West-based luxury brand Mulberry, best known for its £1,000-plus handbags, has promised to launch new products with slightly cheaper price tags after revealing that profits nearly halved in its last financial year. Chairman Godfrey Davis, who is leading a restructuring of the business to restore growth, said it had...
Seven directors running businesses based in and around Bristol will this evening find out if they have been successful in the prestigious South West Institute of Directors (IoD) awards. Competing for the awards, which celebrate excellence in the boardroom, are Nick Sturge, co-founder of the enterprise hub The Engine...
Mubaloo, the app developer launched by Bristol-based serial entrepreneur Mark Mason, is among four firms competing in this year’s prestigious West of England Business of the Year Awards. The finalists are going head-to-head in the category for businesses turning over up to £25m. There is also an award for...
Bristol is one of the UK’s most successful cities for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and is helping the South West outperform most other regions in a highly-competitive market, according to new research published today. Bristol is ranked sixth in a list of leading UK cities in global accountants...
Bristol-headquartered international law firm Osborne Clarke is quietly celebrating one of its largest and highest-profile deals – Apple’s $3bn (£1.8bn) acquisition of headphone and music streaming company Beats Electronics. Tech specialists at Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office teamed up with colleagues in the firm’s California-based team to advise Beats. The...
Filmscape Media, a leading supplier of film and television equipment, has become the latest creative industry firm to set up at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios. The camera, lighting and grip equipment rental company, whose head office is based at The Perfume Factory in central London, is expanding operations and...
A group of Bristol’s leading tech entrepreneurs will visit Buckingham Palace on Monday for a special reception with the royal family to recognise the sector’s powerful economic contribution. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will be joined at the event by The Duke of Cambridge, The Duke of...
Businesses are being urged to sponsor the hugely-successful 24 Hours in Bristol photo-marathon competition as it launches for its second year. The inaugural contest last year attracted hundreds of amateur and professional photographers to the city, generating more than 10,000 stunning of images Bristol over a single day. The...
By Paul Wilson, chief executive, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership Bristol is on a roll. It’s the best place to live in the country. The 100,000 people who engaged in the art of sliding down Park Street sparked a national debate on modernising city centre management. Bristol Food...
Innovative Bristol law firm Temple Bright is continuing its expansion with the addition of two more City lawyers to its team in London. The firm now has a total of 24 partners, eight of them based in the London office. Its partners have worked in a range of leading...
The UK’s largest wine brand Hardys will be the title sponsor for this year’s Bristol International Balloon Fiesta after winning the naming rights in a competition. Hardys was one of four businesses drawn as sponsors at a glitzy dinner for members of the Fiesta’s 100 Club held last night...
Bristol Airport and airline KLM are to sponsor the Bath stage of the Tour of Britain cycle ride. The stage – the sixth of eight across the country – takes place on September 12 and is expected to attract thousands of spectators to the city as well as the...
By Nick Sturge, centre director, SETsquared Bristol Having worked with nearly 300 high-tech start-up businesses – some for just an hour, some for several years – and having done a start-up myself, I've watched, very carefully, how leadership develops and evolves over the life of a start-up. I am...
