Burges Salmon welcomed more than 70 law students to its Bristol head office to take part in a Question Time-style panel session on infrastructure. The evening attracted students from Cardiff, London, Oxford and Cambridge as well as Bristol. Burges Salmon hosted the event in partnership with leading news source...
University of Bristol spin-out businesses Zeetta Networks and KETS Quantum Security have won a major venture capital initiative which will provide them with access to investors with funds totalling £125m. Teams from the two firms pitched their ideas to a panel of experts from BT, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Orange...
Four partners have been chosen by Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed to take forward its Diverse Workforce for the Future project. The four were among eight shortlisted projects presented to a full-house at the building’s ‘Ideas to Pitch’ event. From these, the Engine Shed team chose four to work...
Schoolchildren are to compete to design the fastest BLOODHOUND SSC-style car in a new video game created by students at UWE Bristol. Games technology students will launch Speed Titans next week at a BLOODHOUND showcase event where the Bristol-built vehicle will be put through its paces. It will be...
Take up of office space in Bristol has shot up by a third over the past three months as demand continues to outstrip supply, according to figure released this week. But the strong market is again leading to warnings over a looming dire shortage of prime space in both...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has added to its 2017 trophy haul by being named Large Practice of the Year at the UK’s Practice Excellence Awards. The firm, which has the largest of its seven offices in Bristol, landed the accolade against stiff competition from across the country due...
The Marketing Centre, the UK’s leading provider of part-time marketing directors, has appointed John Courtney as its new regional director for the West Country & Wales. John, pictured, founded Strategy Digital, a 50-person digital marketing agency based in Brislington, which he sold to Fat Media in 2015. He is...
In a classic David-versus-Goliath smackdown, a US-based musician-turned-programmer has won a protracted legal struggle against the mighty Trump Organization over rights to the ‘iTrump’ trade mark. Tom Scharfield is the founder, CEO and, indeed, sole employee of app developer Spoonjack. A keen brass player, he is the creator of...
A free cyber security workshop to teach small firms how to protect against online threats is being staged by Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise. The half-day workshop on November 7 is being held at BRAVE’s offices at The Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol, BS2 8QN. Booking...
