The Crafts Council, the UK development agency for contemporary crafts, has appointed Andy Marshall, group managing director at Bristol-based magazine group Immediate Media Co, as a trustee. Andy, pictured, has more than 30 years’ experience in media and publishing. He becomes one of 11 trustees at the council at...
Applications for the coveted South West Fairtrade Business Awards close this weekend and Bristol firms that support fair and ethical business practices are being urged to enter before Sunday’s deadline. The unique awards – now in their fourth year – champion firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart...
Neighbourly, the Bristol-based innovative community-business connector, has been recognised as one of Britain’s most disruptive companies. The firm, which is based at Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub, appears in global publisher Bloomberg’s Business Innovators list alongside business game-changers such as Deliveroo, Crowdcube, GoCardless, Secret Escapes, MADE.com and Metro Bank....
Directors at SciSys, the specialist IT firm with an office in Bristol, have insisted its recovery is now well established and last year’s problems are behind it. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange this week, they said they were encouraged by the group’s performance in the...
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 Emma Stenning, chief executive at Bristol Old Vic, which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year and is in the final phase of its fundraising to complete its redevelopment,...
Bristol’s tech and creative sectors will spark a revolution in the city’s commercial property market this year as their fast-growing firms look for a new generation of trendy offices, according to agents JLL. Demand from the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector continues to dominate the market with around...
Bristol-based retail management software firm Brightpearl is poised for another period of rapid growth after raising $11m (£7.67m) in its latest round of financing. The firm, which launched nine years ago in Bristol’s highly successful SETsquared innovation incubator, will use the funding to accelerate the growth of its sales...
Turtle Tots, a baby and toddler swimming licensing company based in Backwell, is aiming to make a splash overseas from Canada to China after taking part in a new government-backed export awareness contest. The firm was among 10 small firms from across shortlisted from more than 400 for the...
The first TEDx talks at the University of the West of England (UWE) are being staged tomorrow by the Student Union with 10 guest speakers sharing their ideas on the topic of The Innovative Attitude. The speakers – who range from academics conducting ground-breaking research at UWE to those...
Law firm Temple Bright, which has offices in Bristol and London, has advised Hackajob, a technology recruitment business backed by the leading accelerator Techstars London, on a second round of financing led by Downing Ventures and including Mayor Boris Johnson’s London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF). Launched in November 2014, Hackajob...
Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise is advising record numbers of aspiring entrepreneurs as new figures reveal the city has become a hotbed for start-up businesses. The not-for-profit body, which has helped thousands launch successful ventures, has had to double the number of free Thinking about Business workshops it...
Business in the Community (BITC) is calling on Bath firms to showcase how they are taking practical action to address pressing issues as the deadline for entries to the 2016 Responsible Business Awards looms. The awards, now in their 19th year, celebrate inspiring examples of businesses that make a...
The latest fall in unemployment – down a further 7,000 in the South West – has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Initiative. But Business West, the region’s largest business group, has warned that low unemployment brings its own challenges...
