Clarence Mitchell, a public relations veteran with more than 30 years’ experience, is joining the board of Bristol-headquartered national PR and parliamentary affairs firm JBP. Clarence, whose career spans journalism, PR and government relations at the highest levels, takes up the role of director of client & media services....
Six bosses from the Bristol area have been shortlisted for the Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards. They will join others from around the region at a prestigious event next month to celebrate outstanding business people and focuses UK-wide attention on the region’s success. In...
In the first of three Bristol Business News blogs, Brady George, managing director of facilities management firm Almeda, discusses the important factors that will help shape the cities of tomorrow. I was delighted to hear that Bristol was this week named as the country’s leading smart city outside London...
Bristol Is Open, the pioneering project that is turning the city into a giant hi-tech laboratory, has been awarded a major global award for innovation. The joint venture between Bristol City Council, the University of Bristol and commercial partners collected the Smart City Innovator award at the TM Forum...
Bristol gourmet pie company Pieminister is to open five new restaurants across the UK and create more than 80 jobs after securing a £1.4m finance package from HSBC. The funding will be used to open and fit-out the new Pieminister outlets in as-yet-unnamed locations, taking its total to 16...
Bristol has been named as the UK’s top smart city outside London and the only regional centre classified as a leader for digital innovation. The accolades emerge from the UK’s first Smart Cities Index, which compares and evaluates 10 leading UK smart cities. The report has been produced by...
Business Showcase South West – the region’s largest event of its kind – is taking place today at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium with the city’s Bloodhound Supersonic Car one of the star attractions. The free-to-visit event will also hear from the Bloodhound’s driver Wing Commander Andy Green OBE as...
Business leaders have welcomed the election of Labour’s Marvin Rees as Mayor of Bristol and pledged to work with him to drive through much-needed changes in key issues such as housing, skills and transport. They will also back him in the final negotiations over the devolution deal to transfer...
Bristol’s main shopping centres have joined forces with other retail schemes across the West of England to attract more stores to the region. They have combined to produce an eye-catching map, pictured below, that showcases the strength of the region’s retail sector and its economic potential for investors. Taking part...
West of England employment agency Juice Recruitment has launched a creative division to supply skilled staff to firms in the Bristol area’s burgeoning media, digital and tech sectors. Juice, which has an office in Bristol, said the new division would help overcome the skills shortage that are impacting on...
A Bristol-based specialist sound studio that has worked on award-winning natural history programmes has installed state-of-the-art equipment to keep it at the forefront of the industry. Wounded Buffalo Sound Studios secured funding from Royal Bank of Scotland and asset finance provider Lombard to redevelop a building for the Dolby...
The successful Business Showcase South West returns next week to again celebrate the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise. The event, the largest of its kind in the South West, takes place at Bristol’s newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium, meaning it will be even bigger. Delegates from across...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is urgently seeking experienced business people to mentor the city’s growing number of aspiring entrepreneurs. The not-for-profit organisation has helped thousands launch successful ventures since it was launched in the 1980s. But its existing network of mentors is now advising record numbers of...
