National law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has advised on two major investments by Quilam Capital, a provider of funding and expert guidance to businesses operating in the speciality finance market. Its investments in fintech Raylo and Merchant Money, a UK-wide business lender, are the...
Babbasa, the Bristol social enterprise that works to transform the lives of young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds, has appointed six new board members to help drive its vision and mission. The individuals have been selected to assist with specific facets of operating a social enterprise as...
Impact investor Bristol & Bath Regional Capital (BBRC) is to expand its homes division to finance 1,500 quality new homes for key workers across the West of England by 2028. The move, which follows an equity investment in BBRC from London-based specialist impact investor Zamo Capital, will help it...
Independent commercial bank Unity Trust has appointed Steven Lovell as its relationship manager for the South West to support and develop its customer portfolio in the region. Steven, pictured, has more than a decade of experience in financial services having worked in Bristol for The Co-operative Bank, NatWest and,...
Four years on from starting as an apprentice accountant, I want to share my story and give advice for school leavers thinking about their first career steps. I’m lucky that I knew early on what I wanted to do for work as I’ve always been good at maths and...
Fast-growing recruitment agency Aligra has opened a branch in Bristol as it expands into the West of England for the first time. The group launched in 2007 with a single office in Swindon and has since expanded with branches in Andover, Didcot, Newbury and Hinckley, Leicestershire. Having achieved a...
Two Bristol law firms and one of its largest financial services firms have been recognised as being LGBTQ+ inclusive employers by Stonewall in its Top 100 Employers 2023 list. Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has its second largest UK office in Bristol, appears in the list...
Bristol-based specialist creative education provider boomsatsuma is to double its capacity and create more than 20 jobs this year after receiving a £500,000 capital investment from Bristol & Bath Regional Capital. Boomsatsuma has been connecting students to the creative industries with its digital education programmes since 2008. It trains...
Twelve innovative tech start-ups have joined the acclaimed tech incubator SETsquared Bristol to accelerate their growth. The new cohort represents a range of sectors as well as creative uses of technology to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems – from improved access to healthcare and education to...
A group of Bristol investors is backing a firm developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed in a deal that brings its technology another step closer to everyday use. Sustainable biotech business Kelpi invented the unique compostable material to replace single-use fossil fuel plastics, which take hundreds of years...
Magmatic, the Bristol-based children’s travel products business behind the Trunki, kids’ ride-on suitcase, has been sold to an international group of baby, juvenile and maternity brands in a deal handled by city-based national law firm Burges Salmon. Trunki inventor Rob Law was famously rejected by the panel on the...
Bristol businesses that have links with China will next week get the chance to usher in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit at a banquet in the city. Staged by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau as an annual showpiece, the dinner brings together firms and professionals...
More than 100 firms in Bristol and across the West of England have signed up to a regional Good Employment Charter which pledges to pay staff a Real Living Wage and clamp down on the use of zero-hours contracts. Introduced by Metro Mayor Dan Norris as part of a...
