The Bristol and West of England China Bureau will link up with co-working space Desklodge House to present the latest in its series of Pow Wow business networking opportunity. Guests will be briefed on the latest trends in virtual office and co-working and take a tour of Desklodge House’s latest creative space during the event on...
Bristol’s visitor economy has received a double boost this week with launch of the UK’s largest integrated rail and bus ticket scheme and the latest Rough Guide travel book. Great Western Railway has joined forces with a host of bus providers to unveil its Great West Way Discoverer pass,...
Bristol marketing agency Mr B & Friends has completed a new brand identity and website for fast-growing regional broadband provider TrueSpeed. Keynsham-based TrueSpeed was launched five years ago by three investors fed up with poor broadband in their homes. It has since grown exponentially and connected its 2,000th household...
Specialist IT group SCISYS has said its action to avoid the impact of Brexit on its European space business was continuing to pay off with a strong order book. The group, which has a base in Brislington, moved its parent company from the UK to Ireland last year to...
A high-powered delegation of business and civic leaders heads to the US this weekend to promote Bristol as a vibrant business, creative and cultural hub. Led by Mayor Marvin Rees and West of England Metro Mayor Tim Bowles, the seven-day trip will include high-profile meetings with business, civic and...
Bristol-based mid-air touch technology firm Ultrahaptics has struck a deal with long-term US collaborator Leap Motion to create a major force in its fast-growing sector. While Ultrahaptics, which last December completed a £35m Series C round of investment, described the move as a ‘combination’, trade media reported that it...
Real estate services firm Avison Young has helped recycle 12.5 tonnes of furniture, fixtures and fittings from its recent Bristol office refurbishment to be reused by five community groups. The 2,852 items varied from furniture and light fittings to ceiling tiles and represented in-kind funding of £14,630. Importantly, the...
Creative talent from Bristol has been recognised in a list of the 50 most exciting, innovative and disruptive individuals and companies in the sector. Creative England’s annual CE50 uncovers the pioneers across the UK’s film, games and digital media industries. Those included in the list are chosen by industry...
A team of students from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has won a prestigious design award for a challenge to increase the take-up of shared parental leave. The three students worked on a brief set by the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts,...
Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Bristol’s most-popular visitor attraction, has been judged the friendliest and most-welcoming museum in Europe. Judges of the prestigious European Museum of the Year Awards awarded the iconic ship and its Being Brunel experience the prestigious Portimão Prize – the only UK attraction to feature among...
Innovative digital e-learning platform Elucidat has been advised by lawyers from the Bristol head office of national law firm TLT on a £3.5m funding aimed at speeding up its growth. The Series A investment from YFM Equity Partners will also be used by Brighton-based Elucidat to invest in staff...
The Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson and regional law firm Thrings have advised the family shareholders of a leading holiday cottage agency on its sale to the UK’s market leader in self-catering breaks in an all-West Country deal. Dorset Coastal Cottages’ acquisition by The Travel Chapter...
A group of Bristol entrepreneurs will next week achieve their dream of converting a long-disused former warehouse-turned-club into a vibrant creative hub celebrating the city’s music, nightlife and arts scenes. The Den, Dockside, in a former stone-arched Grade II listed building on Prince Street, will offer a sophisticated alternative...
