SciSys, the specialist IT firm with an office in Bristol, has landed two contracts worth nearly £8m – ending a tough year for the company on a high note. The firm, which develops high-end software for blue-chip customers in the defence, government, media and space sectors, is to supply...
Vistair, the fast-growing Bristol-based airline safety software specialist, has landed a £9m investment to meet its international growth ambitions. The firm, which earlier this year won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its burgeoning international sales, secured the investment from Synova Capital, the UK growth equity firm....
Bristol-based recruitment group RSG is ending 2015 on a high by opening its first office in Ireland – completing 12 months of European expansion and continued growth. The Dublin base adds to those opened earlier this year in Munich and Amsterdam as it rolls out its Sanderson brand across...
Monday 14 December Interim: Cohort AGMs: Hunter Resources, Inland Homes, Gfinity, World Careers Network EGMs: Alliance Pharma, Rockhopper Exploration Tuesday 15 December Interims: Carpetright, Imagination Technologies Final: Pressure Technologies Trading statement: Petrofac AGMs: dotdigital, Etaireia Investment, Northamber, Sareum Holdings, Tristel, Utilitywise, Volution EGMs: Al Noor Hospitals, Hayward Tyler, hVivo...
Bristol has led the world at the Paris climate change talks by challenging national governments to work towards a groundbreaking global agreement, Mayor George Ferguson has said. As the summit draws to an end – an enters an extra day – he claimed as European Green Capital, the city...
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 Patrick Hart, TV & radio broadcaster & CEO of E-Com media, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Straight Outta Compton –...
Innovative Bristol firms Phineas Group and Limbs & Things have teamed up to create medical products that are already having a major impact in training healthcare professionals worldwide. Phineas Group, which specialises in designing and manufacturing a wide range of plastic shoe hangers and display products, has expanded into...
Neighbourly, the innovative community-business connector based in Bristol, has launched a service which aims to help tackle head-on the UK’s 15m tonnes-a-year waste food crisis. Social platform Neighbourly Food will assist in re-distributing surplus food, especially local fresh produce, to local charities, food banks and surplus recycling operations. At...
Bristol’s iconic Avon Gorge Hotel is under new ownership following its sale to the group behind the Hotel du Vin and Malmaison brands. The 75-bedroom Avon Gorge, famous for its terrace overlooking the Clifton Suspension Bridge, will continue under its existing name into next year when new owner Frasers...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub celebrates its two-year anniversary by inviting guests to the launch of Boxworks, a custom-designed workspace in 20 re-imagined shipping containers for the creative, digital and hi-tech industries. Boxworks expands the Engine Shed by 30% – enough space for around 120 entrepreneurs – and will provide much-needed...
Nuclear sector expert Michael Bray, a senior associate with Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon, has been appointed as vice chair of The Young Generation Network (YGN). Michael, pictured, will take up the two-year role on January 1. The YGN is one of the UK’s leading nuclear organisations and...
Small business network Enterprise Nation’s first panel event in Bristol takes place on Monday with a focus on business promotion. Called How to sell yourself and promote your business, the event next Monday evening will look at three essential techniques – sales, photography and marketing. The panel features serial...
Some of Bristol’s top employers have taken part in a day-long ‘Seeing is Believing’ visit designed to show them first-hand the key role businesses in the city can play to support people who face barriers into employment. Creating meaningful employment is one of the most significant ways that businesses contribute...
