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A free business support programme in Bristol for aspiring women founders has launched for its fourth year. Enterprise Women is staged by SETsquared Bristol, the University of Bristol-led tech incubator that was recently ranked the UK’s Top Startup Hub by the Financial Times. Over the course of the six-month...
Bart, the long-established Bristol herbs and spices manufacturer, has refreshed its brand with a redesign by a city-based creative agency aimed at the ‘modern foodie’. The firm, which was founded in 1963 as a family-owned business and is now the UK’s fastest-growing brand in its category, described the move...
Regional accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark is celebrating its Bristol office’s fifth anniversary with a pledge to continue to expand in the city. The office on Victoria Street, which opened with just three staff, is now home to a team of 75 accountants and tax advisors. Its steady growth through...
Corporate and tax lawyers based in the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised on the first acquisition made by a fast-growing niche financial crime risk and compliance consultancy. The team worked with Plenitude, a portfolio company of Growth Capital Partners (GCP), on its takeover of financial...
A North Bristol office building previously occupied by the MoD is to be transformed into premium workspace by its new owner. 1300 Parkway North, pictured, was acquired by Warwickshire-based independent property developer Loxton for just over £2m. The 30,250 sq ft three-storey building is now to be renamed York...
Conservation and education charity Bristol Zoological Society has chosen Grundon as its waste management partner as it continues to develop a new, world-class zoo on the city’s outskirts. The three-year contract on the Bristol Zoo Project near Cribbs Causeway includes waste management and recycling services in anticipation of a...
Monday June 3 Finals: Sirius Real Estate, Genincode Interim: Hollywood Bowl Group Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday June 4 Final: LondonMetric Property Interims: Chemring Group, Gooch & Housego Economic announcements: Retail sales, BRC sales monitor Wednesday June 5 Finals: Ninety One, B&M European Value Retail, Workspace Group, DiscoverIE Group,...
A University of Bristol scheme aiming to equip its early career researchers with the skills needed to commercialise their projects has signed up 10 ambitious academics as advisers. The academics, who work in fields as diverse as artificial intelligence, medical education, composite manufacturing, and next-generation cameras, have become the...
Bristol-based soft drinks company Counter Culture Drinks has signed up the first two charities to its pioneering ownership model that commits 51% of the business’s shares to supporting social and environmental causes. The Bedminster firm, which makes a range of kombucha-based drinks, is also donating 5% of total sales...
