A Bristol marketing agency launched at the end of last year by four of the city’s most- experienced creative executives has recruited an “industry luminary” as a non-executive director and business partner. Mischievous Wolf said former chief commercial officer of Toys ‘R Us Asia Jo Hall would bring a...
Bristol-based independent digital marketing firm Flourish has become a founding member of a new agency group aiming to shake up the way the sector operates. Called Harbour Group, the new business has also acquired London-based creative services agency Curious as well as Flourish, which supplies customer relationship management (CRM) services...
Nearly half of all small shops in the South West could be forced to close down without business rate relief, according to a major new report into the state of the region’s high streets. Business rates remain a “huge burden” on small retailers, says the Federation of Small Businesses...
Part of a major urban regeneration site on former industrial land close to Bristol city centre has been acquired by a specialist residential developer – the latest in a string of deals as investors increasingly look for opportunities in the city. London-based Platform_, a leading build-to-rent (BTR) developer, plans...
Later this year Bristol will host The Welcome Party, a gala dinner to showcase the positive impact of refugees and migrants on the city. Ahead of the event on 7 November at The Mount Without on St Michael’s Hill, three refugees who have set up thriving businesses in Bristol...
Bristol Technology Festival, the UK’s largest and most-connected regional event of its kind, returns later this year with five days of cutting-edge events at venues across the city. Tech practitioners, experts and enthusiasts from Bristol and beyond will gather in the city from 7 to 11 of October as...
Bristol-headquartered cancer charity Penny Brohn UK has opened its meeting rooms and gardens on the city’s outskirt to businesses looking to stage wellbeing events for their staff. Organisations can now hire the extensive indoor and outdoor facilities at Ham Green House, near Pill, pictured, for activities while at the...
Hundreds of hours of volunteer work have been carried out by members of Bristol Junior Chamber this summer in a drive to support local charities. The BJC Big Help Out, introduced this year by the Chamber’s president Emma Carter, helped link up the organisation’s membership of young professionals with...
Hospitality and leisure businesses in Bristol are hoping for a bumper few months as a number of new attractions open in the city alongside its regular summer events. Throughout July, August and September, a total of more than 550 separate events will be staged in and around the city,...
Businesses are being invited to support a gala dinner in Bristol to showcase the positive impact of refugees and migrants on the city and the wider UK – with a keynote speech by Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah. ‘The Welcome Party’ will celebrate individual success stories of refugees...
Seven pioneering Bristol creative start-ups have joined a programme aimed at helping them unlock opportunities for growth and investment by harnessing the power of AI. The firms will work with the BBC and Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS) to explore how AI can improve creative operations,...
Bristol-based SLX, one of the UK’s leading providers of technology for live events, culture and sports, is to play a lead role in staging the 2024 Olympics, which officially opens in Paris this evening. As the official supporter for broadcast lighting and rigging, the firm will work at 29...
More than £11m has been lent to start-up firms across the South West ranging from a sewing café to a mobile cocktail bar over the past year under a programme run by the British Business Bank. Since its launch in 2012, the Start Up Loans scheme has supported more than 9,000...
