One of the UK’s most advanced supercomputers – capable of performing up to 600 trillion calculations a second – has opened at the University of Bristol, significantly boosting its already world-class research and teaching capability. The multi-million pound system, called Blue Crystal 4 (BC4), is three times faster than...
The next government must strengthen the UK’s ability to help businesses start up and grow – including ditching the view that all immigration is bad – according to the director-general of the Institute of Directors. Speaking on his first visit to Bristol in the role yesterday, Stephen Martin, pictured,...
Pioneering Bristol firms Ziylo and NuNano have become the first tenants to take up residence at the city’s newly launched Unit DX scientific innovation centre. The companies were both founded at the University of Bristol and members of SETsquared Bristol – the world-class incubator based at nearby Engine Shed....
Diversity in the West of England’s burgeoning tech sector will come under the spotlight at a major event next month. Called DIVERSITY? and taking place on Saturday June 24 at Bristol’s Watershed media centre, it will bring together a wide range of people from across the region who are...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub is extending its support for the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by introducing an investor-in-residence service open to all growth businesses in the area. Delivered in partnership with Deepbridge Capital and Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), the service goes live on with bookings available during normal office...
A fledgling Bristol business developing a pioneering screening device that could help prevent blindness in older people has attracted private equity funding from a group of city-based entrepreneurs. The £310,000 for Azul Optics will provide seed funding for product development. Some £160,000 has been invested by Bristol Private Equity...
Sift Digital, the Bristol-based user-centred design agency, has relaunched as Edo following its demerger from parent group Sift. Edo, which also has an office in London, said the rebrand would re-affirm its proposition “as progressive change and technology consultants”. The firm has a strong heritage working with private and non-profit clients...
US tech giant Oracle has teamed up with Bristol’s SETsquared incubator to officially launch its next-generation Startup Cloud Accelerator programme in the UK. Oracle, which has a cloud development centre in the Bristol, announced plans in January for its second accelerator programme in January. It describes the scheme as...
Pioneering Bristol-based energy supplier OVO has continued its rapid expansion into new areas of the market by taking over CORGI HomePlan, the UK’s third-largest home service provider. The acquisition – OVO’s second this year – marks another step in diversifying from core energy supplier towards an energy services company....
The cream of Bristol’s tech and digital cluster have just a week left to submit their nominations for The 2017 SPARKies, the awards showcasing the region’s best start-ups, founders, entrepreneurs and mentors. West of England tech sector group TechSPARK, which stages the awards, has also revealed the line-up of...
Four of Bristol’s largest engineering firms involved in the aerospace, marine, defence and nuclear sectors have teamed up to tackle the vital issue of low productivity in the South West. Working with the University of Bath’s School of Management, they are delivering a new leadership programme devised by an alliance of academic experts and...
Bristol business figures dominate the nominations for the prestigious Institute of Directors (IoD) South West regional Director of the Year Awards with seven names on the shortlist. They will join other directors from around the region at the awards ceremony later this month to celebrate outstanding business people and focus UK-wide...
An innovative bicycle sharing scheme which offers an hour’s ride for just a pound has chosen Bristol as its European launchpad. YoBike promises to be unlike existing bike sharing schemes as it does not require docking stations – bikes can be picked up from and left in safe, legal...
