Bristol-based café-bar chain Loungers has shrugged off the cost of living crisis and predictions of meltdown in the hospitality sector by chalking up a 17% increase in sales. The group, which operates its outlets under the Lounge and Cosy Club brands, said it was benefiting from the work-from-home trend...
Bristol’s pioneering community engagement and investment platform Neighbourly is warning of a huge growth in demand for the free food distribution services it supports as families struggle with soaring costs this winter. The firm, which has just passed the milestone of supplying 100m meals to local communities, said the...
A charity to encourage more young people to explore careers in science has been launched by Bristol deep-tech ecosystem organisation Science Creates. Called Science Creates Outreach, it will include a purpose-built ‘Learning Lab’ in the organisation’s Old Market hub that will put school students at the heart of a...
Bristol creative group Istoria has become the latest business in the city to achieve the rigorous global standard of B Corp certification, which recognises firms that balance profit, people and planet Following its accreditation, Istoria Group – a collective of creative agencies spanning exhibitions, events, design and branding founded...
Realistic birthing models made by pioneering Bristol-based medical simulator business Limbs & Things have helped train more than 1,000 doctors working in war zones around the world. The Queen’s Award-winning firm, which makes a range of medical task trainers in its St Philips factory, has supported the David Nott...
A new chief strategy officer has been taken on by the Bristol-based digital engineering consultancy the Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) to support its development of new robotics and artificial intelligence capabilities. Dr Mark Woods, pictured, has more than 20 years’ experience in technical engineering across the space, aerospace and robotics...
Bristol’s maritime heritage has provided the inspiration for fit-out, design and build specialist firm Paramount’s new base in the city while also helping revitalise one of its ‘forgotten’ areas. The company’s design team delved deep into the past of historic Welsh Back, taking a lead from its dockside architecture...
A Bristol-based firm and the organisation behind the city’s chamber of commerce have become the first in the country to use a revolutionary new on-line customs tool that can ease post-Brexit complications when exporting to the Europe. Called Genesis, the system validates the origin of goods to make EU...
Bristol Technology Festival returns next week with more than 50 wide-ranging events highlighting the city’s technological innovation, talent and sense of community. Each day of the festival, which is staged by information hub TechSPARK, will represent a different theme – Purpose, Protect, People, Play and Pioneer – through interactive seminars, workshops...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has carried out a rebranding exercise in collaboration with Bath-based design agency Design for Digital. At the heart of the project is a new website for the firm – https://www.templebright.com/ – which includes two new short films aimed at clients and lawyers. Temple...
Fewer than one in 10 businesses in the South West have confidence in the UK’s economic prospects, with a record 73% fearful over the impact of inflation, according to new survey. At the same time the number of firms concerned about exchange rates has doubled, with a third of...
Bristol corporate communications specialists AMBITIOUS PR has marked its 10th anniversary by relocating its office, recruiting more staff and winning new clients. The agency has also reshaped its senior leadership team to drive further growth and add value to its expanding client base. The move to Courtyard House on...
Bristol’s small businesses and their supply chains can get help to adapt to the new economic and regulatory landscape thanks to a £1.5m fund from the West of England Combined Authority. The Business Growth and Adaptions Grant, which opens for a second round of applications from 19 October, is...
