Business confidence in the South West has bounced back this month, rising for the first time this year – but the region still remains one of the least optimistic parts of the UK. The latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking shows confidence levels among firms in the...
Two Bristol company directors have been named in a list of the UK’s most influential, fastest-growing and highest-performing female-led businesses. Katherine McQueen, joint managing director of animation production studio A Productions, and Nicola Ray, CEO of digital consultancy Modern Media, have been included in the E2E Female 100 list,...
Ambitious small to medium-sized businesses in Bristol and across the West of England are being offered support to buy new products and equipment to increase production and help them grow. The funding is from a new round of Business Growth and Adaptations Grants launched by West of England Combined...
It’s been about a year since the City Council started bringing in new rules around bin collections, under its stated aim to create more pleasant spaces which are easier to access and less likely to attract vermin. Essentially, there’s now a ban in affected areas on leaving bins out...
A medical complication in newborn babies that can lead to life-changing conditions could soon be diagnosed earlier, thanks to the latest product from Limbs & Things, the Bristol-based firm that makes specialist medical training equipment. Developmental hip dysplasia – commonly known as clicky hip – affects around one or...
Bristol-based independent brand consultancy Mr B & Friends has acquired FutureKings, the brand strategy agency with offices in Bristol and London, as it continues to capitalise on the rapidly growing demand in the small and medium-sized business segment. FutureKings was launched in 2016 by executive creative director Steven Anderson...
Female-led B Corps will be celebrated in a webinar next week staged by Purplefish, the Bristol communications and marketing consultancy that achieved the accreditation last year. The international B Corps movement promotes business as a force for good through its certification scheme that encourages companies to operate a triple...
Bristol PR agency Strike Communications celebrated its third birthday with a drinks reception for clients, media, friends and colleagues. Around 50 guests joined the Strike team – including MD Catherine Frankpitt and newly appointed creative director Scott Fletcher – at Browns Restaurant in Clifton to celebrate how far the...
Distinctive Communications, the Bristol-based full-service public relations consultancy aimed at place-makers, purposeful businesses and public bodies, has hired content writer Jasmine Gordon as it approaches the end of its first full year of trading. The agency was launched last May by Ben Lowndes, the former South West managing director...
Bristol firms need more help from the government in the face of stubbornly high inflation, including transitioning to more energy efficient sources and easing supply chain difficulties, the region’s biggest business organisation has said. With annual inflation unexpectedly jumping from 10.1% in January to 10.4% last month, Business West...
Bristol-headquartered PR and stakeholder engagement consultancy JBP Associates has appointed Simon Prescott, a former equity partner at national planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore, as senior counsel. In his new role Simon, pictured, left, with JBP executive director for strategic engagement James Hinchcliffe, is counselling JBP’s planning and development clients...
Major projects in Bristol aimed at growing the city’s economy by harnessing its strengths in key sectors such as net zero, creativity and advanced manufacturing re to be fast-tracked after receiving a multi-million boost. The city will get the lion’s share of government funding worth around £18m earmarked for...
Pre-tax profits at Bristol-headquartered ethical bank Triodos UK shot up by 18% last year despite what it described as “tumultuous times”. The lender, the UK arm of Dutch sustainable banking group Triodos, also increased customer numbers by 3.5% to 87,896 during the year while customer deposits increased by 2.1%...
