Creative/Media

Drive to secure £11m Govt funding and pave way for low emission vehicles on Bristol’s roads

September 18, 2015
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Drive to secure £11m Govt funding and pave way for low emission vehicles on Bristol’s roads

Bristol businesses are backing a multi-million pound bid to the Government to boost the use of green transport across the West of England. The area’s four local authorities are preparing a bid for up to £11m from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles which would be used to introduce...

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Peer-to-peer loan for entrepreneur who said ‘no’ to the TV Dragons

September 18, 2015
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Peer-to-peer loan for entrepreneur who said ‘no’ to the TV Dragons

Bristol entrepreneur Ellen Green, who walked away from TV show Dragons’ Den empty-handed last month, has now secured a £30,000 investment for her Blue Badge Company. Three of the dragons offered funding in return for shares in her business, which sells stylish living aids, with retail tycoon Touker Suleyman...

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Smith & Williamson sponsors South West’s largest annual open art exhibition at Bristol’s RWA

September 18, 2015
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Smith & Williamson sponsors South West’s largest annual open art exhibition at Bristol’s RWA

The Royal West of England Academy’s (RWA) Annual Exhibition returns next month for its 163rd year with the backing of accountants and investment managers Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office. The exhibition, the RWA’s biggest of the year and the largest event in the South West of its kind, features...

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Bath Ales says cheers to loyal drinkers by marking its 20th birthday with 1995 prices

September 18, 2015
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Bath Ales says cheers to loyal drinkers by marking its 20th birthday with 1995 prices

Loyal customers of Bath Ales are being rewarded as part of the brewery’s 20th anniversary with pints of its flagship Gem bitter at its 1995 price of £1.50. Members of its Loyal Hare Force loyalty scheme will be able to sup the cut-price beer during its Birthday Happy Hour...

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Neighbourly chairman moves to CEO role to spur faster growth at community-business connector

September 18, 2015
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Neighbourly chairman moves to CEO role to spur faster growth at community-business connector

Luke McKeever, the chairman of innovative internet platform Neighbourly, has moved to the more hands-on role of CEO at the firm to free up founder Nick Davies to focus on building its unique brand. Luke McKeever, pictured, joined Neighbourly last September, just two months after its official launch. The...

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Green is good, say four in five directors in exclusive survey of boardroom views on sustainability

September 18, 2015
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Green is good, say four in five directors in exclusive survey of boardroom views on sustainability

Sustainability is firmly on the agenda for 80% of West of England boardrooms with nearly a third considering it one of their business’s top three priorities, according to an exclusive survey conducted by Bristol executive search firm Moon Consulting and Bristol Business News. Just 5% are not currently engaged in...

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Bristol enterprise hatchery opens to help create next generation of fully fledged businesses

September 16, 2015
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Bristol enterprise hatchery opens to help create next generation of fully fledged businesses

Entrepreneurial Spark, the nationwide accelerator programme for entrepreneurs, has officially launched its Bristol hub – with one resident firm gaining an instant £1,000 boost to their business at the opening ceremony. The Bristol Hatchery, which is backed by NatWest and based at the bank’s Trinity Quay office complex, is...

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Duke praises Bristol’s innovation as three start-ups win places on his coveted Pitch@Palace bootcamp

September 15, 2015
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Duke praises Bristol’s innovation as three start-ups win places on his coveted Pitch@Palace bootcamp

Three innovative Bristol tech start-ups will be showcasing their businesses at St James’s Palace in London as part of Pitch@Palace, an initiative founded by HRH The Duke of York, who was in the city this week to meet fledgling firms taking part in the challenge. Wriggle, YellowDog and Altitude...

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Curtain goes up on Bristol’s global Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival

September 11, 2015
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Curtain goes up on Bristol’s global Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival

Bristol becomes the centre of the short film industry next week when the city plays host to the 21st Short Film & Animation Festival. Europe’s leading short film event combines film screenings, special events, industry masterclasses and workshops in a jam-packed six-day programme of activity mainly taking place at...

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Abandoned Victorian ‘ragged school’ provides lesson in effective regeneration

September 11, 2015
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Abandoned Victorian ‘ragged school’ provides lesson in effective regeneration

Bristol specialist regeneration firm Helm Construction has started work on an ambitious scheme on a landmark Victorian building in Bedminster. Derelict St Luke’s Hall in William Street, which was originally built as a ‘ragged school’ to feed and support the poor, is the latest inner city regeneration project undertaken...

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Top speakers and powerful workshops lined up for Bristol’s Festival of Female Entrepreneurs

September 11, 2015
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Top speakers and powerful workshops lined up for Bristol’s Festival of Female Entrepreneurs

Small business network Enterprise Nation has announced the final line-up for its major event in Bristol next month aimed at helping female-founded businesses to grow. The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE) will hear from successful women in their field to inspire and advise those setting up on their own...

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Interactive technology harnessed by pioneering charity Deki to show plight of global poverty victims

September 11, 2015
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Interactive technology harnessed by pioneering charity Deki to show plight of global poverty victims

Deki, the Bristol-based international development charity and crowdfunding platform, has teamed up with Microsoft to stage a ground-breaking exhibition that uses interactive technology to highlight the devastating effects of poverty – and shows how individuals can help. The ‘Changing Lives Through Technology’ installation, which runs at the city’s Engine...

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Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios set for bigger role as Poldark returns to city for second series

September 11, 2015
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Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios set for bigger role as Poldark returns to city for second series

Bristol’s buoyant TV production industry has been given a boost with the return of BBC One hit drama Poldark to The Bottle Yard Studios for its hotly anticipated second series. Filming of the gripping 18th century drama began again this week at the studio complex, which this time is...

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