You may have seen TV coverage of the trial we are carrying out at our materials recovery facility (MRF) near Cheltenham, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the sorting and recovery of plastic waste. The MRF in question is one of six around the South of England at which...
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 Naomi Gee, mortgage broker at Manning Gee Investments, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? True Spirit – a movie based on...
Ten senior staff at fast-growing Bristol eCommerce agency The Pixel, which boasts a blue-chip client base that includes Screwfix, JoJo Maman Bébé and The National Trust, have become co-owners of the business in a management buy-out (MBO). The move provides leadership team continuity and further strengthens the market proposition to...
Bristol-based specialist packaging firm SH Fiske has been acquired by a business with a complementary product range in a deal secured by city-based Harbourside Corporate Finance. Fiske, which was founded in 1948 and became family owned 31 years later, specialises in designing, developing and producing a range of packaging...
Bristol specialist intelligent automation and inspection firm Perceptual Robotics is to expand into North and Latin America and double the size of its team after securing its largest-ever investment. The £2.7m, which has come from a consortium of investors, is the latest funding for the firm, which uses autonomous drones...
Bristol Junior Chamber has kicked off its 75th anniversary year with its first-ever all-female leadership team. The group was founded in 1948 to promote trade, commerce and industry in the city and provide its members with professional networking and skills development opportunities. Since then it has been involved in...
Crossbench peer and former head of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller is guest speaker at next week’s ICAEW West of England annual business dinner – one of the largest gatherings of its kind in the region’s business calendar. The black-tie event, which takes place on Thursday at Ashton Gate Stadium, traditionally brings...
National audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has promoted David Broughton to partner in its Bristol office’s risk assurance team. David, pictured, leads the firm’s risk assurance team in the South West and Wales. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the risk assurance space, advising the...
Global banking giant HSBC has delivered a boost to Bristol’s city centre commercial property market by acquiring space in one of its largest flagship office developments for a new South West regional base. The bank is to occupy 11,000 sq ft of the 200,000 sq ft EQ building, pictured,...
University of Bristol spin-out Forefront RF has raised £6.7m in a new funding round to support the growth of its technology, which is set to revolutionise the way smartphones and devices are designed. The semiconductor firm is commercialising academic research originally conducted at the university, including speeding up and...
Confidence among West of England firms has recovered sharply from its slump last year, according to the latest research by the region’s largest business organisation – but continued staff shortages are now adding to their problems. The quarterly survey by Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, shows...
Pioneering Bristol-based giving platform Neighbourly is to help medium-sized firms find and support local charities and causes, so increasing their social and environmental impact. Neighbourly’s platform was launched in 2014 to match large businesses with local good causes. It has since facilitated the donation of 120,000-plus volunteer hours, £23m...
The positive work environment at regional accountancy and advisory firm Bishop Fleming, which has the largest of its eight offices in Bristol, has been recognised by the Great Place to Work organisation. The accolade follows a survey of the firm’s employees by the global authority on workplace culture, which...
