Bristol-based internal communications specialist Synergy Creative has been acquired by McCann Worldgroup, the global marketing group. McCann, which also has an office in Bristol, said taking over Synergy would broaden its employee engagement and organisational culture capabilities. Synergy’s recent client wins include budget supermarket group Aldi, furniture retailer DFS...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an emergency £330bn package to support businesses during the coronavirus crisis. Mr Sunak, pictured, said the move was equivalent to 15% of the UK’s GDP and added that if demand was greater than the initial £330bn he would go further and provide as much...
More than 500 people working at global accountancy group KPMG’s Bristol office were told to work from home today as the city begins to come to terms with the rapid spread of coronavirus. KPMG’s decision to close the Queen Square office – along with its London headquarters – is...
Bristol-based cxpartners, a consultancy specialising in customer experience and user-centred design for clients such as Spotify, eBay and the BBC, has been acquired by a French digital transformation firm. Following the deal, Cxpartners – which also has a base in London and employs more than 50 people – has...
The battle of the bats returns to Bristol in May when the city’s third Ping Pong Fight Club takes place – and businesses are being urged to sign up to enter teams for the unique, all-action event. This year the popular table-top challenge moves to the larger venue of...
A new Bristol creative consultancy is aiming to shake up the marketing industry with a virtual model and strong sense of social purpose. Sparro House, which claims to be one of the first virtual marketing consultancies in the South West, will bring together brand, digital and communications expertise under...
Empica, one of the Bristol area’s longest-established PR and communications agencies, has been appointed to act for two organisations at the opposite ends of life. The Wraxall-based agency is now working with fertility treatment provider Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) and Bristol Memorial Woodlands, pictured, which provides a...
A limited edition veggie pie made by Bristol specialist food and restaurant firm Pieminister is to become a permanent fixture on its new summer menu after tasting success in a major awards scheme. The latest addition to Pieminister’s growing plant-based range, the Evergreen, pictured, scooped Gold at the recent...
Bristol creative businesses that want to expand are being encouraged to bid for a new funding programme before its March 31 deadline. The Creative Scale Up programme, run by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and financed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, aims to...
The Chancellor’s decision to cut, rather than scrap, Entrepreneurs’ Relief received a mixed response from Bristol advisors but his increase in investment in research and development was widely welcomed. Campbell McKellar, a solicitor in Bristol law firm Meade King’s company and commercial team, said many of its clients in the midst...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s response to the coronavirus crisis in his Budget – but warned that its commitment to funding big-scale ‘levelling-up’ infrastructure projects through borrowing could unravel if the economy goes into recession. Managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said a...
The CBI described Rishi Sunak’s first Budget as “bold” in combining the much-needed immediate response to the coronavirus crisis with longer-term measures to boost the economy. Director-general Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, pictured, said the Chancellor had worked against the clock in deeply challenging times to deliver two Budgets in one...
Key points from the 2020 Budget so far . . . Growth forecasts updated to 1.4% for 2020 and 1.6% for 2021 Planned rise in alcohol duties cancelled Fuel duty frozen Government to abolish business rates for small shops this year levy on electricity frozen and increased on gas...
