Bristol specialist marketing agency EMO is taking the lead role in getting communities engaged in the Department of Health’s national Stoptober stop smoking campaign – the latest in a series of high-profile wins for the firm and further proof of the city’s burgeoning creative sector talent. EMO, which works...
Businesses in Bristol and across the West have increased sales and orders despite the harsh trading conditions, according to Business West’s latest quarterly economic survey. As a result they are coping better than their counterparts in other areas of the UK with the national picture worsening over the past...
West brewer Bath Ales has signed a lease for its biggest outlet to date and one that is set to become a flagship for the fast-growing business. At just over 5,000 sq ft, the new site is double the size of any of the Warmley-based brewery’s other outlets. Bath...
Two more firms have moved into the Bath Road Studios office complex recently created at ITV’s landmark Bristol building. IT support company Signal Networks has taken a five-year lease on the 1,773 sq ft Zone 9, while The Pilates Studio has leased a 1,037 sq ft ground floor studio,...
Employers and professionals from across Bristol are being encouraged to help skill-up the city’s school leavers by supporting the RSG Bristol Young Student of the Year competition. Officially launched next Wednesday with more than 18 schools and 35 teams already registered, the initiative has attracted significant backing from main...
Eleven businesses have moved into the zone since its April opening, creating 306 jobs. Two have come from outside the UK and five from outside the West of England. A dedicated Enterprise Zone Control Committee has been established to streamline and speed up planning decisions. Local Development Orders have...
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is shaping up to give the city a unique opportunity to position itself as one of the UK’s most dynamic centres for creative, hi-tech and sustainable businesses, the latest event to showcase its progress was told. The 70-hectare (173-acre) zone also demonstrates that Bristol...
Bristol’s Aardman Animations has teamed up with the British Film Institute (BFI) to launch a pioneering partnership to develop the animation talent of tomorrow. The move is part of a near £500m, five-year boost to the UK film industry announced by the BFI today which will focus on investment...
IAD Rail Systems, the Weston-super-Mare manufacturer of specialist track equipment, has been bought by Network Rail for an undisclosed sum. The firm, part of the North Somerset-based Claverham, the diversified aerospace and defence group, supplies Network Rail with high-quality switching equipment that helps prevent points failure – often a...
Staff at accountants Grant Thornton’s Bristol office have raised more than £13,000 for Children’s Hospice South West since making it the office’s chosen charity in January last year. Dress down days, cake sales, raffles and 5-a-side football tournaments have been held, and staff have taken part in the charity’s...
A prominent retail and office building in central Bristol is on the market with a £2m price tag. The 53,000 sq ft Southey and Aylward House, which occupies the corner site of Wine Street and Union Street opposite Castle Park and The Galleries shopping mall, sits on a 0.42-acre...
The first direct flights between the West of England and the Danish capital of Copenhagen have been launched by easyJet, the largest operator at Bristol Airport. The four-times weekly service operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with easyJet saying it will appeal to business and leisure passengers. One-way...
Lawyers from Bristol firm Burges Salmon have advised private equity firm Gresham on its role in the £25m management buyout (MBO) of digital corporate communications specialist Investis. Headquartered in London, Investis services more than 1,000 clients across the globe from offices in the UK, Germany, Italy, Finland and India....
