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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bristol Business News and Distinctive Communications

March 18, 2024
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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bristol Business News and Distinctive Communications

Bristol Business News has teamed up with city-based specialist communications consultancy Distinctive Communications to discuss how to engage with journalists to promote your business at an event tomorrow. Hosted by Distinctive founder Ben Lowndes, the free webinar will hear from Bristol Business News editor Robert Buckland on why some stories get coverage and...

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More funding for Bristol firm plugging into the power of graphene to drive down EV battery costs

March 15, 2024
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More funding for Bristol firm plugging into the power of graphene to drive down EV battery costs

The Bristol company behind pioneering technology that aims to reduce electric vehicle (EV) battery charging times while also cutting manufacturing costs has received more funding to further develop the system. Anaphite’s latest £1.6m round, which has come from a range of backers and Innovate UK, follows an injection of...

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Bristol academics get millions in funding to lead research in areas such as AI, digital health and cyber

March 15, 2024
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Bristol academics get millions in funding to lead research in areas such as AI, digital health and cyber

Bristol’s status as a leading centre for cutting-edge academic research was boosted this week as it joined a new innovative digital health hub while also receiving £57m to train a new generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers. The University of Bristol and UWE Bristol have become part of the...

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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bristol Business News and Distinctive Communications

March 15, 2024
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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bristol Business News and Distinctive Communications

Bristol Business News has teamed up with city-based specialist communications consultancy Distinctive Communications to discuss how to engage with journalists to promote your business at an event next week. Hosted by Distinctive founder Ben Lowndes, the free webinar will hear from Bristol Business News editor Robert Buckland on why some...

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Another accolade for SETsquared as FT-backed report ranks it UK’s top start-up hub and third in Europe

March 14, 2024
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Another accolade for SETsquared as FT-backed report ranks it UK’s top start-up hub and third in Europe

The SETsquared Partnership, the pioneering tech incubator backed by the University of Bristol, has been named as the UK’s leading start-up hub and third best in Europe. No stranger to awards – it has been ranked best in the world by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index three times...

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Specialist new business team taken on by rapid-growth Deazy as it eyes more expansion

March 13, 2024
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Specialist new business team taken on by rapid-growth Deazy as it eyes more expansion

Bristol specialist software firm Deazy, named as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech businesses for the past two years, has appointed a new sales team dedicated exclusively to addressing the mid and multinational enterprise markets. Launched in 2016 with a mission to make development easy, Deazy provides customisable, peer-reviewed...

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New chair of pan-regional powerhouse group stresses its approach to net zero and innovation

March 13, 2024
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New chair of pan-regional powerhouse group stresses its approach to net zero and innovation

The Western Gateway, the pan-regional partnership that stretches from Swindon to Swansea via Bristol, has appointed a new chair as it focuses its efforts on net zero and creating jobs and economic growth. Sarah Williams-Gardener, former CEO of FinTech Wales, takes over from Bristol-based Katherine Bennett CBE, who was...

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New group will showcase Bristol’s strength in AI by bringing together entrepreneurs and academics

March 8, 2024
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New group will showcase Bristol’s strength in AI by bringing together entrepreneurs and academics

Bristol is to be promoted as a centre of excellence for AI following the launch of a new group with a mission to ensure that the rapid-growth advanced automation tech benefits the whole of society. Called AI West, the representative group has a clear purpose to educate, collaborate and communicate around...

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Spring Budget 2024: Bristol business reaction

March 6, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: Bristol business reaction

Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce, said while the Budget offered a number of initiatives that were likely to benefit the region’s businesses it lacked any measure that would tackle big issues such as transport, housing and infrastructure. “The creative and...

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Spring Budget 2024: Bristol political reaction

March 6, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: Bristol political reaction

West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris, pictured, said “hard-pressed” West of England residents and businesses were still struggling with 70-year high levels of tax under the Conservatives, “despite today’s desperate attempts from the Chancellor to pretend otherwise”. The Labour leader of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA),...

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Spring Budget 2024: The key points . . .

March 6, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: The key points . . .

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his Spring Budget. The main points were: The Chancellor said growth had been higher in the UK since 2010 than every other European economy. But future growth would not come from mass immigration. He promised a Budget for future growth. Inflation had been halved to...

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Ground-breaking product set to revolutionise medical training launched by Bristol simulator firm

March 6, 2024
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Ground-breaking product set to revolutionise medical training launched by Bristol simulator firm

Bristol-based medical simulator company Limbs & Things has launched the most ambitious and complex product in its 30-year history – a device to help medical practitioners better recognise and diagnose more than 30 chronic conditions and life-threatening emergencies Called CaRE (Cardiovascular & Respiratory Examination), the ground-breaking simulator, pictured, is...

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Plaudits for Ashfords’ tech sector team on sale of Bristol global flood risk intelligence pioneer

March 6, 2024
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Plaudits for Ashfords’ tech sector team on sale of Bristol global flood risk intelligence pioneer

The CEO of University of Bristol spin-out Fathom has praised law firm Ashfords on its role in its sale to one of the world’s largest reinsurance businesses. Fathom, a leader in global flood risk intelligence, was snapped up by Swiss Re in December.  Since its launch in 2013, Fathom...

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