Bristol-based training and digital learning consultancy Hewlett Rand has secured a contract with the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB) in a move it hopes will be a stepping stone to more deals in the region. The consultancy has developed a new digital learning strategy for the organisation, which...
Bristol is to get much-needed high-end laboratory space and support facilities to encourage cutting-edge science and tech start-ups – allowing the city to effectively compete for the first time against centres such as Oxford and Cambridge. Construction has started on the lab space and science incubator – called Unit DX - ...
Slide, the innovative shared ride service, has taken on additional vehicles and created new routes as passenger numbers rise in Bristol. In the three months since it launched, Slide – which chose Bristol as the pilot city – has handled 16,000 thousand miles of shared commuter rides across the...
Bristol-based youth empowerment social enterprise Babbasa has launched its ambitious #Change300Futures campaign with a fundraising gala dinner for 100 civic and business leaders. #Change300Futures aims to improve the life chances of 300 young people from inner-city Bristol by supporting them to progress into work, further education or self-employment. This...
Bristol hospital charity Above & Beyond is asking businesses in the city to swap their secret Santa for a donation with a difference as it launches its Christmas Appeal to raise £20,000 for the Royal Hospital for Children. More than 5,000 children will spend the festive period in Bristol...
Bristol advertising and marketing agency Sprague Gibbons is growing its team with the addition of two staff. Sarah Asprey joins as group account director and Sorcha Regan-Capes as a trainee account executive. Sarah previously worked at the agency – then called RAA Sprague Gibbons – between 1999 and 2008,...
UWE has further strengthened its green credentials by winning four prizes at a national award ceremony that recognises exceptional sustainability initiatives. UWE was the top-performing UK university at the Green Gown Awards 2016, claiming the top honours in four categories and earning highly commended status in two others. Representatives...
Specialist IT group SCISYS, which has an office in Bristol, has landed a contract to play a pivotal role in the launch of the world’s largest satellite constellation which aims to provide connectivity to billions of people around the world. The OneWeb global satellite system will consist of 648 orbiting...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is running training events during Global Entrepreneurship Week – which starts next Monday – to help people start and grow their own businesses. Its free Thinking about Business seminar on Wednesday November 16 is for anybody considering going into business for the first...
Alan Thorpe has been named as the new managing director of Bristol-based digital and direct marketing agency Bray Leino Yucca. The appointment of Alan, pictured right, follows the sudden death in October of the business’ founder and long-time leader Ben Martin, pictured below. Alan, who has spent the past two...
Shares in West of England companies listed on the London Stock Exchange came under pressure this week as markets reacted to the election of Donald Trump as US President. Many took their lead from the FTSE 100, which fell by 2% on opening as it followed stock market turbulence overnight on Wednesday...
Plans for Bristol’s tallest building have been submitted to the city council – with the firm behind it saying they are responding to Mayor Marvin Rees’ decision to scrap limits in parts of the city. The proposal for an 82.6m tall, 22-storey landmark tower at Redcliff is a revision...
Bristol businesses are being urged to take part in a pioneering project to create 10,000 more entrepreneurs in Africa so they can work their way out of poverty with dignity. And in the process they could become the owner of a valuable piece of art for their workplace. The...
