Poku Osei, the founder and CEO of Babbasa, the Bristol social enterprise transforming the lives of young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds, has won a unique social enterprise award. The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, which was launched five years ago, celebrates five exceptional social entrepreneurs and recognises...
The Bristol base of a major TV production company has brought hit TV matchmaking show First Dates to the West of England. Twenty Twenty Productions has teamed up with Channel 4, which also has a creative hub in Bristol, on the new series, now being filmed in Bath. The...
Growth capital investment group BGF’s Bristol team backed fast-growth businesses to the tune of £40m during the first half of this year as the region continued to provide fresh opportunities for funding. Capital investments were made across a diverse range of sectors including technology, healthcare, engineering and manufacturing. Among the...
Bristol animation studio A Productions has been selected to create a new spin-off of the hit kids’ TV show Pip and Posy. Pip and Posy Let’s Learn, based on the books written by Camilla Reid and illustrated by Axel Scheffler – best known for The Gruffalo – will teach concepts from...
Areas with themes such as Egyptian gods, Merlin’s cave, a Tardis and a banqueting hall feature in Bristol’s latest co-working hub. DeskLodge, which already operates a flexible working location in the city, is close to completing phase one of its new site, pictured right, across three floors of Beacon...
Small and medium-sized firms in Bristol with growth potential can apply to a new £200m fund aimed at boosting innovation and prosperity across the South West. Launched in Bristol by the British Business Bank yesterday, the South West Investment Fund (SWIF) will increase the supply and diversity of early-stage...
Workforce issues, including pressure to increase wages, remain the biggest headache for business based in Bristol and across the West of England, with many raising their prices to fund pay awards. Combined with wider concerns over inflation, this has led to a slump in confidence – with levels now...
Bristol specialist software firm Deazy has appointed Laura Wall as its new head of marketing as it looks to continue an expansion trajectory that led to a staggering 2,615% hike in revenue over four years. Laural, pictured, has worked for organisations in New York, Los Angeles and London. She...
Business West, one of the UK’s largest chambers of commerce, celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. The Bristol Initiative, which sits at the heart of Business West, is a community of 160 business leaders who positively influence the way the area is shaped, managed and developed. From 1989 Dr John Savage CBE,...
A healthtech business revolutionising stroke rehabilitation has won the Best Elevator Pitch at incubator SETsquared Bristol’s Tech-Xpo 2023 showcase. SoleSense uses shoe sensors and a real-time biofeedback app to provide personalised digital physiotherapy to stroke patients. The firm, which fought off strong competition from nine other SETsquared-based businesses to claim...
Bristol’s pioneering tech sector was today being showcased to business leaders from India looking to build bilateral ties with the West of England. The 30-strong delegation includes CEOs, presidents and directors from businesses at the forefront of cutting-edge computer technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and zero trust...
When his rock musician son George died by suicide, business coach Nigel Linacre started to write poetry. His friend, contemporary jazz band leader Vladimir Miller, who lost a band member to suicide earlier in his career, then began composing using George’s bass rhythms. The result is the Grief Opera –...
Fast-growing Bristol digital transformation and software specialist Amdaris showed off its redesigned and enlarged head office to guests at am recent official launch party. Having achieved a 94% increase in revenue last year, the firm called in Bath-based workspace design company Interaction to re-shape its new headquarters in the flagship Aurora office...
