Bristol-based discount and loyalty platform Cloud Savings Company, which operates the Vouchercloud and Giftcloud brands, has been taken over by global e-commerce giant Groupon in a deal worth £47.2m. Vouchercloud is a voucher platform with 55m annual visits from 11 countries, while digital gift card market Giftcloud is a...
Fast-growing Bristol tech firm Rovco, which is developing 3D vision and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques for subsea inspections, has received a £400,000 investment. The firm plans to grow from 10 to 30 employees in the next year as it further develops its technologies for use in the offshore renewable...
A long-running Bristol fashion show – and the second largest event of its kind outside London – makes an eagerly-awaited return next month, with all proceeds going to help the city’s homeless. The Hobbs Show has been hosted by leading Bristol hair salon HOBBS since 1997. The 10 events...
Acquisitive Bristol-based international speciality chemicals and gases firm A-Gas has bought German refrigerant business Arthur Friedrichs Kältemittel, giving it a foothold in the European automotive market. A-Gas plans to further invest in the company, based near Hamburg, by building a refrigerant reclamation facility – a growing sector of the...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has been ranked among the most active clean energy advisers in the world. Global league tables produced by Clean Energy Pipeline magazine put TLT at number four for the volume of merger and acquisition deals it completed in 2017, with the firm having advised...
Bristol-based Jordans Corporate Law has further strengthened its position in the market with the appointment of Victoria McMeel as head of employment law. Victoria, pictured, has more than 15 years’ experience as a specialist employment solicitor and previously worked as an associate solicitor for Bristol law firms Veale Wasbrough...
Senior associates at regional law firm Michelmores Paul Beanland and Tom Stenner-Evans have been promoted to partner. Paul, who works in its real estate team, joined Michelmores in March 2015 and relocated to Bristol in October 2017. He now works between the firm’s Bristol and London offices and acts...
Nominations have opened for the SPARKies, the awards that showcase the best of the West of England’s tech sector. Now in their sixth year, the awards shine a light on the firms and individuals operating in areas as diverse as apps, touchless technology and healthcare. Two new categories –...
Ambitious Bristol businesses with at least two years of sustained growth are being invited to apply for grants of £5,000 to accelerate their expansion. Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has £500,000 worth of funding available to aspiring scale-up businesses through its new High Impact Scale-Up Coaching Grants...
