The West of England needs to come up with some “big, bold ideas” this year if it wants the government to treat it as a regional powerhouse similar to the North and Midlands, the leader of the region’s largest business group has said. In his New Year message, Phil...
Hundreds of creative freelancers from across Bristol and the West of England will get support under a new £1m scheme that will also give young people work opportunities in the sector alongside access to cultural experiences. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and Bath Spa University have secured...
Cakesmiths, the innovative Bristol-based specialist baking firm, has been bought by a leading European frozen pastries and premium snacks group after achieving annual growth of more than 30%. Launched in 2005, Cakesmiths – which supplies artisan handmade cakes to independent coffee shops across the UK – has expanded rapidly...
Bristol’s Old Vic theatre has become the latest historic building in the city to give top billing to solar energy as a way to become more sustainable. The venue – the oldest continuously working theatre in the English-speaking world – called in Bristol-based solar design and installation firm Solarsense...
Bristol corporate PR and communications agency Ambitious has rounded off 12 months of solid growth by celebrating seven new business wins and making two strategic hires. With the agency expanding to 27 staff and on track to meet its £1.65m revenue target, Ambitious has this year secured its position as...
A Bristol creative education firm has become one of the first businesses to benefit from a new £200m regional investment fund. Screenology, which offers practical filmmaking degrees, has received a £95,000 loan from the South West Investment Fund to fund the launch of a new course. The firm was...
Planning, architecture and placemaking consultancy Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, has recruited associate planner Alexandra Egge in a move it said reflected its growing portfolio of projects. Alexandra, pictured, joins from Arup in London, where she led projects ranging from strategic mixed-use development strategies and masterplans to...
A team from Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has advised a US-based brand experience business on a major UK acquisition – the latest cross-border deal for its corporate and merger & acquisition team. Moss, which specialises in premium graphics and custom installations for exhibitions and retail environments for clients...
Bristol Chamber & Initiative’s new president has pledged to focus on “community and green growth”, saying the city can be a global leader in social and environmental change. Dr Justin Morris, pictured, chief executive of Bristol Zoological Society – the charity that runs Bristol Zoo Project – started his...
Innovative Bristol-based giving platform Neighbourly has wrapped up a hugely successful year by partnering on three of the festive seasons’ top advertising campaigns. The firm, which launched in 2014 to match large businesses with local good causes, features in the Christmas TV campaigns of discount supermarket chains Aldi and...
Bristol is to get a new £8.5m incubator to nurture spin-out companies working in the fast-growing quantum, biotech and AI sectors – the latest in a series of hubs in the city aimed at creating the next generation of high-potential businesses. Called OMX, it will be opened next year...
Bristol animation studio A Productions has sold its pre-school series The Musical World of Mister Zoink to Sky – a major coup for the firm, which is seeking to develop its own content as a key plank to a long-term growth strategy. The series, which has been launched in...
Bristol hotels and leisure and hospitality businesses have swept the board in a raft of categories in the region’s top tourism awards. Winners at the Bristol Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards ceremony included Wake The Tiger, the world’s first ‘amazement park’, which landed Gold in the new tourism business...
