A major new event series for employers on how to improve recruitment and retention across gender-equal talent pools is being launched next week. Staged by Bristol Women in Business Charter (BWIBC) on Wednesday, 20 September, the inaugural event will feature two panels – one made up of employment experts and another hearing from people with lived experience. ‘Recruiting for...
Early-stage tech founders and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the UK can find out about SETsquared Bristol’s acclaimed incubator at a virtual event later this month. The multi-award winning incubator will open its virtual doors on Wednesday 27 September between 4pm and 5pm to show how its bespoke business support...
An exhibition showcasing innovative design from Bristol has been officially opened by Aardman co-founder Peter Lord. Design Icons: Made in Bristol at the Stradling Collection on Park Row, illustrates how five creative companies, including Oscar-winning animators Aardman, are building on the city’s rich history of design innovation, helping it flourish in...
Proctor + Stevenson, one of Bristol’s largest and longest-established marketing and communication agencies, is under new ownership following a management buyout. Established by Roger Proctor MBE, pictured, in 1979, the award-winning agency, which specialises in business-to-business marketing, has grown to employ 60 people with revenues of £6m. Following Roger’s...
Two of the senior leadership team at Bristol-based independent brand consultancy Mr B & Friends have been promoted and appointed to its board as it forges ahead with its expansion plans, including an office in London and potential opening a US base. Kate Gorringe has become executive creative director,...
Emmaus Bristol, the charity helping people out of homelessness and poverty, is to benefit from an £18,000 package of digital marketing support under a programme staged by Bristol digital marketing agency Noble Performs. The US-owned agency brought the Noble Deeds scheme to the UK last year to help charities...
Bristol-headquartered communications agency Antidote has appointed Faye Lockier as its new managing director as it approaches its 10th anniversary. Faye, pictured, replaces Alex Neale, who moves into the newly created role of client director as part of a strategic repositioning exercise as the agency looks to continue the growth...
Looking at it rationally, having a Bristol Women in Business Charter is counterintuitive. We should not, rationally, even be discussing the ‘business case’ for women to be an equal and part of a fair and moral functioning economic system. There would, you could argue, be no rational reason to...
Bristol corporate PR and communications agency Ambitious has chalked up another period of strong growth following a number of new business and expansion of its team with several appointments. Its expansion in the first quarter of its financial year means agency remains on track to meet the £1.65m annual...
Five innovative Bristol firms have teamed up with a unique collection of 20th and 21st century applied art to celebrate the city’s pioneering design heritage. The exhibition marks Bristol’s 650th year as a city and county by showcasing the iconic design of Aardman Animations, Amalgam, Kinneir Dufort, Limbs & Things and Xylotek. Hosted by...
A Bristol intellectual property consultancy has been sold as its founder, a key player in the sector, enters retirement. JDIP was launched in 2015 by John Dean, who had previously spent nearly 21 years with Withers & Rogers in Bristol. As a partner of the firm, he worked on...
A sharp rise in the number of firms in the South West becoming insolvent has made the region the worst in the country for increasing business instability. The latest analysis by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 reveals an increase of just under 40% in insolvency-related activities in the...
The boss of Britain’s national tourism agency has visited Bristol to see for herself how some of the city’s attractions will have a significant impact on its visitor economy over the next five years. VisitBritain/VisitEngland CEO Patricia Yates toured Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Brabazon Hangers at Filton and Bristol Zoo...
