Armchair sports enthusiasts bored with a lack of live games due to the Covid-19 pandemic can thank a Bristol production firm for bringing some as-it-happens online activity to their screens in the shape of a professional darts tournament staged in the player’s own homes. Loop Productions, based at the...
Innovative Bristol recruitment firm ISL has appeared in a prestigious table of the UK’s best places to work for the third time in four years. ISL, which employs 25 people, was first ranked in the Best Workplaces list compiled by Great Place to Work in 2017. It reached fourth...
A communications package has been developed by two Bristol communications specialists to help businesses ensure they are in the best position to recover from the coronavirus outbreak. The ‘Review and Reset’ package is the brainchild of two local Karen White and Catherine Frankpitt, pictured. They have brought their PR...
Fast-growing Bristol search engine optimisation (SEO) firms upUgo and GoRank are poised to enter new markets, including opening a joint office in the US, after receiving £500,000 from an angel investor. Both businesses, which have a combined value of £10m following the deal, are supporting clients moving to online...
Fitting out some of Bristol’s most stylish restaurants and bars has helped integrated services contractor Mobius Works achieved a 42% increase in annual turnover. The Warmley-based firm, launched three years ago with just three staff, also worked with national pub chains and on a number of office and luxury...
Gil Lemon, partner, restructuring and recovery services at Smith & Williamson in Bristol, anticipates government changes to insolvency laws intended to help businesses in financial trouble – and explains why individual directors need to be careful. Last week Business Secretary Alok Sharma announced further changes to insolvency law designed...
Business owners in Bristol can find out more about the support measures on offer from the government via an easy-to-follow way interactive guide on financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson’s website. The guide, accessed from the site’s homepage of the website, can be used by both employers...
Business organisations have welcomed new measures by the government to help small firms survive the coronavirus pandemic, reflecting the fact that around half are being rejected for loans under the existing scheme. Business West, the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, said Chancellor Rishi Sunak, pictured, had listened...
Bristol-based bar chain Loungers has put 99% of employees on furlough, slashed its directors’ salaries in half and is aiming to raise more than £8m by issuing new shares as it takes action to protect the business during the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown. With all the group’s 167 Lounges and...
A single source of information and guidance tailored specifically to Bristol city centre firms has been set up by the area’s Business Improvement District (BID). The Covid-19 hub includes a live webinar series covering everything from retail, rent and landlord issues, insurance, risk management and business interruption relating to...
Five Bristol firms ranging from an ethical bank to an exhibition business and a youth empowerment organisation, have been awarded coveted Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. The accolades won by Triodos Bank, Ignition, Babbasa, CameraForensics and Unify Communications, are the most prestigious for UK businesses in the country and are...
More than 100 new plant species could be introduced to the former Gardiner Haskins site in Old Market by developer First Base to underline its commitment to supporting Bristol’s ecological emergency. The London-based developer, which announced the plan to coincide with Earth Day, said it aims to provide a...
The government’s decision not to help business owners who take dividends rather than draw a salary has been questioned by one business owner who took part in the Business West survey on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Lucy Bristow, managing director of Bristol recruitment consultants Lucy Bristow Appointments,...
