported that...
The Bristol offices of financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson and law firm Clarke Willmott have advised a Welsh specialist software firm on its major cross-border acquisition by a multi-billion dollar Japanese industrial group. Swansea-based RAP International specialises in risk assessment software used in high hazard industries by a client base comprising many...
UWE’s new multi-million pound engineering building has moved a step closer to completion with a ceremony to mark construction reaching its highest point. Due to be completed next summer, the landmark building is next to the £55m Bristol Business School – which opened last year – on the university’s...
Specialist IT group SCISYS, which has a base in Bristol, expects its £79m acquisition by Canadian tech giant CGI to be completed before the end of this year it said as it revealed a 2% increase in half-year revenues. Directors at the Chippenham-headquartered group, which supplies innovative software and...
The organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with more than 450 chambers across the world to sign up to an international agreement to tackle climate change. Business West, which also runs the Bristol Initiative, said its commitment to the International Chambers of Commerce Chambers Climate Coalition...
Research and development tax credits and the Patent Box regime will come under the microscope at an event in Bristol next month hosted by the city office of financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson. The event, called Patent Protection and Tax Incentives for Companies, is aimed at finance...
Business experts from Bristol and around the UK are to speak at an event organised by the Institute of Directors to help companies embrace new technologies to increase productivity and creativity. The IoD South West Connected Business event takes place at UWE Bristol. The half-day conference will tackle issues...
A pioneering campaign aimed at helping businesses across the West of England prepare for life after Brexit is in the running for a top national award. Trading Through Brexit (TTB) was launched in October last year by Business West, the region’s largest business group and the organisation behind Bristol...
Inductosense, the Bristol scale-up specialising in ultrasonic non-destructive testing, is heading for more growth after becoming the first firm to ‘graduate’ from the city’s pioneering Unit DX biotech hub. The firm, which has secured investment of more than £2m, this year has relocated to a nearby 5,000 sq ft...
