Bristol employers are being invited to take part in a new £2m programme that will support hundreds of individuals across the West of England to learn new skills. The scheme, launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), is designed to plug the skills gaps in the region...
Passengers arriving at Bristol Airport are now greeted by an eye-catching artwork featuring many of the West of England’s family-friendly attractions. Produced by Visit West, the region’s destination marketing organisation, in partnership with the airport, specialist advertising experts Eye Airports and businesses, the 136 ft-long mural, pictured, weaves its...
Bristol Beacon, the soon-to-reopen live entertainment venue, has formed a partnership with 10 hotels in the city to give concert-goers access to a range of savings and perks. Music lovers will be able to make a night of their visit to Bristol Beacon, pictured, with up to 15% off...
Two more firms from the Bristol area have achieved B Corp status, underlining its status as the UK’s top regional hub for businesses with purpose. Pioneering telecoms reseller First Class Comms gained the accreditation as it marked a decade in business while marketing recruitment specialist Henry Nicholas has also...
One of the UK’s largest regional fund managers has opened an office in Bristol to provide finance to small and medium-sized business through the British Business Bank’s new £200m South West Investment Fund. FW Capital will manage the debt finance fund for the north of the region, providing commercial...
The founder of charity One Water has visited Bristol Airport’s World Duty Free shop to raise awareness of the millions of people around the world without access to clean drinking water. The event was part of Duncan Goose’s round-Britain motorbike tour to visit World Duty Free outlets in airports...
Runway East has become Bristol city centre’s largest co-working operator, jumping ahead of rival Regus in a crowded and fast-growing market. The flexible workspace operator, which launched in London in 2014 and opened its first site in Bristol shortly afterwards, now has 82,000 sq ft of office space on...
Marketing communications agency McCann Bristol has strengthened its strategy operation with a senior promotion and two new appointments. The strategy team is integral to the agency’s creative services offering, bringing people together to create impact for its clients. Sarah Warewinter, who joined the team as associate director last October,...
Two creative entrepreneurs have been awarded £22,500 in start-up loan funding from alternative regional funder SWIG Finance to launch a new branding agency in Bristol. Siena Dexter and Kieran Katwala described themselves as being obsessed with brilliant design, science-led strategy and the human condition. As a result, their new agency Naked...
Fast-growing Cornish digital agency Thought Quarter has expanded its operations by opening a base in Bristol. Co-founded by people & culture director Allanah Armondi and managing director Samuele Armondi and now employing 14 people, the majority female-owned agency’s services range from e-commerce management to customer experience optimisation systems. It works...
The team at Bristol craft brewery Butcombe are toasting victory in another awards scheme, this time for their gluten-free beer. Having twice tasted success with its Goram IPA Zero in the World Alcohol-Free Awards, the brewery’s Stateside Session IPA has landed silver in the recent year’s Free From Awards. ...
A former University of Bristol student-turned-entrepreneur has donated £50,000 to help fund its next generation of start-up businesses. The donation from Rupert Baker has kick-started a new ‘founders’ pledge’ project through which entrepreneurs given funding by the university promise to donate some of their future earnings to student start-ups. ...
Wealth management firm Investec Wealth & Investment has agreed a three-year partnership with iconic Bristol live music venue St George’s Bristol. The sponsorship deal, the first of its kind for St George’s, launches this year, the 200th anniversary of the former church on Park Street, as well as the 650th year...
