A national network promoting gender equality in the design industry has launched in Bristol to stage activities and events that will empower women and inspire change. Kerning the Gap was founded three years ago in London to help support female talent in design and encourage more women to reach...
Bristol recruitment consultancy Moxie and Mettle has started a complimentary HR advisory service to help clients ensure their staffing policies support business growth. Every time the Pill-based firm, which specialises in the creative sector, places a new candidate with a client company it will offer a half-day consultation with...
The Bristol office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson has advised on a multi-million pound deal in the fast-growing software-as-a-service sector. Online media intelligence firm ResponseSource, based in Croydon and founded by former journalist Daryl Willcox in 1997, was snapped up for £5.5m by Access Intelligence, which specialises in corporate communications...
Bristol communications agency Purplefish has moved to larger premises in the city’s Paintworks creative hub after three years on a boat on the Floating Harbour. The relocation to dry land follows a period of growth for the agency, which was established in 2012 by Joanna Randall, pictured. Over the...
Businesses and philanthropists from across the South West will come together in Bristol this Thursday to help raise vital funds for its young people. The annual Prince’s Trust Red Dinner has raised more than £650,000 since it was launched seven years ago, with all the proceeds going toward helping...
Bristol’s most competitive businesses are being urged to bring their rivalry to the table and take part in the city’s first Ping Pong Fight Club. The popular Ping Pong Fight Club began four years ago as a stand-alone annual tournament in London. It is now spreading out across the...
The South West’s biggest celebration of African cinema and culture takes place next weekend, bringing a wide-ranging programme of films, talks and workshops to Bristol. Afrika Eye was created 13 years ago to challenge the stereotypes, dispel the myths and explore the traditions and transformations in the ever-changing social...
Channel 4 has selected Bristol as the base for one of its two new creative hubs, delivering a huge boost to the city’s creative sector and offering a new route into the industry for its young people. The broadcaster will relocate around 50 jobs to Bristol from its London...
Business West director of policy Matt Griffith described the Budget as pro-business in which the Chancellor “reaffirmed his commitment to providing stimuli in the right places”. “Businesses will welcome the Chancellor’s commitment to housing, particularly with the Housing Infrastructure Fund,” said Mr Griffith, pictured. “The spiralling cost of housing...
Chancellor Philip Hammond started his speech at 3.33pm and finished at 4.43pm. He open by saying he will deliver a Budget for “hard-working families … who live their lives far from this place … and care little for the twists and turns of Westminster politics”. Chancellor says the era...
Bristol out-ranks London as the UK’s best place for start-ups with great opportunities for freelancers and a huge number of co-working space options, according to the results of a new survey released this week. The research carried out by price comparison website MoneySuperMarket analysed factors such as the number of...
Coach tour operator Bakers Dolphin and Empica, its PR agency for the past 20 years, have teamed up to support the creation of a new studio theatre at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory. The two firms are sponsoring seats at the multi-purpose, 86-seat performance space, which was launched this week and...
The Bristol office of accountancy, tax and investment management group Smith & Williamson welcomed hundreds of art lovers to a reception to mark the opening of the Royal West of England Academy’s Annual Open Exhibition. Now in its 166th year, the exhibition takes submissions from artists at any stage of their...
