Innovative Bristol tech start-up YellowDog has become the first business to gain funding from a recently launched private equity club in the city. The £425,000 of investment capital from Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC) came as YellowDog scooped one of the top prizes at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld event...
An ambitious campaign to improve the life chances of 300 young people from inner-city Bristol by supporting them into work, further education or self-employment is to be launched next week. The #Change300Futures campaign is being coordinated by Babbasa, the award-winning Bristol-based youth social enterprise, through a unique development programme...
Two directors from the Bristol area have been recognised for their inspiring leadership in a major national award scheme. Brady George, managing director of Keynsham-based facilities management company Almeda, and Jamie Rawsthorne, a graduate of UWE, were among the winners at the coveted Institute of Directors 2016 Director of the...
A couple who struggled to find interesting gifts for their young son have opened their own toyshop with help from Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise. Toyville in North Street, Bedminster, is run by Joel and Lindsay Meyer-Nicholas and specialises in selling quality wooden toys and games. The couple...
The challenges facing Bristol’s community sector came under the spotlight at a meeting attended by representatives of the city’s 20 top charities, social enterprises and community organisations. The event organised by Locality, the national network of community-led organisations, explored innovative ways they could continue to operate in the face...
A record 26 trainees achieved a total of 36 passes across regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming’s seven offices, with 7 completing their professional level. Eight Bristol-based trainees passed 14 exams of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales at the September sitting, as well as three completing the...
Firms can find out more about growing their business by accessing long-term equity capital in the latest finance event to be staged at Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub. Claire Dorrian and Marcus Stuttard from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will be at the Engine Shed on Wednesday November 9,...
The Bristol office of Rothmans Recovery has been appointed to handle the administration of one of the top hotels on the Isle of Wight. The upmarket Priory Bay Hotel at Seaview, pictured, which boasts a private beach and helipad, remains open and trading while a buyer is sought. Rupert Mullins...
Some of Britain’s most influential female entrepreneurs, inspirational business leaders and brightest start-ups are in Bristol today for the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs. Taking place at the At-Bristol science centre in Millennium Square, the day-long event promises to give delegates powerful insights for starting and scaling their businesses. Bristol Business...
Former Lloyds Banking Group director Clive Hetherington has been appointed as an enterprise ambassador by accountancy group KPMG for its privately owned business offering. It is the second new role for Clive, pictured, who retired last month after 33 years with Lloyds Banking Group in Bristol. Last week regional...
Innovative start-ups and high-growth businesses based at SETsquared, the global number one business incubator backed by the University of Bristol, will soon be able to pitch online for vital investment in a move that maintains its world-leading status. Pitching for the incubator’s investment programme has traditionally involved running panel selection days...
Bristol’s small and medium-sized firms should use the next two years to get ‘Brexit-ready’, according to the area’s business support service GetSet for Growth. The organisation, which has just marked its one-year anniversary, said the EU referendum result had already triggered an increase in the number of businesses seeking...
The Lord Mayor of the City of London has praised Bristol’s business community for working in partnership to develop the city’s economy. Lord Mountevans, pictured, said out of the dozen UK cities he had visited this year, Bristol’s businesses had shown the greatest commitment to drive their city forward. ...
