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...
Somerset brewery Wild Beer Co has become the latest business to open at Bristol’s cutting-edge Wapping Wharf food and drink hub. The firm’s new restaurant offers craft beers and ‘new school’ fish and chips in a light and spacious modern setting on the Harbourside alongside some of the city’s...
Boutique communications and marketing agency 42group is looking forward to further growth after moving into new studio offices at The Paintworks. Since its launch in May last year, the full-service agency has quietly been working with some of the biggest names in healthcare, science and technology, such as Alder Hey...
Some of the UK’s most radical thinkers in areas spanning technology, energy and transport are sharing their views this weekend at a pioneering event in Bristol. The Radical Technology Conference at the University of Bristol, which starts this evening, will explore a more radical approach to technology and its ability...
Confidence among West of England firms has slumped to its lowest level since 2012 as they continue to react to the EU referendum, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), which gauges how businesses view the economic prospects facing them over coming year,...
Thousands of new jobs will be brought to Bristol and the West of England over the next few years as firms are attracted by its growing reputation as a tech, creative and financial services hub, according to inward investment chiefs. Over the past year a record 1,800 jobs have...
