The government must set out an immediate plan to spur economic recovery, including helping firms pay their spiralling energy bills and easing restrictions on employing overseas workers. The call has come from Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, which fears more firms will be forced to close down...
Bristol-based change management specialist ea Change has made two appointments as it continues to grow following a successful management buyout last year. Naomi Pudney has joined as compliance consultant with Tamarah Zammimba arriving as finance administrator. The pair will help strengthen the firm’s existing team, bringing new skills and...
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 Catherine Frankpitt, founder and director of Strike Communications, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Dodged the heat for a couple of hours last weekend at...
Fast-growing eCommerce fulfilment tech provider Huboo has taken to the skies to promote its sponsorship of Bristol Bears’ new season kit. The firm’s branded hot air balloon took part in the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta’s iconic first mass ascent this morning – with a giant Bears rugby shirt below it as...
A website on a mission to “disrupt the rarefied world of contemporary art” by showcasing only Bristol artists has been launched by a city-based campaigner. BrisArt promises to provide artists with an opportunity to champion their work for a fraction of the industry’s standard commission fees. In order to be...
International law firm Osborne Clarke is partnering with one of the UK’s largest art education projects for racial justice by sponsoring one of its 10 large globe sculptures in Bristol. The World Reimagined, which launches tomorrow, aims to inspire pride in what it means to be Black and British,...
Zap-Map, the Bristol-based electric vehicle charge point mapping app, has received a £9m investment to fuel further growth and steer it towards international expansion. Zap-Map has grown to become the UK market leader since its launch eight years ago , with a 70%-plus share of the rapidly growing electric vehicle...
Venture capital funding secured by fast-growth Bristol businesses leapt by two-thirds to £63m in the second quarter of this year, with the city’s burgeoning fintech sector leading the way. The big rise in total investment came despite a fall in the number of deals compared to the previous three...
A £1.5m fund has been launched to help small firms in Bristol and across the West of England and their supply chains adapt to the new economic and regulatory landscape. The Business Growth and Adaptions Grants are aimed at helping small to medium-sized enterprises buy new products and equipment...
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 Karen Pearce, agency leader at Bristol integrated digital marketing agency Loom Digital, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I’m terrible at watching films – you’ll normally catch me watching...
The world’s first ‘amazement park’ opened in Bristol last weekend, with tickets for its first few days selling out. Bristol Business News travel editor Anne Gorringe went to check out this magical attraction, created in a rundown former paint factory. Promised a ‘magical journey to another world’, I’m excited...
Condense, the Bristol firm at the forefront of bringing live events to 3D virtual worlds, has raised $4.5m (£3.7m) to take its world-beating tech to the next level. The firm, launched in in 2019, is making the first streaming studio in a global network to record and transmit Video 3.0...
Bristol’s iconic Balloon Fiesta returns next week after a two-year break due to the pandemic – and for the first time visitors will be able to enjoy the event from a public VIP area. The Huboo Sky Lounge, sponsored by fast-growing Bristol-based eCommerce fulfilment company Huboo, will ensure guests...
