National law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has advised on two major investments by Quilam Capital, a provider of funding and expert guidance to businesses operating in the speciality finance market. Its investments in fintech Raylo and Merchant Money, a UK-wide business lender, are the...
Babbasa, the Bristol social enterprise that works to transform the lives of young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds, has appointed six new board members to help drive its vision and mission. The individuals have been selected to assist with specific facets of operating a social enterprise as...
The Bristol office of law firm Shakespeare Martineau has advised on the sale of a long-standing and highly specialised biotech client in a cross-border deal. Tarn-Pure’s technology is used primarily to treat and control water borne pathogens that are harmful to human health, such as legionella, E.coli and pseudomonas. ...
Bristol-based independent digital marketing agency Flourish has made a key appointment to its senior leadership team to strengthen its capabilities and future-proof its offering to its clients. Rob Manley, pictured, joins as technical director to lead its delivery of CRM (customer relationship management) programmes across its client portfolio. His...
Business West is to mark International Women’s Day with an event celebrating the region’s female entrepreneurs and focusing on the importance of promoting gender equity in business. A panel of five inspirational women from the region will discuss a range of topics at the event on 8 March, such...
Bristol businesses can benefit from free soft skills training following new research showing their importance in the modern workplace. Business West, the regional business group that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has worked with the West of England Institute of Technology (WEIoT) to launch a new soft skills certificate with...
Twelve innovative tech start-ups have joined the acclaimed tech incubator SETsquared Bristol to accelerate their growth. The new cohort represents a range of sectors as well as creative uses of technology to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems – from improved access to healthcare and education to...
The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on an $18m (£14.8m) fundraising for a fast-growing virtual reality (VR) training business used by some of the world’s biggest companies. London-based Gemba helps global enterprises such as Philips, Pfizer, Nike, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Johnson & Johnson and...
A group of Bristol investors is backing a firm developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed in a deal that brings its technology another step closer to everyday use. Sustainable biotech business Kelpi invented the unique compostable material to replace single-use fossil fuel plastics, which take hundreds of years...
Bristol media centre Watershed is financing six creative teams to build prototypes that connect people to their city in the latest version of its innovative Playable City scheme. Watershed launched the Playable City Award 10 years ago, inviting artists from across the globe to create playful, creative technology installations that...
Bristol businesses that have links with China will next week get the chance to usher in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit at a banquet in the city. Staged by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau as an annual showpiece, the dinner brings together firms and professionals...
Bristol-based pioneering hand-tracking software firm Ultraleap is continuing on its mission to remove boundaries between physical and digital worlds by recruiting the former group head of TV product at Vodafone. Miguel Rodrigues, pictured, joins Ultraleap as senior vice president (SVP) of product from Kaltura, a video streaming company that...
A tech platform set up by a Bristol social enterprise to link community tree-planting groups with businesses that have unused land has secured funding to help it grow into a national operation. Called Project Vana, the platform has been devised by TISCreport, a business set up in in 2016...
