Bristol-based One Big Circle, which uses Artificial Intelligence to clean up the country’s railways, is on track for further expansion after expanding into a new office. The firm, which now boasts 35 employees, has acquired additional office and lab space in the iconic Temple Studios – appropriately next to...
A pioneering autonomous drone system developed by Bristol specialist inspections firm Perceptual Robotics has reached the landmark of inspecting more than 250 onshore wind turbines in Scotland. The Perceptual Robotics team has travelled across Scotland from Skye to Aberdeen for the past six years conducting the inspections for a...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has helped cut through the red tape hitting temporary exporters by arranging the world’s first use of a digital Carnet. Since Brexit, the number of ATA Carnets – or ‘passports for goods’ – needed by exporters has risen significantly for UK-based companies. These...
Henry Jones has been appointed as a corporate finance executive at ICON Corporate Finance, the Bristol-headquartered tech-focused investment bank. Henry, pictured with ICON partner Simon Moynagh, has several years’ corporate finance experience in firms across Scotland, England and Wales. He has worked on deals with exciting tech companies spanning cybertech, FinTech...
More than 500 people attended Bristol Tech Festival events at the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub over the course of the week. The five days of workshops, panel discussions and events also acted as a showcase for some of the South West’s finest tech companies and a stage for...
Tech business founders from Bristol and across the West of England are being given the chance to explore Hong Kong’s burgeoning tech ecosystem on a trade mission next month. Tech West England Advocates (TWEA) is leading the mission, which is that is backed by a range of partners including...
Shaw & Co, the Bristol-based corporate finance advisory firm, has appointed Peter Doe as senior manager to support its mergers and acquisitions and business funding divisions. The firm described Peter, pictured, as an entrepreneurial business leader who combines commercial insightfulness with extensive experience. He also has a “demonstrable history...
Businesses can find out how best to supply goods and services to public sector organisations across the West of England at an event next week. The annual showcase has been running since 2005 and, after two years of being an online event, this year will be held at the...
Barclays is to partner with Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed to provide start-ups and entrepreneurs in the city with access to a wider range of services. The Eagle Lab will offer business expertise, banking services and mentoring and coaching from scale-up specialists. The bank announced the partnership, which will...
The FinTech sector in the South West contributes more than £1bn to the regional economy annually and supports a workforce of nearly 19,000 in more than 190 firms, according to new analysis. The report published by Whitecap Consulting, the regional strategy consultancy with a base in Bristol, reveals the...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright is working with innovative certification technology business Artclear as it grows into a major force in the art world. Coming from the world of payments and settlements of high-value financial transactions, Artclear’s founders Angus Scott and Charlotte Black identified why the art...
Bristol-based medical simulator company Limbs & Things has taken on three new graduates to participate in its unique recruitment scheme. The one-of-a-kind scheme gives the graduates the opportunity to play a part in the growth of the world-leading company whose medical training products, which range from ‘arms’ with mock...
Bristol-based corporate finance specialist Shaw & Co has advised a Wiltshire accounting software business on its sale to a global digital finance transformation leader. Data Interconnect, which was founded in 1996 and went on to develop world-class eInvoicing software, was acquired by BlackLine for an undisclosed amount. Data Interconnect, based...
