The Bristol office of South West accountancy group PKF Francis Clark has advised Bloom & Wild, the fast-growing flower delivery business, on a second international acquisition in three months. The acquisition of leading French online florist Very Bloom SAS, which trades as Bergamotte, for an undisclosed sum, continues the...
LatchAid, the Bristol firm using innovative technology to revolutionise breastfeeding, is expanding further by launching its new app during World Breastfeeding Week. LatchAid, which is part of the SETsquared Bristol incubator, was set up by Dr Chen Mao Davies, an Oscar and BAFTA-winning expert in computer graphics and animation,...
A former city centre amusement arcade will fittingly become a hub for students to learn creative computing, software development and games art when it reopens in September as part of an extension to Bristol’s Access Creative College. Phase 2 of the college’s Bristol city centre campus on All Saints Street,...
Flights operated by Irish airline Aer Lingus from Bristol Airport to Dublin restart this weekend, opening up Ireland again to fully vaccinated British citizens and paving the way for convenient transatlantic services when unfettered travel to the US returns. Ireland is the first country in Europe to allow people...
Hachette UK, one of the country’s largest publishers, has opened an office in Bristol as it looks to break out of the ‘London bubble’ and increase the diversity of its workforce. The office is one of five new bases the publisher is launching over the next three months. Manchester...
The South West’s tech businesses have bounced back strongly from the pandemic, according to a new survey, with more than half saying they are now performing better than their pre-Covid levels. Some 96% of tech firm leaders, including founders and directors, said they were optimistic about the future with...
The government’s new Innovation Strategy, which aims to turbo charge the UK’s most pioneering businesses, will fall flat unless its key decisions are devolved to the regions, according to West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris. In his latest broadside against what he sees as over control by Westminster,...
Bootcamps for people looking for new and additional skills to embark on a career in marketing or business development are to be launched across the West of England – and employers are being urged to get involved to help the students. Supported by the West of England Combined Authority...
To date, the government has spent more than £372bn on the nation’s response to Covid-19 and while much of the financial support on offer is due to end in a few months’ time, the spiralling costs have had a heavy hit on the public finances. That is why we...
The South West team of LDC, the leading mid-market private equity firm, is predicting significant growth and investment opportunities for small and mid-sized businesses over the coming year as the regional economy recovers from the pandemic. The Bristol-based team completed three deals in the first half of this year...
Staycations and home working have helped Bristol-based café-bar chain Loungers bounce back strongly from a year in which its sales more than halved. The firm said since fully re-opening on May 17, like-for-like sales had soared by 23.7% against the same nine weeks in 2019. This was due to post-Covid...
Bristol-based travel firm Pure Breaks is aiming to play a key role in developing a ‘new normal’ for its industry based on sustainability and ethics now restrictions are slowly being eased. The firm specialises in high-end overseas experiences where the financial benefits go to the people who live in the...
Bristol Airport will take its biggest step so far towards recovering from the pandemic this weekend when its largest airline easyJet operates more than 80 flights to European holiday destinations. The airline is preparing to carry nearly 10,000 passengers this weekend from Bristol to Green and Amber destinations across...
