Technology

Bristol tech pioneer Nick Sturge to work with property firm on major new innovation hub for city

September 22, 2023
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Bristol tech pioneer Nick Sturge to work with property firm on major new innovation hub for city

Property investment firm Mission Street has appointed Nick Sturge to advise on its plans to open the South West’s largest commercial innovation hub in Bristol. Nick, a pivotal figure in Bristol’s tech sector for more than two decades, has joined the firm’s advisory board as it looks to redevelop...

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Pioneering money-saving app goes live – with help from Burges Salmon’s fintech experts

September 22, 2023
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Pioneering money-saving app goes live – with help from Burges Salmon’s fintech experts

The fintech team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on the launch of a first-of-its-kind money saving app that rewards commitment and community. Founded with the belief that ‘saving is freedom’, the Communion app, which shares its name with the firm behind it, seeks to tackle...

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Temple Bright supporting pioneering UK firm aiming to bring home the lab-grown bacon

September 22, 2023
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Temple Bright supporting pioneering UK firm aiming to bring home the lab-grown bacon

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright is advising a cultivated meat producer that is offering a potentially game-changing approach to sustainable pork as it scales up and moves towards commercialisation. Uncommon Bio, formerly called Highersteaks, was founded in Bristol in 2017 and is now based in Cambridge. It...

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SETsquared’s ground-breaking scale-up programme on track to boost UK economy by £1.3bn

September 22, 2023
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SETsquared’s ground-breaking scale-up programme on track to boost UK economy by £1.3bn

A scheme to support fast-growing firms launched by globally acclaimed business incubator SETsquared is set to contribute around £1.3bn to UK economy, according to new research. University of Bristol-supported SETsquared’s Scale-Up Programme, which began in 2018, supports innovative, expanding businesses to raise public and private investment to collaborate on...

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UK’s most powerful supercomputer will make Bristol global centre for AI innovation

September 15, 2023
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UK’s most powerful supercomputer will make Bristol global centre for AI innovation

Bristol has been chosen as the home for the UK’s most powerful supercomputer working on artificial intelligence in a move that will put the city at the heart of the UK’s AI revolution. To be known as Isambard-AI, the University of Bristol-hosted supercomputer will also be among the most...

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Series of events will put spotlight on creating hiring strategies that work for everyone in Bristol

September 15, 2023
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Series of events will put spotlight on creating hiring strategies that work for everyone in Bristol

A major new event series for employers on how to improve recruitment and retention across gender-equal talent pools is being launched next week. Staged by Bristol Women in Business Charter (BWIBC) on Wednesday, 20 September, the inaugural event will feature two panels – one made up of employment experts and another hearing from people with lived experience. ‘Recruiting for...

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SETsquared Bristol to throw open its virtual doors to showcase its business support programme

September 15, 2023
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SETsquared Bristol to throw open its virtual doors to showcase its business support programme

Early-stage tech founders and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the UK can find out about SETsquared Bristol’s acclaimed incubator at a virtual event later this month. The multi-award winning incubator will open its virtual doors on Wednesday 27 September between 4pm and 5pm to show how its bespoke business support...

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Firm using drones to slash wind turbine inspection costs flying high after landing new funding

September 8, 2023
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Firm using drones to slash wind turbine inspection costs flying high after landing new funding

Bristol-based Perceptual Robotics, which uses autonomous drones backed by artificial intelligence (AI) to help cut the cost of maintaining wind turbines, has closed its largest funding round so far. The latest investor to back the innovative firm is Susten, a London-based backer of sustainable energy projects. The deal means...

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Bristol homeless charity wins six months’ marketing support under pioneering scheme run by agency

September 8, 2023
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Bristol homeless charity wins six months’ marketing support under pioneering scheme run by agency

Emmaus Bristol, the charity helping people out of homelessness and poverty, is to benefit from an £18,000 package of digital marketing support under a programme staged by Bristol digital marketing agency Noble Performs. The US-owned agency brought the Noble Deeds scheme to the UK last year to help charities...

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New managing director for specialist comms agency as it looks ahead to its second decade

September 8, 2023
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New managing director for specialist comms agency as it looks ahead to its second decade

Bristol-headquartered communications agency Antidote has appointed Faye Lockier as its new managing director as it approaches its 10th anniversary. Faye, pictured, replaces Alex Neale, who moves into the newly created role of client director as part of a strategic repositioning exercise as the agency looks to continue the growth...

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Cruise operator’s choice of Bristol for new sailings gives birth to hopes of city tourism boost

September 8, 2023
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Cruise operator’s choice of Bristol for new sailings gives birth to hopes of city tourism boost

Bristol’s tourism and hospitality sector is to get a boost from thousands of extra visitors this year as the first cruise liners since the pandemic arrive at Royal Portbury Dock. The city has been chosen by Ambassador Cruise Line as a stop-off point for its new ship Ambition, which...

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Bristol Business Blog. Sandra Gordon, director, Bristol Women in Business Charter: We can create England’s first gender equal city

September 6, 2023
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Bristol Business Blog. Sandra Gordon, director, Bristol Women in Business Charter: We can create England’s first gender equal city

Looking at it rationally, having a Bristol Women in Business Charter is counterintuitive. We should not, rationally, even be discussing the ‘business case’ for women to be an equal and part of a fair and moral functioning economic system. There would, you could argue, be no rational reason to...

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Bristol pharmacy tech entrepreneur turns angel investor to help grow specialist app firm

August 30, 2023
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Bristol pharmacy tech entrepreneur turns angel investor to help grow specialist app firm

Bristol-based digital pharmacy pioneer Tariq Muhammad is financially backing two young software designers whose app creates seamless communication between pharmacies and their patients. Tariq, CEO at Invatech Health, whose products have revolutionised the UK pharmacy sector, has become an angel investor in PharmAppy, a business set up in 2020...

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