Liz Zeidler and Philippa Bayley have been elected as chair of Bristol Green Capital Partnership for this year in a job share. Philippa is manager of the University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute, which brings together all the university’s work on living with environmental uncertainty, while Liz is a founding...
Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected...
Innovative Bristol law firm Temple Bright has rounded off a period of strong growth by delivering another significant tech sector deal in the same quarter that its partner numbers topped 20 for the first time. The firm opened in Bristol in 2010 and launched an office in London’s Tech...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol’s long hoped for arena is a step closer to reality after a financial plan for the construction costs was given the green light last night by Mayor George Ferguson’s cabinet. Mayor Ferguson also launched the process of selecting an operator for the 12,000-capacity venue...
Blackthorn Cider, the West drinks brand and long-term sponsor of Bristol City, is helping the club bring back memories of its historic FA Cup third round victory over Liverpool 20 years ago. Blackthorn, owned by Irish drinks giant C&C Group’s Gaymer subsidiary and produced in Shepton Mallet, has helped...
Bristol-based business support organisation Business West has opened its second Launch Point serviced office building for start-up and micro businesses, with space available from £150 a month. Apex Court at Bradley Stoke has easy-in, easy-out monthly terms and includes broadband, utilities, business rates and free parking. Business West is...
The new office of Weston-super-Mare based PR and marketing agency Plum Communications has officially been opened by the town’s mayor. Cllr Keith Morris cut a ribbon as Plum welcomed clients and suppliers to the newly-converted building at Bleadon. Local singer/songwriter and Plum client Ryan Inglis, a national finalist in...
Solicitors at law firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office have helped bring Rod Stewart to the West Country for a major open-air charity concert next summer. The veteran singer will appear at Somerset Cricket Club’s Taunton ground as part of his five-night UK tour. The concert has been organised by...
Two projects by environment design practice Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, have been shortlisted in a prestigious national awards scheme. The St Paul’s project in Cheltenham – a consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes – is competing in the ‘regeneration’ category of the Placemaking Awards while...
Ideas on the best way to create sustainable jobs and growth across the West of England are being invited from Bristol firms. The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) today launches a six-week public consultation on its Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) – a blueprint for growth over the next six years....
Ujima Radio, the Bristol-based urban music station, has launched a website celebrating the social history and cultural contribution of Bristol’s Caribbean community. Dubplate to Dubstep is the result of a successful three-part heritage media project involving a team of Bristol inner city local young people working with Ujima. Financed...
Bristol-based Nokia MixRadio, part of the Nokia mobile communications group, has signed a major three-year sponsorship deal with the city’s prestigious Colston Hall to develop its music education scheme and widen the venue’s music programme. The ground-breaking agreement – among the first of its kind in the UK –...
Veteran national history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is be awarded Bristol’s highest honour – the freedom of the city – at a special ceremony next week. The 86-year-old naturalist, film-maker and former BBC senior manager, pictured, is widely recognised as the world’s greatest natural history programme maker and has...
