Creative/Media

Bristol’s top TV talent championed in prestigious regional awards

March 16, 2015
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The BBC’s Bristol-based operations emerged as the biggest winner at The Royal Television Society (RTS) West of England Awards with its Natural History Unit scooping five and BBC Features winning two. The world-renowned Natural History Unit landed its awards for shows such as Hidden Kingdoms and Wonders of the...

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From the West to Westminster. Map charting Bristol’s innovation presented to Government

March 16, 2015
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From the West to Westminster. Map charting Bristol’s innovation presented to Government

Bristol’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life has been put on the map in Westminster at a high-powered gathering of MPs and key Government figures aimed at challenging the so-called Northern Powerhouse. A giant map charting some of the area’s success stories and future opportunities was...

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Research will study how Bristol can become a global winner in the high-growth virtual reality industry

March 16, 2015
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Bristol’s ambitions to become a world centre for gaming, animation and visual effects – and benefit from the huge opportunities that could bring – will be analysed in a major new piece of research. The survey follows the successful staging in the city of the first SouthWest VR Conference,...

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Hub will offer city’s entrepreneurs a chance to hatch their start-ups into fully-fledged firms

March 13, 2015
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Hub will offer city’s entrepreneurs a chance to hatch their start-ups into fully-fledged firms

Bristol entrepreneurs are being invited to apply for a place on a free accelerator programme offering support, mentoring, networking and office accommodation in the city. Entrepreneurial Spark, which is backed by NatWest, will open the hub for start-up businesses from all sectors this summer. Applications are now open. Up...

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Merged breweries toast expansion with move to new site

March 11, 2015
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Merged breweries toast expansion with move to new site

Two award-winning breweries that merged last year are consolidating their operations onto a single new site in South Gloucestershire as part of an ambitious expansion plan. Combined Brewers, formed from the tie-up between Severn Vale Brewing in Cam and Chipping Sodbury-based Cotswold Spring Brewing, plans to more than double...

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Map unveiled charting strengths of West of England in innovation and knowledge-based sectors

March 9, 2015
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Map unveiled charting strengths of West of England in innovation and knowledge-based sectors

The West of England’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life are to be showcased in Westminster this afternoon when a giant map is unveiled. Compiled by the area’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the map and accompanying policy document champions the area’s success stories and future opportunities...

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Fairtrade Business Awards celebrate best of Bristol’s ethical organisations

March 6, 2015
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Fairtrade Business Awards celebrate best of Bristol’s ethical organisations

The West of England’s most ethical companies have been celebrated at the third annual Fairtrade Business Awards. The Best Fairtrade Business Award went to Koolskools, the ethical school clothing and Fairtrade cotton uniforms firm. It was the second year running the Hampshire-based firm has won the top accolade. Other...

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Specialist recruiter Matrix beefs up its food sector offering

March 6, 2015
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Specialist recruiter Matrix beefs up its food sector offering

Specialist recruitment firm Matrix is rapidly scaling up its Bristol operation – taking its headcount from six to 50 – to meet spiralling demand in the city’s food manufacturing industry. Matrix, which has specialised in IT programme and project management recruitment for the past 19 years, has identified the...

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Free workshops to help Bristol’s small firms get digital

March 6, 2015
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Free workshops to help Bristol’s small firms get digital

Bristol companies are being offered the opportunity to attend one of a series of free workshops to help improve their digital presence and capability, and trade more effectively online. They will allow businesses to focus on the future of mobile, covering effective digital marketing techniques that can help give companies...

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Debate will throw spotlight on how next government could help – or hinder – the green economy

March 6, 2015
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Debate will throw spotlight on how next government could help – or hinder – the green economy

Businesses from Bristol’s environmental and low carbon sectors will gain an insight into the green policies of the political parties at an event next Thursday hosted by Low Carbon South West, PR and parliamentary affairs agency JBP and accountants Smith & Williamson. Bristol may be celebrating its year as...

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Tourism chiefs looking to make Bristol customer service ‘city of excellence’

March 6, 2015
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Tourism chiefs looking to make Bristol customer service ‘city of excellence’

Bristol is aiming to become a ‘city of excellence’ for customer service by training 3,000 workers in its tourism, hospitality, transport and retail sectors. Already signed up to take part in the exercise are European Green Capital 2015,  which has pledged to train all its volunteers, and transport firm...

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Women in Property to stage event to showcase the work of Concern Universal

March 5, 2015
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Women in Property to stage event to showcase the work of Concern Universal

Ahead of this Sunday’s International Women’s Day, the Association of Women in Property (WiP) is this evening hosting an event to highlight the work of Concern Universal, the charity aiming to bring opportunities to communities worldwide and help to beat poverty. The drinks and tapas reception at The Lido,...

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Endemol deal means showpiece Clifton office scheme is now full up

March 5, 2015
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Endemol deal means showpiece Clifton office scheme is now full up

Landmark Clifton office block Embassy House is now fully let following the arrival of TV production company Endemol UK. The firm, which films its Deal or No Deal game show at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios, has agreed to a new 10-year lease for 5,176 sq ft (480 sq m)...

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