Innovative Bristol design consultancy Kinneir Dufort has been bought by its management in a multi-million pound deal that will pave the way for further expansion. The firm, which launched in 1977, is among the UK’s top industrial design agencies and has been responsible for many iconic products over the...
Bristol has been chosen as one of only three places in England to host a free one-day national roadshow of seminars and workshops aimed at helping smaller business owners. The events, staged by Britain’s biggest business representation group, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), will give practical advice and...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Karen White, PR consultant and director at JBP Associates, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Sunset Song. The first part of...
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is to be increased in a landmark move that paves the way for the city’s highly successful Engine Shed innovation hub to expand into a much-needed second building. The approval this week by Bristol City Council’s cabinet will also trigger the redevelop of the...
A humanoid robot trained to ‘understand’ emotions is set to make what is believed to be his first public appearance in Bristol. Pepper, pictured, the latest member to join the Bristol-based GWS Robotics team, is a 4ft tall robot which can talk, laugh, dance and even ‘feel’. The public...
UWE Bristol is to launch a pro bono legal service for small businesses in collaboration with Bristol lawyers Gregg Latchams and the city office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke. The support will be provided within the university’s Future Space Centre, part of its new University Enterprise Zone (UEZ) on...
Take up of government research and development incentives is set to double in Bristol over the next three years as more businesses use them to boost innovation and stimulate growth. According to research by Bristol-based R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown, the incentives have already had a positive impact on...
Sustainable building and environmental technologies will be in the spotlight at the next Bristol and West of England China Bureau ‘pow wow’, held in conjunction with Low Carbon South West. Pow wow’s are popular business networking events that allow directors from across the region to meet exporters who are...
Digital agency Fat Media, which has an office in Bristol, has received the prestigious Premier Partner badge by global search engine Google. Earlier this year Fat Media digital account director David O’Keefe was invited to Google’s Munich office to find out more about its Channel Partner programme. Google announced...
Businesses around Bristol are being invited to share their efforts to encourage more of their staff to travel sustainably through an awards scheme. Now in their fifth year, the Travelwest Business Awards recognise travel success stories throughout the the West of England. Designed to reward the work that businesses put into staff...
The winner of The Apprentice, Joseph Valente, has this afternoon been confirmed as the keynote speaker at next month’s Business Showcase South West. Staged at the newly completed Ashton Gate Stadium on October 5, BSSW 2016 will celebrate the best of in innovation, creativity and enterprise across the region....
Leading software and services company Gresham, which works with many of the world’s largest financial services firms, has moved its global innovation centre to Bristol, underpinning the city’s growing reputation as a hub for fintech. The centre, in the Brew House – a former brewery-turned-modern office building close to...
A crowdfunding campaign to pay for a young creative to attend the world’s largest interactive conference has been kicked off by Bristol Media. It wants to raise £6,000 to pay for an apprenticeship at renowned South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Bristol Media is working with city-based youth empowerment...
