Creative/Media

Ocean estate agents hail Taxi Studio’s work in creating its new brand identity

January 23, 2015
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Ocean estate agents hail Taxi Studio’s work in creating its new brand identity

Bristol design studio Taxi has created a new brand identity for estate agency chain Ocean as it prepares to expand beyond the city. Ocean, which now has eight branches in Bristol, was launched in 1983. It quickly established itself as an agency with customer service at its heart and...

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Top 20 ranking in industry league table for fast-growing Bristol agency Workbrands

January 22, 2015
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Top 20 ranking in industry league table for fast-growing Bristol agency Workbrands

Bristol-based brand and design agency Workbrands has been named among the UK’s Top 20 Fastest Growing B2B agencies by business-to-business marketing resource B2B Marketing. The agency, which appears in the table at number 16, has expanded significantly over the past 18 months with a clutch of new client wins,...

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Businesses urged to join debate on future of libraries in Bristol

January 20, 2015
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Businesses urged to join debate on future of libraries in Bristol

Businesses are being invited to have their say on the future of Bristol’s libraries at an event today (Wednesday January 21). The city council is consulting on the issue and inviting feedback from all parts of the community. This evening’s event, at the Central Library on College Green, will...

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Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios prove picture perfect location for film production equipment business

January 20, 2015
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Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios prove picture perfect location for film production equipment business

A firm supplying TV and film productions such as Downton Abbey with everything from lighting and power generators to pop-up changing rooms and gaffer tape has become the latest business to open a base at Bristol’s successful Bottle Yard Studios. Location One’s Bristol office is its second regional branch...

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Bristol’s Harbourside to get cultural boost from link-up between Arnolfini and UWE

January 16, 2015
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Bristol’s Harbourside to get cultural boost from link-up between Arnolfini and UWE

Arnolfini and UWE Bristol have forged a new partnership to enhance the art and cultural offer on Bristol’s Harbourside. Under the link-up, which will be agreed in full this spring, the two organisations will share resources and facilities and collaborate on programming and education workshops, seminars and events, and...

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City council cabinet approves digital advertising billboards trial – but opponents attack them as ‘gaudy’

January 16, 2015
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City council cabinet approves digital advertising billboards trial – but opponents attack them as ‘gaudy’

From Bristol 247  Two main roads in Bristol city centre could become test areas for controversial digital advertising billboards after the council’s cabinet gave approval for the move, which could generate several million pounds for city over the next few years. Temple Way underpass and Bond Street near Cabot...

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Former Elizabeth Shaw boss joins regional investment firm as it targets Bristol businesses

January 16, 2015
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Former Elizabeth Shaw boss joins regional investment firm as it targets Bristol businesses

The former managing director of Bristol-based chocolate manufacturer Elizabeth Shaw has been appointed by alternative finance provider South West Investment Group (SWIG) Capital as a non-executive director to the board of its fund-holding arm. Malachy McReynolds, pictured, join the group, which since 1996 has invested £15m in to more...

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I’ll give Bristol more powers, Communities Secretary Pickles vows as he hails city’s success

January 15, 2015
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I’ll give Bristol more powers, Communities Secretary Pickles vows as he hails city’s success

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has hailed Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone a success and pledged to devolve more powers to the city to enable it to fund similar economy-boosting measures itself. The minister was in Bristol yesterday to mark the completion of the £40m, 98,000 sq ft, showpiece 2...

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2014 ended on ‘a whimper’ for West firms as business confidence evaporated, survey reveals

January 13, 2015
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2014 ended on ‘a whimper’ for West firms as business confidence evaporated, survey reveals

Confidence among West of England businesses petered out at the end of 2014 and has started the new year lower than at any time over the previous 12 months, new research shows. Domestic sales, cashflow and recruitment expectations all fell during the fourth quarter, according to results of the...

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The LAST WORD: Joanna Randall, purplefish

January 9, 2015
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The LAST WORD: Joanna Randall, purplefish

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 Joanna Randall, managing director of PR and social media consultancy purplefish, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Dallas Buyers Club Book...

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UWE vice chancellor urges Home Secretary to rethink plans to limit overseas student numbers

January 9, 2015
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UWE vice chancellor urges Home Secretary to rethink plans to limit overseas student numbers

The UK economy would be badly damaged if international students at British universities were forced to return home after graduating and reapply for new visas, according to UWE vice chancellor Professor Steve West. He has hit out at the suggestion from Home Secretary Theresa May, accusing her of trying...

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Grillstock meets growing thirst for craft beer by launching its own Pale Ale

January 9, 2015
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Grillstock meets growing thirst for craft beer by launching its own Pale Ale

Grillstock, the Bristol-based smokehouse restaurant and festival group, has launched its own craft beer designed to complement its smoked meats. Grillstock Pale Ale is brewed in collaboration with Bath Ales’ Beerd Brewery and is a blend of three US hops. It is the latest in a string of US-style...

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Bristol publisher Immediate forced to offload recently-acquired titles by competition watchdog

January 8, 2015
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Bristol publisher Immediate forced to offload recently-acquired titles by competition watchdog

The competition watchdog has forced Bristol-based magazine publisher Immediate Media to sell three of the titles it acquired eight months ago from rival Future. Immediate, the UK’s third-largest magazine group with a portfolio that includes Radio Times, Gardeners’ World, Good Food and Top Gear, bought the titles from Bath-based...

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