Bristol businesses operating in the high-growth agri-tech and marine-tech sectors are being given new opportunities to break into overseas markets by virtually showcasing their products. Agri-tech companies can meet global commercial trade officers from 50 overseas markets on Tuesday at a virtual Meet the Market Expert event. Organised by...
Consumer PR and communications specialist Wild West, which has an office in Bristol, has been certified as a B Corporation – the latest in the city to gain the status regarded as being to business what Fairtrade is to bananas or coffee. B Corp businesses must meet the highest...
Bristol design agency Phoenix Wharf has struck Gold for the second year running in one of its industry’s most prestigious competitions. The agency again topped the Best Hospitality Project category at the London Design Awards – this year for its work with ethical, accessible, community-oriented supermarket The Bristol Loaf. ...
A third of South West firms still do not know if they will be impacted by Brexit with less than four weeks to go to the end of the UK-EU transition period, according to a new survey. At the same time 46% are worried that Brexit could have a...
Bristol has been named as one of the best cities in the world to live in as a young professional. Luggage shipping firm My Baggage has placed the city sixth in its global league table, putting it among such well-established hipster locations as Amsterdam – which headed the list...
Bristol businesses have less than two weeks to give their views on the type of employment spaces, vital transport links and homes the region needs over the next 20 years. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has already received almost 1,000 responses to the survey it is running...
Bristol Zoo’s shock decision to quit its iconic Clifton site and relocate to the city’s outskirts has been supported by Bristol Chamber of Commerce. The 12-acre Bristol Zoo Gardens near The Downs has been home to the Bristol Zoological Society for nearly two centuries and is one of the...
Bristol-based customer relationship marketing agency Armadillo, which works with big-name brands such as McDonald’s, Disney, P&O Cruises and Cunard, is offering employees external coaching as it moves away from a traditional line-managed structure. This move aims to give its staff the opportunity to work through their challenges, ambitions, frustrations...
Silverback Films, the Bristol-based world-leading independent producer of landmark natural history series, has been taken over by one of the UK’s largest TV production groups in a major deal for the industry. Silverback’s acquisition by All3Media means it has joined a stable of 40-plus production and distribution companies across...
National Friendly, the Bristol-based insurer, has stepped in to support city literacy and schools charity Ablaze with a new fundraising campaign. Under the initiative, the mutual insurer – a long-term partner of Ablaze – will use its influence to urge Bristol firms to contribute to the charity as well...
Tech has overtaken engineering to become Bristol’s dominant industry, boasting the most jobs and higher-than-average salaries, according to a new report. There are currently 1,965 IT-related job openings in the city, the highest of any industry, with logistics and warehouse coming in second with 1,840, and a total of...
Bristol’s Tier 3 restrictions when it comes out of the national lockdown next week will have a “chilling impact” on its economy, with much of its hospitality sector remaining “frozen” in the vital run-up to Christmas, business groups and the city’s mayor have warned. Mayor Marvin Rees, pictured, said...
Family cidermaker Thatchers has been described as a “great British brand” after winning one of the grocery industry’s top accolades for its success in developing new drinks and its marketing campaigns. The firm, which has been making cider on the Thatcher family’s near Weston-super-Mare since 1904, tasted success in the...
