Bristol communications agency Brandon Hill has been named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy of the Year at the West of England PRide Awards. The agency, launched by former Strategy PR boss Ian Muir five years ago, beat a strong field to collect gold in the hotly-contested category. The award crowned...
Bristol communications agency Brandon Hill has been named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy of the Year at the West of England PRide Awards. The agency, launched by former Strategy PR boss Ian Muir five years ago, beat a strong field to collect gold in the hotly-contested category. The award crowned...
EXCLUSIVE Foreign ownership of British companies does not matter if they continue to invest in research, development and manufacturing in the UK, the Duke of York said during an official visit to Bristol this week. Speaking exclusively to Bristol Business News, he said many former British businesses had successfully...
Key figures from the West’s PR industry will be gathering in Bristol this evening for the prestigious CIPR West of England PRide Awards. The awards are the only ones of their kind to showcase the best PR work in the region and the winners will be announced at a...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) in the South West today called for stronger backing for Bristol Airport to ensure it develops further, including introducing more flights to European and Middle East business destinations and the return of the direct service to the US. IoD regional chairman Gerry Jones made...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol has won the Outstanding Achievement Award in this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight Awards. The city came top in the three categories it entered with the judges calling it head and shoulders above other towns and cities. Bristol Fairtrade co-ordinator, Jenny Foster, and other members of...
EXCLUSIVE The Duke of York has called on the spirit of Brunel to inspire the next generation of innovators during an official visit to Bristol. The Duke toured Bristol University's SETsquared Centre, which helps small develop small hi-tech businesses, and also met young people at Brunel's SS Great Britain,...
Business failures are rising faster in the South West than the national average as the tough market conditions and weak economy take their toll. The latest figures from business information provider Equifax show the number of businesses going bust in the region climbed by 22.5% during the three months...
UK economic growth has stalled and the Bank of England’s latest £75bn injection is unlikely to kick start it, another downbeat report said today. The respected Ernst & Young ITEM Club, which bases its quarterly report on the Treasury’s models, downgraded its forecast for growth this year from the...
Lord Paul Boateng, the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury and British High Commissioner to South Africa, will speak on the challenges and opportunities for democracy in North and sub-Saharan Africa as part of Bristol’s Afika Eye film festival. In an event co-hosted by Afrika Eye and Bristol Festival...
Unemployment has shot up to a 17-year high of 2.57m across the UK, worse-than-expected official figures showed this week. The 114,000 increase between June and August took the official jobless rate to 8.1% – and immediately triggered calls for the Government to take firm action to avoid further increases....
Bristol’s Ramada Hotel, which went into administration more than two weeks ago, is under new management follow a deal struck with Focus Hotels. The takeover has secured all 170 jobs at the hotel and a sister site near Heathrow Airport which has also been acquired by Focus. The hotels...
The Bristol offices of accountants and business advisers Baker Tilly and law firm Bond Pearce have successful worked on an acquisition deal involving two Swindon firms. Under the deal pioneering housing and regeneration agency GreenSquare Group acquired heating contractor and consultant G W Sparrow. GreenSquare was formed in April...
