Bristol’s small businesses can access help and advice to grow internationally through a new, free, post-Brexit programme. The Export Academy involves overseas trade experts from the Department for International Trade (DIT) hosting a series of online workshops and events offering advice and support directly to business owners. The programme...
Malachy McReynolds, the chair of regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance, is to step down in March after five years in the role. He will be replaced by Christine Allison, a former lead economist for the World Bank, who has been a non-executive director of SWIG Finance for the...
The Greater Bay Area of China will come under the spotlight at a webinar to be hosted by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau next week. The free Zoom event takes place between 9am and 10.30am on Tuesday, January 12, and will give an overview of the...
The latest lockdown will be another “body blow” to Bristol firms, coming after the uncertainty caused by Brexit and lost trade in the run-up to Christmas, the region’s biggest business group has warned. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, said firms that had survived so far with...
The Bristol office of national accountancy group Smith & Williamson capped off a successful 2020 by completing two deals – a management buyout at a robotics firm and a sale of an e-learning business. The management buyout at Gloucester-based CKF Systems secures the future of the 30-year-old business, which...
More than two-thirds of high-growth firms in the South West plan to continue to expand next year after adapting for a post-Covid world, new research shows. According to the first survey to chart these businesses during the coronavirus pandemic it has created significant barriers to growth for 58% of...
The Bristol office of national law firm Ashfords has advised fintech client Form3 on a major investment and partnership with global payment technology leader Mastercard which could transform the industry. Under the agreement, Mastercard will use London-based Form3’s cloud-based systems to help banks and financial institutions around the world...
Bristol-based XCD, the cloud-based HR and payroll software firm, has received a £2m investment from BGF to spur further organic and acquisitive growth. Founded in 2011, tech innovator XCD now has a workforce of employ more than 70 people and 30,000-plus users spanning not-for-profit, private and public sectors across...
Lawyers at Bristol-headquartered TLT are to benefit from a first-of-its kind fintech school set up by the firm in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University. The course gives the national firm’s lawyers a critical understanding of some of the most transformative technologies in the financial services industry, including blockchain and...
Plans to develop a world-class ‘deep tech’ ecosystem in Bristol where scientists and engineers can accelerate ground-breaking ideas have been unveiled by one of the city’s most successful entrepreneurs of recent years. The scheme, led by Bristol-based chemist and investor Dr Harry Destecroix, includes an incubator, a £15m early-stage...
Six tech start-ups run by entrepreneurs from diverse ethnic backgrounds are to be supported under an innovative scheme run by acclaimed incubator SETsquared Bristol. Now in its second year, SETsquared’s Breakthrough Bursary provides bespoke business support, mentoring, strategic advice and coaching, investment readiness training and events as well as...
West of England Firms have slammed government financial support for businesses forced to close during the most recent lockdown as grossly inadequate. Some 54% of businesses that were shuttered during November – including restaurants, cafes and non-essential retailers – said the financial assistance covered less than a quarter of...
Bristol businesses operating in the high-growth agri-tech and marine-tech sectors are being given new opportunities to break into overseas markets by virtually showcasing their products. Agri-tech companies can meet global commercial trade officers from 50 overseas markets on Tuesday at a virtual Meet the Market Expert event. Organised by...
