Future Drinks, a Bristol start-up company which has developed a range of fruity bottled drinks aimed at the health conscious female market, has received a £360,000 investment from a Government-backed business angel scheme. The company will launch the drinks under the new Koji brand this summer following successful test...
Around 1,500 people have signed up to back Bristol’s bid to be Europe’s green capital – and the Bristol Green Capital Partnership is asking for more businesses and individuals to pledge their ahead of the decision next month. Bristol is going head to head against Copenhagen and Frankfurt for the 2014 title....
IP Group, a developer of intellectual property-based technology spinout businesses from a dozen British universities including Bath and Bristol, has boosted the value of its investment portfolio from £123.8m on December 31 to £178.6m. The increase is largely due to the £26.4m fair value gain as a result of...
A strong financial first-half performance has been reported today by Jelf, the Yate-based independent full service brokerage which supports businesses and individuals. Revenues were slightly up on last year from £35m to £35.2m in the six months to March 31 as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation)...
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Law firm Ashfords, which has offices across the West including Bristol, has announced four promotions to partner and three promotions to associate. The partner promotions, which take the firm’s total number of partners to 72, have been made across the partnership in recognition of continuing development and contribution to...
Bristol may have voted ‘yes’ to a directly-elected mayor, but there are still many questions over what happens next and how the mayor will operate. When will the election for a directly-elected mayor take place? On November 15, 2012. In the meantime, the council will continue to be run...
The number of companies in the South West falling into administration in the first quarter of this year fell by 15% to 41 against 48 in the same period last year. However, when compared with the final three months of last year they were up by 64%. The figures...
Bristol law firm Temple Bright has added another two partners to its operation. The new arrivals bring the total number of partners to 14 – with six of them joining this year. The firm, established in March 2010 and providing corporate, commercial, property, litigation and employment advice to...
