Nash Partnership, the multi-disciplinary built environment practice with an office in Bristol, has appointed Mike Fox as a planning director planning director. He will work alongside director of planning and regeneration Mel Clinton to develop the national and regional spread of the practice’s planning consultancy work. Mike, pictured, brings...
Bristol has been named as the location for one of the UK’s first four University Enterprise Zones to help the next generation of hi-tech companies set up and expand. The Enterprise Zone, which is expected to create more than 500 jobs and generate £50m for the local economy, will...
The Bristol and Bath region has been championed as a world-leading centre for innovation in hi-tech, creative and digital media in a major new report. The Centre for Cities/McKinsey & Company survey, which analysed industry clusters across the globe, pinpoints the West of England’s diverse combination of industries and...
A team from Barclays are on a high after testing out a new adventure course at Bristol Zoo’s Wild Place Project. The Leap of Faith challenge includes a 12-metre high totem pole which participants climb before launching themselves off a platform to grasp a swinging punch bag. The course,...
Fast-growing online takeaway food business Just Eat is to open a specialist technology centre in Bristol – the latest tech firm to be attracted by the city’s reputation for innovation. The centre will initially be based at the Engine Shed innovation hub at Temple Meads station. It will...
Bristol-headquartered Hotcha, which aims to be the UK’s first national Chinese takeaway chain, today announced plans to open 100 franchised branches across the country over the next five years. The firm, founded two years ago by entrepreneur James Liang, pictured, has appointed former Dominos Pizza business development director Andrew...
A ground-breaking online marketplace for banks and others in financial services to share source code and unlock cost savings has been launched with the support of Bristol law firm Temple Bright. London-based eCo Financial Technology, which is designed to match buyers and sellers of financial services software code and...
Ambitious second-hand and rare book retailer Bookbarn International (BBI) is shaking up the industry by becoming the first to pay royalties to authors whose books it sells. The firm, based at Hallatrow near Paulton, has teamed up with the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to launch The Book...
SETsquared, the centre for innovative part run by the University of Bristol, has been named as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world. In a ranking published by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, SETsquared, whose Bristol base is at the Engine Shed...
Creative industry and arts organisations in Bristol and across the West of England have become the largest group in the UK to receive funding to help generate employment opportunities for young jobless people. The £170,000 from the Creative Employment Programme grant scheme will create more than 140 paid internships...
The Engine Shed, Bristol’s focal point for innovation, has collected another award for its imaginative reuse of part of Brunel’s original Temple Meads station. The building, re-engineered by Bristol architects Childs & Sulzmann, topped the heritage category in the South West Built Environment Awards. Judges said it “demonstrated a...
Bristol digital marketing agency Strategy Internet Marketing has rebranded as Strategy Digital to reflect its evolved offering in a rapidly-changing marketplace. The firm has been helping clients improve their search rankings and sales conversions for more than18 years – since the earliest days of the internet and before Google...
Businesses have been supporting the city’s Big Green Week as momentum grows ahead of Bristol’s role as European Green Capital next year. Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative, part of Business West, embraced the week by encouraging member firms to move sustainability up their agenda. And Low Carbon South...
