Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

September 11, 2017
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Monday 11 September Finals: Abcam, K3 Capital Group, 1pm, Seeing Machines Interims: Be Heard Group, Cloudcall Group, Crossrider, Deltex Medical Group, EKF Diagnostics Holdings, HGCapital, John Laing Infrastructure Fund, Luceco, Pennant International. Restore, Starwood European Real Estate Finance, XLMedia Trading statement: Associated British Foods AGMs: Bailey (C.H.), Empyrean Energy,...

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Bristol ethical tea firm Pukka insists it won’t weaken its values despite surprise takeover by Unilever

September 8, 2017
Bristol ethical tea firm Pukka insists it won’t weaken its values despite surprise takeover by Unilever

Pukka Herbs, the Bristol-based highly ethical herbal tea and supplements business, has been snapped up by global grocery and household products giant Unilever in a deal that has brewed up strong feelings in the organic food industry. Unilever, whose brands range from Domestos to Marmite as well as PG...

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Fresh approach to ethical food retailing serves up strong growth for pioneering Bristol firm

September 8, 2017
Fresh approach to ethical food retailing serves up strong growth for pioneering Bristol firm

Bristol-based online ethical food retailer Fresh-range plans to triple sales to around £1m by the end of this year as demand continues to grow rapidly. The firm, founded in 2014 by Bristol entrepreneur Rich Osborn, pictured, is scaling fast after gaining new investment. It hit its crowdfunding target of...

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Leisure industry first as firms’ masterstroke creates pop-up pool for summer swimmers

September 8, 2017
Leisure industry first as firms’ masterstroke creates pop-up pool for summer swimmers

Circadian Trust, the firm managing leisure centres across South Gloucestershire for the local authority, has teamed up with swimming pool specialist Rio Pools to create what is believed to be a first for the UK leisure industry. The Bradley Stoke-based firm was keen to be able to offer summer...

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Bristol poet laureate finds words to help Computershare celebrate trailblazing reading buddies scheme

September 8, 2017
Bristol poet laureate finds words to help Computershare celebrate trailblazing reading buddies scheme

Bristol-based specialist financial services group Computershare has hosted a poetry reading masterclass by the city’s poet laureate Miles Chambers and eight schoolchildren to celebrate its work supporting pupils in local schools.  Many staff from Computershare, South Bristol’s biggest employer, spend one lunch hour a week reading with primary pupils...

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MIT selects innovative Bristol tech firm to help address global gender pay gap problem

September 8, 2017
MIT selects innovative Bristol tech firm to help address global gender pay gap problem

Gapsquare, the innovative Bristol tech start-up focusing on tackling the gender pay gap, has been selected as a finalist in a worldwide problem-solving project staged by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The MIT Solve Global Challenge looks at solving the world’s most pressing challenges through open innovation and...

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‘Ambitious, creative and inspiring’ Bristol Business School shortlisted for Times Higher Education award

September 8, 2017
‘Ambitious, creative and inspiring’ Bristol Business School shortlisted for Times Higher Education award

Strong engagement with business combined with impactful research and enterprise has put Bristol Business School in the running for major education award. The shortlisting, in the Business School of the Year category of the Times Higher Education Awards 2017, comes as the culmination of a “fantastic” year for the...

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Places still available for ‘smart tech’ pioneers at Venturefest’s investor showcase

September 8, 2017
Places still available for ‘smart tech’ pioneers at Venturefest’s investor showcase

Tech start-ups and scale-ups seeking funding have just a week left to apply for the Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase taking place as part of Venturefest Bristol & Bath next month. Applications, which must be in by September 15, are open to early stage tech firms – those looking for...

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Bristol Business Blog: Joanna Randall, managing director, Purplefish. What the Bell Pottinger story can teach us about reputation

September 8, 2017
Bristol Business Blog: Joanna Randall, managing director, Purplefish. What the Bell Pottinger story can teach us about reputation

International PR agency Bell Pottinger – or Bell Rottinger, as it is now being referred to – has had a pretty rough ride over the past few months, culminating this week in being booted out of industry trade body the PRCA for the next five years. But what happened?...

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