Bristol-based ‘guerrilla’ PR agency OggaDoon’s creative content manager Emily Perkins has been promoted to associate director less than two years after joining the firm. Emily, pictured, has contributed strategic insight and expertise by speaking at a variety of events in the region, including OiConf, Bath Digital Festival and DBM. ...
An enterprising 29-year-old from Bristol, who lived as a nomad during a year-long global adventure, has been named as a finalist in a nationwide competition to find the UK’s most game-changing young entrepreneurs. Bex Band, who has also kayaked the breadth of the UK to protest about plastic pollution,...
Nominations have opened for The SPARKies, the coveted awards showcasing the best of the West of England’s tech sector. The awards, now in their seventh year, recognise the businesses and individuals who make Bristol, Bath and surroundings a tech powerhouse and shine a light on their amazing wealth of...
Confidence levels among West of England firms have dropped significantly – with orders and sales also down – according to the latest survey by Business West, with the region’s largest business organisation blaming Brexit uncertainty for the slump. All measures in the survey of around 500 firms were in...
Bristol’s Paintworks development – one of the region’s most creative regeneration schemes – is to be completed following a £30m deal between its owners and a South West property firm. Rengen, a Bath-based subsidiary of Bristol group Iesis, acquired the fourth and final phase of the scheme from London-based...
Two new staff have joined Smallprint, the Bristol-based keepsake jewellery business, as it looks for further expansion. The firm, which hand makes sterling silver jewellery bearing finger, hand and footprints as well as drawing and writing, has developed a worldwide network of franchisees on five continents since its launch...
Communications agency McCann Central has appointed former Berkeley Communications director of strategy Pat Southwell to lead its PR and social team in Bristol. Pat, pictured, spent nearly six years at Berkeley in London, where was also a group board director and contributed to significant growth, helping win and consult...
More than 900 private firms in the South West have the potential to grow exponentially and create thousands of jobs, according to new research. These 937 businesses have generated £2.8bn of turnover growth and created nearly 13,500 jobs in the past three years, the report by investment group BGF...
Bristol-based Grand Prix Events, a specialist in Formula 1-related corporate hospitality, luxury travel and experiences, has been sold to Exclusive GP in a deal that completed in time for this year’s F1 season. Portishead-based Exclusive GP was itself acquired by US hospitality group QuintEvents last summer, putting Grand Prix Events...
Ethical tea firm Pukka Herbs is to provide herb gardens to 40 schools across England as part of a programme led by Bristol-based the Soil Association to encourage children to connect with nature. Pukka, which moved its headquarters from South Bristol to Keynsham last year, has teamed up with sustainable...
A new style of premium business networking pioneered in Bristol is being extended to Bath next month when the highly successful EVO group holds its first meeting in the area. EVO (Evolution Business Networking) has earned a reputation as the South West’s freshest business networking company since launching three...
Global number one business incubator network the SETsquared Partnership, which is backed by the University of Bristol, has boosted its services to scale-ups by starting an online investment platform. The network has teamed up with London-based Envestors,the fintech for fundraising company, to help its scale-ups secure financial backing. Founded...
Channel 4 looks set to open its Bristol creative hub in the city’s Finzels Reach waterfront development this autumn. The broadcaster announced its plans to open the base, employing around 50 people, last October under its plan to decentralise decision-making and programme commissioning out of its London, where it...
