Creative/Media

Hat-trick of new account wins for Distinctive Communications as it enters third year in business

May 23, 2024
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Hat-trick of new account wins for Distinctive Communications as it enters third year in business

Bristol-based specialist PR consultancy Distinctive Communications is celebrating adding a three new clients to its books. The agency has joined the project team at The Underfall Yard Trust in Bristol to support its continued recovery from a fire which damaged the historic attraction and working boatyard last year. The team...

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Clarke Willmott helps US sports giant acquire agency handling UK’s top women footballers

May 22, 2024
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Clarke Willmott helps US sports giant acquire agency handling UK’s top women footballers

Sports lawyers in the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott have advised long-standing client, global sports, music and entertainment agency Wasserman, on its acquisition of the UK’s leading women’s football agency. Volante Sports’s client roster includes England and Arsenal star Alessia Russo, fellow Arsenal player Emily Fox, Chelsea’s Jorja Fox...

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Finance deal creates more jobs and opens up new opportunities for Bristol ethical coffee business

May 22, 2024
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Finance deal creates more jobs and opens up new opportunities for Bristol ethical coffee business

A Bristol-based coffee brand is to expand its reach and strengthen its team after securing a loan from alternative regional funder SWIG Finance. TrueStart Coffee, which is led by entrepreneurial husband-and-wife team Helena and Simon Hills, will use the £158,000 loan to take advantage of growth opportunities with new...

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Bristol Balloon Fiesta to give city’s indie traders a massive lift with launch of special bursary scheme

May 17, 2024
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Bristol Balloon Fiesta to give city’s indie traders a massive lift with launch of special bursary scheme

Eight independent Bristol food and drink businesses have been given the chance to sell to thousands of potential customers at this year’s Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The fledgling traders have been selected to take part in a new scheme launched this year by the iconic event’s organisers, which aims...

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Shadow Culture Secretary gets lesson in how social impact funding is creating Bristol’s future talent

May 17, 2024
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Shadow Culture Secretary gets lesson in how social impact funding is creating Bristol’s future talent

Bristol-based ‘disruptive educator’ boomsatsuma has shown Labour’s Shadow Culture Secretary and Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire how ethical funding can improve communities, culture and learning. It also urged her to ensure a future Labour government would reform education funding to enable it to help more young people from often-marginalised communities across...

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Switch-on for Bristol’s world-class supercomputer opens up powerful new horizons for UK scientists

May 17, 2024
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Switch-on for Bristol’s world-class supercomputer opens up powerful new horizons for UK scientists

The University of Bristol’s groundbreaking, £225m Isambard-AI phase one supercomputer is now live – and has immediately been crowned as the UK’S fastest and most powerful as well as the world’s second greenest. Scientists will soon be able to use Isambard-AI, pictured in its temporary housing, for research not...

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New Butcombe pub brand will offer overnight guests ‘memorable experiences in beautiful locations’

May 17, 2024
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New Butcombe pub brand will offer overnight guests ‘memorable experiences in beautiful locations’

Bristol craft brewery and pub chain Butcombe is to launch a new brand with the aim of becoming the South of England’s leading operator of premium pubs with overnight accommodation. Called Butcombe Boutique Inns (BBI), the brand will provide guests with what Butcombe is calling a “unique, personalised and...

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Osborne Clarke Bristol-based teams help get three major, wide-ranging deals over the line

May 17, 2024
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Osborne Clarke Bristol-based teams help get three major, wide-ranging deals over the line

Lawyers in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke have advised on three multi-million pound deals involving businesses in the artificial intelligence, advertising and renewable energy sectors. The firm advised Abound, the consumer arm of Fintern, one of the UK’s fastest-growing fintechs using artificial intelligence (AI) and...

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New specialist fund for Bristol’s army of artistic freelancers aims to boost city’s creative sector

May 15, 2024
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New specialist fund for Bristol’s army of artistic freelancers aims to boost city’s creative sector

Freelancers working in Bristol’s creative sector can access grants of up to £2,000 to develop their skills or create new work. The payments have been made available under a special £200,000 fund launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA).  With freelancers making up 47% of workers in...

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Bristol hoping to pass screen test at coveted international awards in Cannes to earn title of ‘City of Film’

May 10, 2024
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Bristol hoping to pass screen test at coveted international awards in Cannes to earn title of ‘City of Film’

Bristol’s burgeoning reputation as a leading centre for the film and TV industry has put it in the running for a prestigious global production industry award. The city has been shortlisted in the 2024 Global Productions Awards, which take place during Cannes Film Festival on 20 May.  Now in...

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Bristol firms that treat waste, keep the railways safe and mark football pitches land coveted King’s Awards

May 10, 2024
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Bristol firms that treat waste, keep the railways safe and mark football pitches land coveted King’s Awards

Three very different Bristol firms are among the latest winners in the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise scheme. ‘Intelligent video’ firm One Big Circle has received its award in the Innovation category while Pitchmark Group, which helps mark the lines on football pitches across the globe, is now the...

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Major lift for Bristol Balloon Fiesta as first tranche of city firms sign up as corporate sponsors

May 10, 2024
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Key organisations in Bristol’s business community have signed up to support the city’s iconic International Balloon Fiesta. Among the firms sponsoring the event, now in its 46th year, are aerospace giant Airbus, which has its main wing design centre at Filton, electric-car manufacturer Tesla and upmarket restaurant chain The...

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Shaggy dog story gives guests at accountancy group’s annual dinner some food for thought

May 10, 2024
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Shaggy dog story gives guests at accountancy group’s annual dinner some food for thought

Ultra-athlete Dion Leonard, who runs distances of 250-plus miles in some of the world’s toughest conditions, has told West of England business leaders they too can overcome huge challenges – if they are determined. Dion, pictured, was guest speaker at accountancy body ICAEW West of England’s annual dinner in...

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