West of England business organisations welcomed the decisive General Election result and urged the new Conservative Government to continue to build on the foundations of growth that have emerged over the past year. However, there was an immediate warning over the threat of the UK leaving the European Union...
Wildseed Studios, the Bristol-based firm that promotes and invests in new film-making talent, has teamed up with a North American studio to produce a new kids’ animated TV comedy series. Production on Counterfeit Cat, which is targeted at six-12 year olds, has started at Wildseed’s newly launched Bristol studio,...
Remarkable Group, the communications and public consultation specialist with an office at Aztec West, Bristol, has been ranked as a top five agency outside of London in the most authoritative analysis of the UK PR industry. The group, which has its head office in Winchester, was also one of...
Anticipation is building with less than a week to go before delegates gather for the region’s biggest free business event. Organisers hope to welcome up to 3,000 delegates to Business Showcase South West 2015 next Thursday and Friday. Star attractions include keynote speakers ‘Millionaires’ Mentor’ Bev James and Levi...
An innovative boutique content marketing agency has been launched in Bristol by four former workers at publishing house Future. Vivid, formed by Jayne Caple, Rob Abbott, Steve Hulbert and Sean Atkins, promises to provide agile, highly engaging marketing and is already winning clients, thanks to the expertise of its...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Josh Eggleton, co-founder of Eat Drink Bristol Fashion, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Avengers: Age of Ultron on the opening night with the chef...
A 70-strong team of determined directors, media folk and medics set off from Bristol this morning on a gruelling 430km, four-day cycle trek to Paris to raise £100,000 for city charity Above & Beyond’s £6m Golden Gift Appeal. Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson sounded an air horn to formally...
Bristol-based creative digital company Anagram has landed a major prize at New York’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival for a ground-breaking ‘immersive’ documentary. Door Into The Dark, made by Amy Rose and May Abdalla at Anagram, which is based in Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, combines technology, storytelling and real, visceral...
Award-winning Bristol agency Nudge Digital has strengthened its team and relocated to new premises as it continues to expand. The digital marketing agency, whose Snapcycle app was one of six finalists in last week’s Bristol Green Capital Digital Challenge award, has recruited Gemma Hood as account director from London...
Organisers of next month’s Business Showcase South West have come up with five compelling reasons for business people to attend what will be the biggest of its kind in the region The event, on May 14 and 15 at Bristol’s Colston Hall, will celebrate the best in innovation, creativity...
New flights to Paris and Düsseldorf took off earlier this week as operator bmi regional extended its route network from Bristol Airport. The flights, which are expected to boost trade between the West of England and France and Germany, were launched just over a week after rival easyJet started...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Vashti Seth, founder and CEO of Bristol-based microfinance charity Deki, answers our questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Grand Budapest Hotel because Wes Anderson is genius. Book you...
A team of Bristol tech experts have used their spare time to devise an app that aims to revolutionise the school run by getting more children to walk or cycle. By using the app, called Crocodile, parents can track the progress of the children on their way to and...
