Creative/Media

Future of Bristol Wood Recycling Project now secure after JLL finds it new base

February 9, 2018
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Future of Bristol Wood Recycling Project now secure after JLL finds it new base

Bristol Wood Recycling Project has relocated to an industrial unit in the St Philips area of the city – ending the social enterprise’s anxious search for a new home. The Bristol office of property agents JLL acquired the William Street premises on behalf of the project, which has been...

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Celebrated design agency heralds relocation as full of Easton promise

February 9, 2018
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Celebrated design agency heralds relocation as full of Easton promise

Long-standing Bristol marketing and communications agency Proctor & Stevenson has completed its move to a former industrial printworks in Easton following a near £1.5m refurbishment project. The agency, founded by managing director Roger Proctor in 1979, said the relocation from Cave Street, St Pauls, was enabling it to be...

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Redrow Homes extends PR and social media contract with Purplefish

February 9, 2018
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Redrow Homes extends PR and social media contract with Purplefish

Bristol communications consultancy Purplefish has been appointed as media relations partner for Redrow Homes’ West Country division. The agency will work with the housebuilder in Devon and Cornwall to communicate its key messages and promote its developments through PR and social media.  Purplefish has worked with Redrow’s South West...

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Deadline looming for ethical firms to shine in Fairtrade Business Awards

February 9, 2018
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Deadline looming for ethical firms to shine in Fairtrade Business Awards

Bristol’s ethical organisations have just two days left to submit their entries to the region’s Fairtrade Business Awards. Applications for the prestigious contest – now in its sixth year – close at midnight on Sunday.  The awards recognise the contribution that businesses, organisations and institutes in the region make...

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SCISYS tunes into 10-year media tech contract extension with BBC

February 9, 2018
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SCISYS tunes into 10-year media tech contract extension with BBC

The BBC has renewed its contract with SCISYS, the specialised software and IT services firm with an office in Bristol, for its world-leading radio technology. The deal extends the BBC’s use of SCISYS Media & Broadcast division’s dira! media asset management platform, pictured, for up to 10 years. The...

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Bristol firms urged to apply for UWE’s relaunched £650,000 R&D grant scheme

February 8, 2018
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Bristol firms urged to apply for UWE’s relaunched £650,000 R&D grant scheme

Small and medium-sized businesses in the Bristol area can benefit from research and development grants of up £75,000 under UWE Bristol’s relaunched Innovation 4 Growth (I4G) grant funding programme. The popular initiative, which recently opened for the fifth time, pledges a total of £650,000 in funding.  SMEs in any...

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Govt’s ‘fudge’ over Brexit negotiations is harming Bristol firms, says Business West

February 7, 2018
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Govt’s ‘fudge’ over Brexit negotiations is harming Bristol firms, says Business West

The West of England’s largest business organisation this week warned the government that its approach to Brexit was “positively damaging” firms in the region. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative, backed an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May by the British Chambers...

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Mentors sought for programme to support Bristol’s next generation of entrepreneurs

February 6, 2018
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Mentors sought for programme to support Bristol’s next generation of entrepreneurs

Bristol firms are being urged to help mentor the city’s aspiring entrepreneurs and, in turn, learn from them in the process. BRAVE Enterprise, the not-for-profit business support organisation, is calling on people with experience of running a business or in business banking to share their experience with people who...

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Jobs and investment in the frame as Bristol prepares to make most of its UNESCO City of Film status

February 5, 2018
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Jobs and investment in the frame as Bristol prepares to make most of its UNESCO City of Film status

Bristol’s new status as a UNESCO City of Film demonstrates its global reach as well as giving it the opportunity to create skilled jobs in its already thriving film and TV industry, the launch celebrations were told. The permanent status awarded to Bristol by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific...

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Businesses applauded for backing Colston Hall’s transformation appeal as it nears £48.8m target

February 5, 2018
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Businesses applauded for backing Colston Hall’s transformation appeal as it nears £48.8m target

Bristol businesses have been praised for raising more than £350,000 towards the transformation of city concert venue Colston Hall. They have backed the Transform the Hall campaign as corporate partners offering financial or in-kind support to help raise the funds required to roll out the biggest-ever capital project to...

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Opportunities and challenges of Brexit in the spotlight at Womble Bond Dickinson export event

February 5, 2018
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Opportunities and challenges of Brexit in the spotlight at Womble Bond Dickinson export event

Brexit, the economy, skills shortage and the impact of technology on supply chains were among the themes discussed at an Institute of Export event, hosted by transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson in Bristol. The event brought together members of the Institute of Export & International Trade in the...

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Development funding brings £6.5m young people’s creative enterprise hub step closer

February 5, 2018
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Development funding brings £6.5m young people’s creative enterprise hub step closer

Bristol’s Creative Youth Network, which supports young people in reaching their potential through creative expression, has come one step closer to creating a hub for Creative Enterprise. The organisation has received £300,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop the designs and vision with young people over the...

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Global recipe sharing platform grows Bristol team with four senior staff hires

February 1, 2018
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Cookpad, the Japanese-owned online recipe sharing and cooking community, has added four senior staff to its global HQ, which opened in Bristol last year. The four new arrivals, who include Mark Wheatley, co-founder of innovative Bristol music/audio platform Audiogum and former Mumsnet head of community Rebecca Mears, are the...

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