West of England firms face uncertainty and risks in areas such as skills and supply chains but also opportunities from Brexit, a meeting attended by bosses of around 100 businesses this morning heard. There was consensus that the region’s business community needed to lobby government over the impact of...
Telecoms firm Pure Comms is celebrating a record 12 months in which its turnover went above £2m for the first time in its seven-year history. The firm, which has offices near Clevedon and in St Austell, Cornwall, posted a record turnover of £2.1m for the year ending February 2016...
The importance of the Bristol and Bath area’s tech sector to the local economy has been underlined by a major new report which puts it among the country’s most successful and fastest growing. While the strength of the industry has been highlighted in previous studies, this week’s Tech Nation...
Bristol’s tech and creative businesses will get the opportunity to find out the views of the candidates in May’s West of England Metro Mayoral election at a special hustings next month. All six candidates to declare so far have promised to attend the event and put forward their views on the sectors,...
Continuing Creative Business News’ series of in-depth articles focussing on the region’s creative industries, our editorial team is inviting contributions in the form of news stories, opinion and comment relating to the professional services that support the creative sector and digital experience/UX for our next two monthly features. We will be looking at how these...
UWE Bristol and Watershed have launched a master’s course in creative producing, inspired by the internationally-recognised work of the Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio creative hub. Starting this September, the course has been developed in response to the growing demand for ‘creative producers’ in the creative industries, spanning film, theatre,...
Many of the West of England’s most talented creative and tech experts have just returned from Austin, Texas, having attended the annual SXSW Festival. So what is it about the mix of music, film and tech that keeps them going back every year? Creative Business News asked Gabby Shaw,...
Creative tech firms are being urged to sign up for a workshop to help them develop and pitch business ideas. Hosted by tech business incubator SETsquared Bristol on April 4, #Ideas2Pitch is aimed at aspiring tech entrepreneurs and follows the success of a similar event last year. The interactive workshop,...
The clock is ticking for Bristol directors to enter the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The deadline for the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 is March 31 and organisers are urging Bristol’s top executives to get...
Bristol’s innovation centre for scientific enterprise opened today – allowing the city to effectively compete for the first time against cities such as Oxford and Cambridge. Unit DX, pictured, will encourage cutting-edge science and tech start-ups with the kind of high-end laboratory space and support facilities common in the US and...
An innovative Bristol business that allows sportspeople to capture replays of their exploits at the press of a button, has been acquired by the world’s largest digital platform for cricket. My Action Replay, based in Bristol’s SETsquared incubator, has developed a system that provides clubs, players, coaches, and fans...
Business organisation the CBI’s director-general Carolyn Fairbairn described today’s Budget as a “breakthrough for skills”. She said: “There has never been a more important time for the UK to sit at the global top table of technical education for young people. “Firms will be looking for ongoing partnership with...
Chancellor Philip Hammond announced new funding to help the UK compete in science and innovation in his spring Budget, including: £300m for research talent, including 1,000 PhD places for STEM subjects £270m for robots, driverless cars and biotech £16m for a 5G mobile technology hub £200m for fibre broadband
