Firms will want assurances that the business rates reform announced by the Chancellor this week will not more higher taxes. That’s the view of Business West, the region’s largest business organisation representing 16,000 firms and which runs the Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Bristol Initiative. George Osborne made the...
The Government is being urged to commit urgent funding to redevelop Bristol Temple Meads railway station to show its commitment to the West of England economy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Bristol City Council want ministers to recognise the importance of proper rail investment to...
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 Richard Graves, marketing and financial director at GWS Media, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Interstellar, a science-fiction film with some wonderful special effects but a...
Bristol-based independent café chain Boston Tea Party has beaten worldwide brands to win a major national design award for its newest venue. The sensitive restoration project earned it the coveted national award of Café Design of the Year at the Café Life Awards 2015 in London. The Plymouth outlet...
The Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson has hosted a charity art exhibition to raise further funds for the Grand Appeal campaign, following on from the Shaun in the City sculpture trail of which it was a sponsor. Artists who styled some of the 70 Shauns that...
Confidence levels for firms across the West of England have fallen on the back of lower sales, fewer new jobs and worsening cashflow, according to the results of Business West’s latest survey. The figures, released today, showed how susceptible the region is to shifts in the world economy, said...
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 Laura Rawlings, co-presenter of BBC Radio Bristol’s Breakfast show, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Pride. It’s one of the few...
Businesses across Bristol are being urged to join a pioneering campaign to slash the number of single-use plastic bottles that end up littering the city’s streets and waterways. Refill Bristol wants firms to encourage their staff to buy multi-use water bottles – which it is selling for £10 –...
Bristol community radio station Ujima, which less than a year ago was battling to stay on the air, has landed a National Diversity Award. The station won the outstanding contribution to diversity in the race, faith and religion category in the awards, which celebrate the achievements of grass-root communities that...
Bristol’s future as a vibrant business centre will be debated by three of the city’s leading business women at the UK’s biggest gathering of female business owners next month. They will take as their starting point the creation of a so-called Western Powerhouse to unite the city-region and claw...
Bristol-based community-business connector Neighbourly has become one of the founding UK members of the B Corporation, a global scheme that identifies socially responsible business. Neighbourly, which links community projects with companies that want to make a difference, helped launch B Corporation yesterday with a group of like-minded businesses. B...
Bristol animation giant Aardman is to set up its first permanent production studio outside the UK following its acquisition of a majority stake in US animator Nathan Love. Aardman, best known for its Shaun the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit films, also said the move would allow it to...
Engine Shed’s Boxworks project, which will be made up of 20 shipping containers transformed into custom-designed workplaces, is now under way with the first two ‘boxes’ onsite. The containers will be converted over the coming weeks to provide much-needed workspace for start-ups and growing businesses in Bristol’s key creative,...
