Bristol’s vibrant music scene and major festivals on its doorstep such as Glastonbury add nearly £300m a year to the regional economy, a major new report out today shows. The study by industry body UK Music shows more than 772,000 visitors came to the South West last year specifically...
Bounders cider, which is made just outside Bristol, has won an international award as it prepares to go on sale to thirsty music lovers at festivals this summer for the first time. Medium-dry Bounders, which is produced by Bath Ales entirely from Somerset apples, secured a bronze medal at the...
The chief executive of Bristol-based alternative transport group Sustrans, Malcolm Shepherd, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The accolade is in recognition of his contribution towards protecting the environment and improving people’s health. Sustrans’ vision is that by 2020 four out of five local...
More than 90 key business figures enjoyed some 3D star-gazing and top leadership advice when they attended Bristol recruitment firm Moon Consulting’s 15th anniversary party. Moon, which provides strategic consultancy services to some of the region’s top businesses, treated guests to the unusual combination at the newly renovated Planetarium...
Bristol firms’ contribution to more sustainable ways of operating – and the city’s year as European Green Capital – will be recognised next week when Business Green Week takes place. Events during the week will aim to inspire more businesses to adopt sustainable practices in the workplace. The 39...
The world’s aviation industry will descend on the French capital next week for the biennial Paris Air Show – with key Bristol businesses once again demonstrating the city’s strength in the vital aerospace sector. Major companies such as Rolls-Royce, GKN and Airbus will be demonstrating their innovative made-in-Bristol technology...
Business journalist-turned-PR consultant Paul Mullins will be teaching aspiring entrepreneurs in Bristol how to secure valuable media exposure at a forthcoming event. The founder of PR and digital content agency Sandusky Media Consultants is running his Promote your business with PR workshop at BRAVE Enterprise on July 2. Paul,...
Fledgling businesses in Bristol’s burgeoning creative, digital and hi-tech industries will soon be able to set up home in a new workspace scheme to be made out of 20 shipping containers. Called Boxworks, it will provide additional capacity for the neighbouring Engine Shed innovation hub at Temple Meads, whose...
Bristol robotics firm Reach, formed by young entrepreneur Silas Adekunle, is to join the US-based Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator to support it in launching its Mecha Monsters robot gaming system. The San Diego-based unit, which is backed by Techstars, has a mission to help the world’s most-promising robotics start-ups take...
Bristol architecture firm Stride Treglown has become the first organisation in the city to achieve the top award of excellence in a national scheme that recognises businesses committed to the health and well-being of their workforces. The firm, which employs 270 people across nine offices in the UK and...
Bristol-based ethical investment management firm Rathbone Greenbank is to host a high-profile seminar and discussion as part of the city’s Big Green Week. Among the speakers at the event, on the theme of ‘Investing in the Future’, will be Eden Project co-founder and executive vice chair Sir Tim Smit....
The Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery, the organisation that promotes the Bristol historic cemetery as a place of remembrance, heritage, wildlife and learning, has won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The group was set up in...
More than 300 delegates from 18 countries across the world will head to Bristol next month as the city hosts the 9th International Fair Trade Towns conference. The two-day event on July 4 and 5 will take the theme of Fair Trade for Sustainability as part of the Bristol’s...
