Small business network Enterprise Nation’s first panel event in Bristol takes place on Monday with a focus on business promotion. Called How to sell yourself and promote your business, the event next Monday evening will look at three essential techniques – sales, photography and marketing. The panel features serial...
Some of Bristol’s top employers have taken part in a day-long ‘Seeing is Believing’ visit designed to show them first-hand the key role businesses in the city can play to support people who face barriers into employment. Creating meaningful employment is one of the most significant ways that businesses contribute...
More than 300 people from Bristol’s creative and digital sectors came together to mark Bristol Media 10th birthday – with the party acting as a celebration and showcase of the city’s rich vein of talent. Some of the best work produced in Bristol over the past decade was captured...
Partnerships between schools and businesses, a key issue for firms across Bristol, can have significant benefits, according to the results of a national survey of education chiefs and company bosses. Some 3,500 teaching staff and business leaders took part in the research run by the British Chambers of Commerce...
BRAVE Enterprise, the independent, not-for-profit business advice organisation based in Bristol, stages a comprehensive programme of training courses and workshops. Promote your business with PR Presenter: Paul Mullins Date: Thursday February 11 Time: 10am – 1pm Cost: £42 (inc VAT) per workshop This workshop is for anyone who wants...
Bristol tech businesses are to have access to a £10m specialist investment fund launched in the city this week. Great Western Ventures will back small, fast-growth tech firms with seed funding – so plugging a widely acknowledged gap in the city’s otherwise high-quality business support ‘eco-system’. The fund, backed...
Changes to the plans for Bristol’s long-awaited arena – including road closures and extra trains for major events – have been announced. The revised plans were this week submitted to Bristol City Council for approval following public consultation. The council said there was strong support for the 12,000-capacity arena...
Communications agency McCann Bristol struck Gold and Silver at this year’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards for its work on two major national awareness campaigns. The agency’s PR team claimed the top award in the Consumer Relations Campaign category for its educational campaign on behalf of...
West of England firms that go the extra mile to make transport and travel more sustainable for their staff or customers have been recognised. The Travelwest Sustainable Travel Business Awards, now in their fourth year, are co-ordinated by the four Travelwest authorities – North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City...
Wapping Wharf, Bristol’s newest Harbourside quarter, has signed up Small Street Espresso as its first retailer – paving the way for the creation of a new residential, cultural and leisure hub. Described by Time Out as being at the forefront of Bristol’s coffee revolution when it opened in 2012,...
A video produced by Bristol creative agency Workbrands to show the benefits of carbon offsetting has been launched at the Paris climate change talks. The video, made for the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), features nine business leaders explaining why offset strategies make good business sense. They...
The corporate deals market has bounced back in the South West and is on course for its strongest year since 2010, according to an analysis of recent mergers and acquisitions published by accountancy firm Grant Thornton. Some 142 deals – ranging from acquisitions to management buyouts and flotations –...
Bristol-based property consultancy Alder King is to donate a Christmas tree inspired by Bristol’s year as European Green Capital to St Mary Redcliffe Church’s second annual Treefest event. Alder King’s tree will be festooned with natural decorations including flowers, fruits, twigs and berries and will take its place among...
