Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Marti Burgess, associate director of Gregg Latchams and chair of St Pauls Carnival CIC, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The...
Bristol’s major investment opportunities, including Cumberland Basin and the Temple Quay Enterprise Zone along with its smart energy and infrastructure schemes, will next week be promoted to international investors at a global gathering of business leaders and politicians. Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees and the West of England Metro...
The ‘winner of winners’ of the prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards was revealed at a celebratory dinner to mark their final year. Launched in 1988 by accountants PwC to showcase the region’s top large businesses, the awards have over three decades become the South...
Stuff, the Bristol-based creative agency, has expanded with the launch of a presence in Cornwall and a new public relations division. The agency, which was formed in 2005, works across a range of sectors with clients such as Mars’ Royal Canin pet food brand, the NHS, Destination Bristol and...
Louise Mitchell, CEO of Bristol Music Trust, which runs Colston Hall, has joined the South West Council of Arts Council England (ACE). ACE area council members are drawn from different roles across and beyond the arts and culture sector. They include practitioners, arts administrators and local authority representatives who...
The University of Bristol has struck a major partnership with St Pauls Carnival ahead of its 50th anniversary tomorrow. The university’s support includes headline sponsorship of two stages – the main Windrush Stage outside St Pauls Learning Centre and the World Carnival Stage in Portland Square. It will also...
Bristol-based restaurateur Ajith Jayawickrema, the founder of the Las Iguanas and Turtle Bay chains, has become the patron of mental health charity Changes Bristol. Ajith, pictured below, will play a key role raising awareness of Changes Bristol’s free-to-access mental health peer support meetings as well as highlighting the stigma...
A start-up designing irrigation and control technology for vertical farms last night landed the top prize in the annual Best Elevator Pitch staged by incubator SETsquared Bristol. LettUs Grow uses aeroponic grow beds and farm management software to deliver higher crop yields, reduce production costs and makes farmers’ lives...
Channel 4 executives visited Bristol last week to hear why the city should become the site of its new national HQ. Here Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees reflects on Bristol’s bid – one of seven from across the UK – and how it has galvanized the city. Bristol is...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is relocating its South West headquarters to UWE Bristol in a move that further cements the partnership between the two organisations. The office will be based at the recently-opened Business and Law Faculty, pictured, on the university’s Frenchay Campus. It will also act as...
Two Bristol aerospace workers have been named as rising stars of the industry across the West of England. Ben Smith, who works at Rolls-Royce’s Bristol aero-engine plant, and Linda Coode, collections manager at the Aerospace Bristol museum, topped their respective categories at Wednesday’s Aerospace Ambassador Awards. The awards are...
A team from regional law firm Ashfords has advised venture capital prividor BGF on its £3m backing of innovative West of England action sports protection company Ruroc. Gloucester-based Ruroc – known for its signature full-face helmet – has experienced rapid growth over recent years and now exports to more...
The IoD South West Director of the Year Awards have grown over the years to represent the pinnacle of leadership and business excellence across the region. The 2018 awards ceremony took place earlier this month at Sandy Park, Exeter, where winners of the seven categories were announced. Guests enjoyed...
