Technology

US payment tech firm acquires Bristol chip and pin innovator CreditCall

February 20, 2018
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US payment tech firm acquires Bristol chip and pin innovator CreditCall

Pioneering Bristol-based payment technology company CreditCall has been acquired by US fintech group NMI, creating a combined business accounting for payment volumes worth more than $45bn a year. CreditCall, which also has an office in New York, has expanded since it was launched in 1996. In that time it...

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Chinese education market beckons for Bristol tech start-up following trade showcase with PM

February 16, 2018
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Chinese education market beckons for Bristol tech start-up following trade showcase with PM

Innovative Bristol firm Interactive Scientific is hoping to gain a foothold in the multi-billion pound Chinese education market after being showcased in Shanghai during Prime Minister Theresa May’s recent visit. The firm was one of just five chosen to demonstrate their education technology in the Great British Classroom at...

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Innovators help put Bristol at heart of UK’s scale-up scene with 12-way pitch event

February 16, 2018
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Innovators help put Bristol at heart of UK’s scale-up scene with 12-way pitch event

Twelve of the West of England’s most exciting and fastest-growing businesses will line up next month to pitch for investment at an event that will also boost Bristol’s reputation as a hive of tech and creative activity. Accountancy group PwC and Business West, in collaboration with Bristol’s innovation hub...

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Deutsche Bank Labs head quits to get on board with Bristol fintech disrupter

February 9, 2018
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Deutsche Bank Labs head quits to get on board with Bristol fintech disrupter

Former head of technology at Deutsche Bank Labs, Charles Radclyffe, has relinquished his role at the global financial institution to lead NetKernel, an innovative fintech firm disrupting the financial services world from its HQ in Bristol.   Charles’s role at Deutsche Bank included the research and evaluation of emerging...

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First partners selected for SETsquared’s pioneering diversity and inclusion research project

February 9, 2018
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First partners selected for SETsquared’s pioneering diversity and inclusion research project

Bristol’s SETsquared incubator has chosen Ashley Community Housing and Up Our Street as research partners for its innovative upcoming diversity and inclusion research project. The project aims to improve and increase the inclusion and representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) business founders applying to the incubator. Research...

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Appliance of science at UWE’s Future Space hub generates £2m boost for economy

February 9, 2018
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Appliance of science at UWE’s Future Space hub generates £2m boost for economy

Future Space, Bristol’s first science and tech hub, contributed more than £2m to the regional economy within its first year, new figures reveal. The innovation centre, which was the first flexible office space in Bristol to also offer private and shared laboratory space to start-up R&D-heavy enterprises, exceeded all...

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SCISYS tunes into 10-year media tech contract extension with BBC

February 9, 2018
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SCISYS tunes into 10-year media tech contract extension with BBC

The BBC has renewed its contract with SCISYS, the specialised software and IT services firm with an office in Bristol, for its world-leading radio technology. The deal extends the BBC’s use of SCISYS Media & Broadcast division’s dira! media asset management platform, pictured, for up to 10 years. The...

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Bristol firms urged to apply for UWE’s relaunched £650,000 R&D grant scheme

February 8, 2018
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Bristol firms urged to apply for UWE’s relaunched £650,000 R&D grant scheme

Small and medium-sized businesses in the Bristol area can benefit from research and development grants of up £75,000 under UWE Bristol’s relaunched Innovation 4 Growth (I4G) grant funding programme. The popular initiative, which recently opened for the fifth time, pledges a total of £650,000 in funding.  SMEs in any...

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Global recipe sharing platform grows Bristol team with four senior staff hires

February 1, 2018
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cookpad

Cookpad, the Japanese-owned online recipe sharing and cooking community, has added four senior staff to its global HQ, which opened in Bristol last year. The four new arrivals, who include Mark Wheatley, co-founder of innovative Bristol music/audio platform Audiogum and former Mumsnet head of community Rebecca Mears, are the...

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Former Google industry head takes up non-executive directorship at Edo

January 31, 2018
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Former Google industry head takes up non-executive directorship at Edo

Edo, the Bristol-based user-centred design agency, has appointed former industry head for healthcare, retail and fast-moving consumer goods at Google, Jenny Cowderoy, as a non-executive director. Edo, which last year changed its name from Sift Digital, described Jenny, pictured, as “an outstanding addition” to its team as the business...

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Engine Shed marks fourth anniversary with pledge to help create a diverse tech workforce

January 26, 2018
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Engine Shed marks fourth anniversary with pledge to help create a diverse tech workforce

The two ‘super projects’ funded by Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed to help create a more diverse tech workforce in the city were launched this week as part of its fourth birthday celebrations. Engine Shed’s Diverse Workforce for the Future project is supporting Boomsatsuma, Eidos and Babassa, DigiLocal, and...

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New members of LEP board appointed from among area’s top business leaders

January 26, 2018
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New members of LEP board appointed from among area’s top business leaders

Twelve leading individuals from Bristol and the West of England’s business community have joined the board of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).  The appointments, made at the LEP’s meeting on Wednesday, will boost it in bringing together representatives from business and universities with elected leaders to shape and develop...

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Graduate entrepreneurs find space at UWE to launch innovative businesses

January 26, 2018
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Graduate entrepreneurs find space at UWE to launch innovative businesses

Launch Space, UWE’s hi-tech business incubator for graduates, has attracted 23 residents since it was launching just over six months ago. Based in the £16m University Enterprise Zone, Launch Space provides recent graduates from across the UK with free desk space for a year, innovation support and access to...

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