Watershed, Bristol’s ground-breaking media centre and café/bar, has appointed James Taljaard to the new senior position of general manager. James, pictured, who joins after 11 years at Arts & Business (A&B), will focus on further developing the venue’s award-winning conference and events service. He began his working life as...
A former block of Edwardian public toilets in Bristol is to be reopened as a temporary art gallery and winter shop. Antlers Gallery, which has produced similar shows in London, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire, is working with Bristol City Council, which owns the disused cloakroom building on the corner of...
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone – the key part of the city’s economic growth over the next 25 years – plays host to an unusual live art event this evening when 30 local artists will be set a unique challenge. The writers, musicians, visual artists, designers and photographers will...
Businesses that go the extra mile to support the arts in the South West are being recognised today at a reception staged by Arts & Business (A&B), the organisation that brings together the cultural and corporate worlds. The Business Cultural Champions programme – a sister initiative of A&B’s successful Cultural Champions...
Millions of passengers going through Bristol Airport are to get a larger-than-life view of some of the individuals who are helping to make Airbus’s Filton plant a world centre for aerospace engineering. A 43-metre long poster stretching the length of the corridor leading to the departure gates features 25...
Bristol Post owner Northcliffe Media, the regional publishing arm of the Daily Mail group (DMGT), has been sold to a consortium led by former Mirror Group boss David Montgomery. New owner Local World said it “intends to transform regional publishing to create a one-stop shop for local content to...
Bristol Business News travel writer Anne Gorringe has been named as one of the winners of the prestigious Business Travel Awards, collecting her trophy last night at a glittering ceremony in the heart of London. Anne scooped the Best Newcomer title for two articles which appeared on Bristol Business...
The region’s top public relations and communications professionals were rewarded for their work over the past 12 months at the CIPR West of England PRide Awards. More than 150 people from across the regional PR industry gathered at Bristol’s Grand Hotel to celebrate the achievements at a glittering awards...
The region’s top PR agencies and practitioners go head to head this evening at the 2012 West of England CIPR PRide Awards. The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony and dinner at the Grand Hotel, Bristol. Bristol Business News will carry full details of all the winners...
Luke Brown has been appointed managing director of the events division at Brandon Hill Communications, the award-winning Bristol-based marketing agency. The move is part of a strategy to reinforce the management structure in the division, which was established in 2007 and has achieved strong year-on-year growth despite the economic...
Bristol’s pioneering African film festival Afrika Eye starts today and co-director and co-founder, Zimbabwean filmmaker Simon Bright, here selects his highlights for this year. All events take place at Watershed: * African Interactive at 2 pm today. A free event featuring a live link up with Kenyan capital Nairobi,...
Bristol marketing agency Synergy Creative’s annual quiz has raised more than £500 for local charity Alive! Synergy, which specialises in providing branding, employee communications and marketing services for clients across the UK, chose Alive! as its charity of the year in January following nominations and a vote by its...
Five young people taking part in a pioneering heritage film and broadcast project staged by Bristol’s urban music community radio station Ujima 98fm have been accepted onto BBC Radio’s Face 2 Face courses. The five – some of whom may be offered paid work with the BBC – have...
