Bristol’s year as European Green Capital gets underway this weekend with an opening ceremony and gala dinner for visiting dignitaries this evening and a spectacular high-wire act tomorrow as the first public event. Organisers hope the combination of the civic ceremony with the ‘fun’ element of the tightrope walk...
Four Bristol firms have been named among England’s most creative businesses in a list that also highlights the contribution the sector makes to the economy. App developer Mubaloo, Animation studio Rumpus, digital media firm Sun and Moon and games developer Ground Shatter join some of the country’s most-innovative firms...
Bristol’s standing as one of the UK’s most innovative cities has been recognised in a major new report which also highlights the strength of its economy. The latest report from respected urban think tank Centre for Cities places Bristol ninth in the table of the leading UK cities for...
Bristol’s Colston Hall is taking its £45m transformation and regeneration campaign to the heart of Westminster next month as it continues to seek top-level support and funding. Buoyed by Bristol City Council’s draft budget pledge of £10m, confirmed earlier this month, the iconic music venue is staging an event...
Innovative Bristol microfinance charity Deki is calling on businesses in the city to help it fight poverty in Africa by joining it in a unique partnership. Deki’s crowdfunding website deki.org.uk offers long-term solutions to poverty by giving entrepreneurs in the developing world access to small loans and business training....
Bristol social enterprise Represent has kicked off its crowdfunding campaign to support its mission of improving diversity, inclusion and equality in the region’s creative sector. It has set a target of £15,000 and is offering a range of rewards for supporters with pledges of support starting from as little...
Bristol design studio Taxi has created a new brand identity for estate agency chain Ocean as it prepares to expand beyond the city. Ocean, which now has eight branches in Bristol, was launched in 1983. It quickly established itself as an agency with customer service at its heart and...
Bristol-based brand and design agency Workbrands has been named among the UK’s Top 20 Fastest Growing B2B agencies by business-to-business marketing resource B2B Marketing. The agency, which appears in the table at number 16, has expanded significantly over the past 18 months with a clutch of new client wins,...
Businesses are being invited to have their say on the future of Bristol’s libraries at an event today (Wednesday January 21). The city council is consulting on the issue and inviting feedback from all parts of the community. This evening’s event, at the Central Library on College Green, will...
A firm supplying TV and film productions such as Downton Abbey with everything from lighting and power generators to pop-up changing rooms and gaffer tape has become the latest business to open a base at Bristol’s successful Bottle Yard Studios. Location One’s Bristol office is its second regional branch...
Arnolfini and UWE Bristol have forged a new partnership to enhance the art and cultural offer on Bristol’s Harbourside. Under the link-up, which will be agreed in full this spring, the two organisations will share resources and facilities and collaborate on programming and education workshops, seminars and events, and...
From Bristol 247 Two main roads in Bristol city centre could become test areas for controversial digital advertising billboards after the council’s cabinet gave approval for the move, which could generate several million pounds for city over the next few years. Temple Way underpass and Bond Street near Cabot...
The former managing director of Bristol-based chocolate manufacturer Elizabeth Shaw has been appointed by alternative finance provider South West Investment Group (SWIG) Capital as a non-executive director to the board of its fund-holding arm. Malachy McReynolds, pictured, join the group, which since 1996 has invested £15m in to more...
