Work will start next month on a £44m project to prepare a Bristol bus depot for the launch of more than 70 new electric buses on the city’s network. The First West of England depot at Hengrove will be fitted with increased power and multiple gantries to distribute the...
Tech incubator SETsquared Bristol will celebrate 20 years of its flagship pitch, demo and connect showcase next week. Sixteen start-ups will promote their innovative technologies to an audience of more than 150 business leaders and investors at Tech-Xpo – with eight of them competing for Best Elevator Pitch on the night. The event...
Two Bristol-headquartered high-tech firms operating in the subsea and offshore wind sectors have merged to create the only company of its type in the world while also doubling its workforce over the next year. Rovco and its spin-off Vaarst have been at the forefront of developing and deploying AI...
Bristol recruitment agency Kingston Barnes has teamed up with a pioneering environmental organisation to plant a tree for each of its candidate it permanently places in work. The partnership with London-based Evertreen is already bearing fruit – since it began in July 55 trees have been planted, offsetting more...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of Osborne Clarke have advised on two major deals in the fintech and creative sectors. A cross-firm team worked with investor BGF on its £16.5m investment in leading B2B platform Twenty7tec while its corporate team helped the shareholders of New Commercial Arts (NCA), a...
Bristol integrated brand agency saintnicks has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Marcus Culloty as its new creative director. Marcus, pictured, has more than 17 years’ experience working for some of the UK and Ireland’s leading network and independent agencies, including Havas, Publicis and The Leith Agency,...
The UK’s small charities are operating in an increasingly challenging and complex landscape – but the playing field can be levelled by strategic communications, according to new research. The report into the £88bn sector by Bristol-based specialist comms agency Strike, shows how charities that use a more strategic approach...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has hailed the success of its apprenticeship scheme after all four of the latest cohort were admitted to its roll of solicitors. The firm has been a strong supporter of legal apprenticeships since they were introduced in 2015 and has since helped shape...
Staff from accountancy firm EY’s Bristol office have walked, baked and quizzed their way to raising more than £19,000 for Cancer Research UK. The world’s leading independent charity for cancer research, influence and information, Cancer Research UK was chosen as the office’s 2023/24 charity following a vote by employees as part...
Monday September 16 Final: Wilmington Interims: AOTI, Greencoat Renewables, M P Evans Group, Facilities by ADF, HydrogenOne Capital Growth, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Tuesday September 17 Finals: Litigation Capital Management, Springfield Properties, Ferguson Enterprises, Target Healthcare REIT Interims: JTC, Good Energy Group, Kingfisher, EKF Diagnostics Holdings, Fintel, Billington Holdings, EJF...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Albert Goodman audit partner Neil Johnston answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. In typical Guy Ritchie style it didn’t require...
Clue Software, the Bristol firm working internationally to help detect and prevent corruption and other crimes, has appointed a world-renowned counter-fraud expert as its head of economic crime. Laura Eshelby has joined the business after 10 years at the Cabinet Office, where she was the deputy director for practice,...
The University of Bristol’s reputation as a leader in artificial intelligence research and education – which dates back to its work on robots in the 1940s – has been recognised with two major AI industry awards. As well as topping the ‘AI University of The Year’ category at the...
