The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, according to Bristol business leaders. James Durie, executive director of Bristol Chamber of Commerce at Business West, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major...
Bristol is to be a test-bed for driverless cars after funding was secured by a consortium made up of the city council, universities and businesses. The Bristol trial, which will start next January, will look at how the public reacts to so-called autonomous vehicles along with the legal and...
Bristol’s pioneering use of digital technology to improve the lives of its residents has earned it a major international award that places it among the world’s most-innovative cities. The International Award for Urban Innovation was presented to Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson at an event hosted by the municipal...
Export chiefs hope that a former shipping container covered with colourful street art will hold the key to getting more Bristol firms to take their business to the world. Launched this week outside the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub, Business West’s #GetExporting campaign highlights the benefits of exporting in...
An ‘explosive’ beer has been created by two award-winning master brewers to toast the merger of their businesses. Dynamite IPA is the first collaboration for Nik Milo, from Cotswold Spring, and Steve McDonald, of Severn Vale, whose businesses have joined forces to create Combined Brewers Ltd. Very different from...
The trend for pop-up shops and restaurants may be overheating but Bristol has maintained it cool reputation by being the location for a chilled-out pop-up ice rink and bar. Property firm THAT group has transformed a derelict Clifton building site into an alpine ski lodge and real ice rink....
Innovation incubator SETsquared, which is backed by the University of Bristol, has unveiled two new projects – a £3.2m programme to speed up the commercialisation of university research and a partnership with academic health science networks to help NHS patients. The double boost was announced as it staged a...
Budding musicians and music lovers from Bristol’s business community are invited to join the city’s best blues and jazz jam night next week. Taking place at Harveys Cellars, Denmark Street, on the first Tuesday of every month, the event is a great opportunity for musicians of all standards –...
Creative enterprise should be at the heart of economic thinking in the UK, Creative England chief executive Caroline Norbury will argue in a lecture to be delivered in Bristol next week. Ms Norbury, pictured, the former chief executive of Bristol-based South West Screen, will explain how creativity can not...
Bristol public relations firms are celebrating success in prestigious 2014 CIPR South of England and the Channel Islands PRide Awards held in the city last Friday. The eagerly-contested awards, staged by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), champion the best PR campaigns, practitioners and organisations with many of...
Stands for The Business Showcase South West – the major business event which celebrates the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise – are now on sale and pre-registration for delegates has also gone live. Following the huge success of the inaugural event in April this year, The...
Luxury goods brand Mulberry has appointed the head designer of French ready-to-wear fashion house Céline as its new creative director. Johnny Coca will join Mulberry, best known for its leather bags, next July from Paris-based Céline, where he is currently head design director for leather goods, shoes, hard accessories,...
Bristol events and PR agency Brandon Hill Communications has been acquired by international marketing group Bray Leino. Brandon Hill, which was founded in 2006 by leading Bristol PR industry figure Ian Muir, has already worked with Devon-based Bray Leino on joint projects. The two formed a consortium earlier this...
