Specialist Bristol animation studio A Productions has worked on a series of videos supporting young people’s and families’ emotional wellbeing for the global organisation behind Sesame Street. A Productions, which has previously animated a number of Sesame Street specials, was commissioned by Sesame Workshop to produce three films featuring favourite characters from the...
Bristol-based specialist PR consultancy Distinctive Communications is celebrating adding a three new clients to its books. The agency has joined the project team at The Underfall Yard Trust in Bristol to support its continued recovery from a fire which damaged the historic attraction and working boatyard last year. The team...
National consumer law firm Simpson Millar has appointed experienced clinical negligence solicitor Claire Levene to is Bristol office. Claire, pictured, brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role, 18 of them spent working on behalf of clients who have sustained birth-related injuries. She also specialises in complex injuries...
International legal practice Osborne Clarke’s state-of-the-art new Bristol office has won a prestigious accolade for its innovative design. The project topped the Fit Out of the Year category of the British Council for Offices’ (BCO) South of England and South Wales Awards, which are widely viewed as the benchmark for excellence...
Sports lawyers in the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott have advised long-standing client, global sports, music and entertainment agency Wasserman, on its acquisition of the UK’s leading women’s football agency. Volante Sports’s client roster includes England and Arsenal star Alessia Russo, fellow Arsenal player Emily Fox, Chelsea’s Jorja Fox...
A Bristol-based coffee brand is to expand its reach and strengthen its team after securing a loan from alternative regional funder SWIG Finance. TrueStart Coffee, which is led by entrepreneurial husband-and-wife team Helena and Simon Hills, will use the £158,000 loan to take advantage of growth opportunities with new...
Experts in law firm Thrings’ Bristol office have advised on a deal to create the South West’s largest new forest in a generation. The 422-acre woodland is to be established between Bristol and Bath by Bristol-based charity Avon Needs Trees. Once complete, the 100,000-tree Lower Chew Forest will be...
Monday May 20 Finals: Kainos Group, Union Jack Oil, Likewise Group Tuesday May 21 Finals: Caledonia Investments, Pennant International Group, Diaceutics, Cranswick, FD Technologies, Calnex Solutions, Assura Interims: SSP Group, Avon Protection, Topps Tiles, Watkin Jones, Ixico Trading announcement: Smiths Group Wednesday May 22 Finals: C&C Group, Great Portland Estates,...
A University of Bristol spin-out developing cutting-edge technology that could vastly improve human cell research and lead to better healthcare has raised £450,000 in its first funding round. Impulsonics’ innovative acoustic technology uses acoustic waves to move cells inside sterile containers without touching them. Despite advances in biotechnology, cell...
Eight independent Bristol food and drink businesses have been given the chance to sell to thousands of potential customers at this year’s Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The fledgling traders have been selected to take part in a new scheme launched this year by the iconic event’s organisers, which aims...
Bristol specialist vehicle leasing firm Vanaways and business finance provider Crystal Business Finance SW, also based in the city, have teamed up to help a local community charity buy a new luxury minibus. Bristol Rovers Community Trust will now save precious funds with the support of the two businesses while also...
The Bristol-based founders of premier new model law firm Temple Bright have teamed up with a former PwC and KPMG partner to launch Source, an innovative new business in the rapidly growing flexible legal resourcing market. Its launch comes as corporates of all sizes increasingly turn to flexible models...
Bristol Airport has hit the milestone of 10m passengers passing through its terminal in a 12-month period for the first time in its history. The landmark means the airport is now running at capacity while its biggest capital project for more than two decades is underway. This includes a £60m development,...
