Bristol has been successful in its bid to renew its status as a Fairtrade City – an accolade that recognises another three years of work by individuals and organisations to raise awareness of Fair Trade issues and support the supply chains. Bristol was first designated as a Fairtrade City...
Fast-growing Bristol-based social influence agency Fourth Floor Creative has appointed its first chief operating officer – operations and product specialist Catherine Cheetham. Catherine, pictured, who has more than 15 years of specialist experience, joins from Chippenham-based renewable energy company Good Energy, where she oversaw product. She also held senior...
Three Bristol companies have been awarded bursaries under a scheme launched by the city’s world-class SETsquared business incubator to help support Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) entrepreneurs access tech business support. Chisel Robotics, Cyber Scholars, and NORTHSTAR will join SETsquared Bristol’s programme this summer. The three placements under...
Bristol-based period product company Natracare is to donate 1% of its annual turnover to organisations which exist to protect the environment – encouraging its consumers to ‘Bleed 1% Better’. The firm behind the world’s first plastic-free, organic cotton tampons, sanitary pads and panty liners, Natracare has now become the...
The Institute of Directors South West Director of the Year Awards celebrated best business practice, with the winners demonstrating the breadth and depth of talent in the region’s boardrooms. Winners ranged from the West of England’s largest bus operator to a recycling firm behind a state-of-the-art waste handling centre...
Adidas likes to think of itself as synonymous with its famous logo – so much so that its founder, Adolph ‘Adi’ Dassler, referred to it as the “three-stripe company”. From early days, Adi was concerned to give his products a distinctive look. Very much ahead of his time, he...
Bristol’s world-class tech sector is to get a new showcase with the launch of a festival to bring together a wide range of existing and new events that will demonstrate the breadth of activity in the city. Bristol Technology Festival, which will run from November 2 to 10, aims...
The founders of two fast-growing Bristol firms have this week sold them to their staff as the trend for ‘employee ownership’ continues. Digital agency Torchbox, which works with some of the world’s biggest organisations including Google and NASA, is handing 100% of its shares to its 65 employees. They...
Bristol has been named as the UK’s second-best city outside London for business in league table that rates major urban centres on their appeal as places to run and grow knowledge-based companies. The ranking of 21 towns and cities, compiled for Management Today magazine, was topped by Manchester with...
Hotels and hospitality businesses in Bristol are being urged to do more to attract more Chinese tourists. While the number of visitors from China and other South East Asian countries has steadily increased over recent years, the Bristol and West of England China Bureau believes more can be done...
Leading organic dairy brand Yeo Valley has teamed up with Bristol-based creative agency Phoenix Wharf to open its first outlet in London. The two-storey café, shop and workspace on Queensway – between Hyde Park and Notting Hill – acts as a showcase for Blagdon-based Yeo Valley in the capital a...
Bristol advertising and marketing agency Sprague Gibbons has celebrated 25 years in business with a celebratory event for more than 130 clients, partners and friends. Peter Gibbons and David Sprague (now retired) set up the business in 1994, initially as a design agency. Business boomed in the 2000s as...
Healthcare providers are starting to make their presence known on social media platforms. In the day and age where misinformation is rife online, having qualified healthcare professionals sharing accurate information makes it easier for patients/potential patients browsing online. “Information on social media affects how more than 40% of people...
