Bristol is to become a global ‘living exhibition’ for innovation in housing as a new festival gets under way and the mayors of more than 80 cities worldwide arrive for a major conference. The Bristol Housing Festival, which kicked off today in Waterfront Square near Millennium Square, brings together manufacturers,...
Bristol is aiming to become the home of Netflix’s new UK production base as the US TV giant starts a nationwide search for a suitable site. Netflix will make about 40 productions in the UK this year. But due to a shortage of production space in the UK –...
Trade and economic links between Bristol and its Georgian twin city of Tbilisi have been strengthened through a visit by Mayor Marvin Rees and a group of regional business leaders. The visit was part of a series of commercial, cultural and educational events taking place throughout the year to...
Bristol-based R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown is celebrating two significant milestones – reaching its fifth birthday and planting 4,500 trees through its partnership with TREE AID. The fast-growing firm was formed in 2013 by managing director Simon Brown, who left the corporate world of the ‘big four’ accountancy firms...
Applications are being invited for an investor pitching competition that will put Bristol’s best tech start-ups in front of key investors. Firms will be vying for investment of between £100,000 and £5m at the Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase – part of this year’s Bristech event – when 10 start-ups...
Food service group Arthur David, which supplies some of the UK’s top eateries, has invested £250,000 in a new ingredients hub in Bristol – creating at least 10 jobs and streamlining its operations. The new facility on the Marketside Trading Estate, Albert Road, officially opens on Monday. It centralises...
Two of Bristol’s top tech disruptors will line up against some of the world’s most innovative businesses in a major new award scheme. YellowDog and Blu Wireless Technology are competing in the inaugural 2018 UK Business Tech Awards, which will be presented in London next month. YellowDog, which has...
Specialist business advisory firm FRP Advisory has appointed two new members to its Bristol team. Freddie James joins the corporate finance team under Mark Naughton from accountancy giant Deloitte, where has spent the past five years as a manager in transaction services in its Bristol office. He will be...
Bristol is to get more innovative workspace following approval for plans to use around 90 converted shipping containers to create a scheme in the new Wapping Wharf harbourside quarter. Called CARGO Work, it will be Wapping Wharf developer Umberslade’s first foray into the offices sector on the site best...
