Bristol film studio TBY2 has become one of the first in the UK to be awarded a new industry sustainability standard. The £12m film and TV production facility, which opened last autumn as an expansion of the city’s highly successful Bottle Yard studio complex, was the second-highest scorer of the 12...
Bristol communications agency Ambitious PR is setting its sights on annual revenues of £1.65m this year after achieving a second consecutive 12 months of 50% growth. The B2B and corporate communications specialist’s expansion over the past year came partly from winning new clients including Bristol housing developer Acorn Property Group, South...
Bristol tourism businesses will be able to learn about – and connect with – the travel trade, thanks to a link-up between destination marketing organisation Visit West and a specialist marketing platform. The partnership between Visit West, which runs the Visit Bristol service, and b2me Tourism Marketing aims to...
International law firm Osborne Clarke has completed the relocation of its Bristol base to one of the UK’s most sustainable office buildings – a move it says reflects its culture and values. Some 780 employees have transferred from Temple Quay – where the firm’s Bristol office had been for...
A documentary film produced by Bristol PR agency Empica to mark 25 years since the launch of the replica of The Matthew has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. The 30-minute film, the result of a two-year project capturing significant moments in the life of the iconic ship, pictured,...
A Community Interest Company on a mission to improve the lives of neurodivergent people in the Bristol area is the winner of the inaugural Micro Business Incubator Hub Competition staged by city-based creative business collective Istoria Group. Self Agency was founded by Devon Lowndes, pictured, with a vision is...
Bristol-based Mentor Digital has launched the first rewards app for the UK bowling industry – with more than 50,000 downloads taking place within four weeks. The augmented reality (AR) app, pictured, has been developed for Tenpin, the country’s largest bowling centre group operating nearly 50 across the country, including...
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 Claire Menzies, chairwoman of Bristol creative business collective Istoria Group, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Wisdom of Trauma – a documentary. The film...
The CEO of Loungers, the fast-growing Bristol-based café-bar chain, has said its trading over the past year was a “truly stand-out performance”. During the 52 weeks to 16 April the group opened 29 new sites, taking its portfolio to a total of 222. The openings included 24 Lounges and...
Organisations need a diversity of views to be relevant and effective, the former Director General of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller told West of England business leaders last night. Speaking at the ICAEW regional annual business dinner, Baroness Manningham-Buller, pictured, drew on her experiences leading the service through significant change, expansion and...
Amdaris, the fast-growing Bristol digital transformation and software specialist, has unveiled its redesigned and enlarged head office – calling it an oasis of creativity and collaboration. The firm, widely recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies, called in Bath-based workspace design company Interaction to shape its new headquarters in the...
Bristol firms are being urged to join more than 125 firms across the UK that have already signed a pledge to never support or promote blood sports such as hunting or shooting. The plea has come from West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris, who is also chair of...
You may have seen TV coverage of the trial we are carrying out at our materials recovery facility (MRF) near Cheltenham, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the sorting and recovery of plastic waste. The MRF in question is one of six around the South of England at which...
