Bristol Junior Chamber has kicked off its 75th anniversary year with its first-ever all-female leadership team. The group was founded in 1948 to promote trade, commerce and industry in the city and provide its members with professional networking and skills development opportunities. Since then it has been involved in...
A team from the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke has advised the University of Bristol on its new £500m Temple Quarter Campus, work on which is about to start in earnest. Opening in 2026, the campus next to Temple Meads Station on Cattle Market Road, will...
Construction of the final phase of Bristol’s Paintworks creative quarter is on course to finish this summer, bringing more commercial and public space and nearly 100 new homes to the highly successful mixed-use development. South West property agency Alder King, which has marketed Paintworks on Bath Road since it...
Armadillo, Bristol’s largest independent customer relationship marketing (CRM) agency, has relocated to a new office to take account of its hybrid working model. The agency, which works with major global brands such as McDonald’s, Disney and Carnival UK, has spent the past two years carefully researching, consulting, and planning...
Bristol-based digital marketing and PR agency OggaDoon has taken on Nea Niinivaara as its new PR and marketing executive. The agency, which works with cyber, proptech, healthtech and eco-focused companies from startups to established national and international organisations, said Nea, pictured, had a real passion for working with businesses...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Kevin Mashford, sales director of design, build, fit-out and refurbishment specialist Paramount, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: It’s Breaking Bad, which I acknowledge isn’t a...
University of Bristol spin-out Forefront RF has raised £6.7m in a new funding round to support the growth of its technology, which is set to revolutionise the way smartphones and devices are designed. The semiconductor firm is commercialising academic research originally conducted at the university, including speeding up and...
Confidence among West of England firms has recovered sharply from its slump last year, according to the latest research by the region’s largest business organisation – but continued staff shortages are now adding to their problems. The quarterly survey by Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, shows...
Bristol’s hard-hit visitor economy could attract investment worth millions of pounds under a new scheme to position the West of England at the forefront of the UK tourism industry. The region has been chosen as one of 12 hotspots for a new national approach to drive up visitor numbers...
Pioneering Bristol-based giving platform Neighbourly is to help medium-sized firms find and support local charities and causes, so increasing their social and environmental impact. Neighbourly’s platform was launched in 2014 to match large businesses with local good causes. It has since facilitated the donation of 120,000-plus volunteer hours, £23m...
Bristol brewery Butcombe’s first low-alcohol beer has been named as one of the best in the world for a second time. Goram IPA Zero, which first went on sale just under two years ago, won a gold medal in the inaugural World Alcohol-Free Awards. The first international drinks competition exclusively focusing on products with alcohol levels of 0.5% ABV or below, the awards attracted...
Foot Anstey, the South West and South of England-focused law firm with an office in Bristol, has expanded its geographic reach and strengthened one of its key specialisms by acquiring part of Clarke Wilmott’s intellectual property (IP) team. The deal includes Clarke Wilmott partner and head of IP Roy Crozier, who...
SWIG Finance, the non-profit company that supports viable South West businesses that cannot secure sufficient funding from their bank, has become the new regional business support partner for Start Up Loans. SWIG will work with the programme to deliver funding and support to help unlock the potential of small...
