The apple orchards and cider pubs of the West Country may seem a million miles away from Chicago’s skyscrapers but the Windy City is about to hear how British cider leads the world. Thatchers Cider managing director Martin Thatcher has been invited to give a keynote speech at this year’s...
UWE Bristol animation students have made a clean sweep of nominations in the animation category of the RTS West of England Student Awards 2014, replicating last year’s success of three out of three nominations in the category. Three other UWE students have also been nominated in the Drama and...
Bristol’s pioneering business incubator Engine Shed is to be expanded as part of a £18.1m increase in Government funding for the West of England announced this week. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg visited the hi-tech building at Temple Meads on Thursday to announce the funding, which will also go...
Bristol digital entrepreneur Mark Mason has joined the leadership team of city-based research and development tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown to help it continue to grow. He will also seek to improve access for tech firms to the high levels of tax relief they may be eligible to claim against...
The 1970s former Central Electricity Generating Board building at Bedminster Down has been awarded a Grade II listing as one of the most important office buildings of its era. The office development off Bridgwater Road, now called The Pavilions, is among 12 commercial buildings named as representing the finest...
Bristol’s year as European Green Capital officially got underway with a spectacular high-wire act on Saturday evening watched by thousands. In a breath-taking and colourful public opening ceremony, Jade Kindar-Martin from Bristol-based Cirque Bijou cycled along a 120m long high wire set between the city’s iconic A and B Bond...
Bristol’s year as European Green Capital gets underway this weekend with an opening ceremony and gala dinner for visiting dignitaries this evening and a spectacular high-wire act tomorrow as the first public event. Organisers hope the combination of the civic ceremony with the ‘fun’ element of the tightrope walk...
Four Bristol firms have been named among England’s most creative businesses in a list that also highlights the contribution the sector makes to the economy. App developer Mubaloo, Animation studio Rumpus, digital media firm Sun and Moon and games developer Ground Shatter join some of the country’s most-innovative firms...
Bristol’s standing as one of the UK’s most innovative cities has been recognised in a major new report which also highlights the strength of its economy. The latest report from respected urban think tank Centre for Cities places Bristol ninth in the table of the leading UK cities for...
Bristol’s Colston Hall is taking its £45m transformation and regeneration campaign to the heart of Westminster next month as it continues to seek top-level support and funding. Buoyed by Bristol City Council’s draft budget pledge of £10m, confirmed earlier this month, the iconic music venue is staging an event...
Innovative Bristol microfinance charity Deki is calling on businesses in the city to help it fight poverty in Africa by joining it in a unique partnership. Deki’s crowdfunding website deki.org.uk offers long-term solutions to poverty by giving entrepreneurs in the developing world access to small loans and business training....
Bristol social enterprise Represent has kicked off its crowdfunding campaign to support its mission of improving diversity, inclusion and equality in the region’s creative sector. It has set a target of £15,000 and is offering a range of rewards for supporters with pledges of support starting from as little...
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...
