Bristol marketing agency Mr B & Friends has created a new brand and visual identity for email archive migration technology business Transvault as part of a wider business transformation programme. Founded 14 years ago, Clevedon-based Transvault has become the global market leader in email archive data migration. Working exclusively...
Bristol start-ups will continue to get access to national location data and expertise following city enterprise hub Engine Shed’s renewal of its partnership with Ordnance Survey’s innovation arm Geovation. Under the agreement, which started early last year, specialist data support from Ordnance Survey (OS) and HM Land Registry (HMLR)...
Bristol-based naval architect and boat design consultancy ENPLO has received funding to help establish its profile. The £15,000 loan, secured through regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance via The Start Up Loans Company, is being used by ENPLO to provide working capital to cover initial repair costs and marketing...
Two new staff members have been added to the team at Bristol-based healthcare marketing and advertising agency Create Health. Polly Buckland has joined the 18-strong team as strategy director and Ollie Davies as finance manager as the agency, which creates global and national campaigns for big healthcare brands such as Thermo Fisher...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare now for the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 next year, despite many questions of how it will work in practice remaining unanswered. The government has launched a campaign for businesses with the strapline ‘Time is running out’ as...
Building contractor Willmott Dixon is using its work on some of Bristol’s largest construction projects to prepare it to become the industry leader in sustainability. The Hertfordshire-headquartered firm, which has a regional office at Ham Green, near Bristol, this week announced a series of ambitious commitments as part of...
Business West, the group that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed the latest government job and self-employment support measures – but warned that many firms, including those in the city’s vital hospitality and events sectors, continue to miss out. The new support package was announced yesterday by Chancellor...
Bristol has been named as the UK’s second ‘most progressive’ city for its residents’ forward-looking approach in areas such as recycling and their taste for vegan and vegetarian food. Bristolians also helped their city challenge for the top spot – held by near neighbour Bath – in the 50-strong...
The complex legal issues around the use of driverless pods on public roads and pavements have been addressed by a multi-disciplinary team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon. The firm has produced a report on the regulatory environment for the revolutionary vehicles as part of its work with...
A shooting director for a Bristol-based production company has landed a major TV future talent award, with judges praising her creativity and confidence. Miky King, pictured, who graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA (Hons) in Film, TV and Digital Production, won the Flying Futures Talent title at the recent...
A major scheme to redevelop Bristol’s high-profile but neglected St Mary le Port area on the edge of Castle Park is being drawn up following the acquisition of the three buildings on the site. US-based global investment manager Federated Hermes has bought Bank House, Bank of England House and...
Firms will ‘despair’ over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments today that they should prepare for a no-deal Brexit, the region’s biggest business organisation said. Describing the move as “another period of political theatre”, Business West managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said firms across the West of England were already...
More than £100m is to be spent on ambitious plans that use the West of England’s creativity and diversity to protect and secure jobs while building back greener and creating opportunities for all residents. The plan has been drawn up by the region’s Recovery Taskforce, which brings together businesses,...
