One of the UK’s largest regional fund managers has opened an office in Bristol to provide finance to small and medium-sized business through the British Business Bank’s new £200m South West Investment Fund. FW Capital will manage the debt finance fund for the north of the region, providing commercial...
The founder of charity One Water has visited Bristol Airport’s World Duty Free shop to raise awareness of the millions of people around the world without access to clean drinking water. The event was part of Duncan Goose’s round-Britain motorbike tour to visit World Duty Free outlets in airports...
Runway East has become Bristol city centre’s largest co-working operator, jumping ahead of rival Regus in a crowded and fast-growing market. The flexible workspace operator, which launched in London in 2014 and opened its first site in Bristol shortly afterwards, now has 82,000 sq ft of office space on...
Marketing communications agency McCann Bristol has strengthened its strategy operation with a senior promotion and two new appointments. The strategy team is integral to the agency’s creative services offering, bringing people together to create impact for its clients. Sarah Warewinter, who joined the team as associate director last October,...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) have advised North Somerset Council in its successful legal battle to acquire Weston-super-Mare’s historic Birnbeck Pier. The council is working with the Royal National Lifeboats Institution (RNLI) and Historic England to secure the preservation of the Grade...
Two creative entrepreneurs have been awarded £22,500 in start-up loan funding from alternative regional funder SWIG Finance to launch a new branding agency in Bristol. Siena Dexter and Kieran Katwala described themselves as being obsessed with brilliant design, science-led strategy and the human condition. As a result, their new agency Naked...
National law firm Ashfords, which has an office in Bristol, has broken the £50m annual revenue barrier after growing by 3% over the past year. The £50.2m achieved in the 2022/23 financial year triggered a 7% firm-wide bonus at the firm, which employs more than 500 people. Profits increased...
Fast-growing Cornish digital agency Thought Quarter has expanded its operations by opening a base in Bristol. Co-founded by people & culture director Allanah Armondi and managing director Samuele Armondi and now employing 14 people, the majority female-owned agency’s services range from e-commerce management to customer experience optimisation systems. It works...
The team at Bristol craft brewery Butcombe are toasting victory in another awards scheme, this time for their gluten-free beer. Having twice tasted success with its Goram IPA Zero in the World Alcohol-Free Awards, the brewery’s Stateside Session IPA has landed silver in the recent year’s Free From Awards. ...
