International Trade Secretary Liam Fox today told Bristol area businesses that there has never been a better time to start exporting, with the help of his department. Latest government figures show an 11% surge in the value of overseas sales made by businesses from the region, with more than...
A butcher, a baker and a bicycle-maker are among the independent businesses set to open in the latest extension to Bristol’s highly successful CARGO retail hub. CARGO – the city’s first retail hub made of converted shipping containers – is already home to dozens of mainly food and beverage...
Bristol firms and individuals operating in areas as diverse as apps, touchless technology and healthcare were among the winners at the SPARKies – the awards celebrating the best of the region’s tech sector. Nick Sturge, director of Bristol’s highly successful Engine Shed enterprise hub, won the Lifetime Achievement title...
International law firm DAC Beachcroft’s Bristol office is exhibiting a series of paintings in its street level windows by LGBT+ student artists as part of the firm’s support of Bristol Pride. The paintings are the work of Alex Wilson-Evans and Elliot Stahlmann, who are members of UWE and the...
Three firms from the Bristol area have been named among the finalists for the coveted PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Recruitment specialist Resource Solutions Group (RSG), advanced engineering group Viper Innovations, and Bodywise (UK), which trades under the...
By Donna Kehoe, Bank of England agent for the South West of England Twice a year the Bank of England publishes a major review of what we call the ‘financial stability’ of the nation. Our aim is to ensure that the financial system is as robust as it can...
Innovative Bristol food project 91 Ways and its founder Kalpna Woolf have won a major national award for inspiring food writers across the UK. The Guild of Food Writers 2017 Inspiration Award celebrates an individual or group whose work in food touches the writing community. It is only the...
UWE has appointed Dr Noordin Shehabuddeen as director of its newly created Bristol Business Engagement Centre to strengthen its links with the city’s fast-growing sectors and start-up scene. Dr Shehabuddeen, pictured, has worked at the interface between industry and academia at Cambridge and Liverpool universities and had a stint...
Businesses and training providers will come together at an event next month to look at practical ideas to meet some of the skills needs across the West of England. The half-day Future Skills Exchange is being staged by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the...
Firms in Bristol’s creative and digital sectors are being urged to offer work experience to aspiring young people from the city’s less advantaged communities to help them pursue their professional ambitions. The call has gone out from Babbasa, the Bristol-based social enterprise and established provider of professional mentoring schemes,...
Bristol PR agency Speed Communications and Bath’s Highlight PR were among the big winners at the fifth annual Public Relations & Communications Agency (PRCA) South West & Wales DARE Awards. Agencies and in-house communications teams from across the region gathered at the awards ceremony to celebrate their contribution to...
Thatchers Cider has brought in Father Ted director Declan Lowney for the latest TV and cinema advertising campaign for its flagship brand Thatchers Gold. Designed to convey the Thatcher Family’s utterly uncompromising commitment to the quality of their cider, the humorous campaign is the second phase of Thatchers’ What Cider’s Supposed to Taste...
Bristol Media, the industry-led organisation which promotes growth in the city’s creative sector through collaboration, has appointed technology entrepreneur Dominic Mills to its board of directors. Dominic, pictured, is chief technology officer at Zone, the digital agency with clients including Aviva, Electrolux, Stagecoach and Maersk. He brings with him...
