Three innovative Bristol firms have been in India this week on an official trade delegation to meet new buyers, distributors and partners. The firms – Motivation UK, which provides wheelchairs and services for disabled people in developing countries, independent production company Icon Films and kids’ travel accessories brand Trunki...
Bristol full-service brand agency Mr B & Friends has launched a joint venture with US firm Noble Studios to bring together the best of British creativity with American technological expertise. The creation of Noble Digital Marketing follows a nine-month strategic collaboration during which Noble, which set up a Bristol...
Bristol small firms can find out about the cloud and how best to protect themselves from cyber threats by taking part in webinar next week staged by accountancy group Smith & Williamson. Around 75% of small businesses and entrepreneurs are looking to use cloud solutions to increase their business...
Trailblazing Bristol digital agency e3 has merged with strategy consultancy London Strategy Unit (LSU) to form Great State. The combined agency employs around 80 staff across offices in Bristol’s Paintworks, and in East London working with blue-chip clients such as Honda, Arla, GlaxoSmithKline and Adidas. It is being led by...
Bristol business experts have been reacting to yesterday’s Spring Statement, with most pointing to what Chancellor Philip Hammond failed to deliver rather than what he said. Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has the largest of its seven offices in Bristol, was particularly hard-hitting in its comments, calling it...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, welcomed Chancellor Philip Hammond’s assertion in his Spring Statement that he would continue to “support British businesses” – but it insisted that his actions had to speak louder than words. The £80m pledge to help small firms take on apprentices and the...
CBI chief economist Rain Newton-Smith said the Chancellor was rightly backing British business to secure the UK’s future prosperity in a new economy. “It’s great to see an upgrade in the state of our public finances and rightly sensible to set more aside for a rainy day with Brexit...
Bristol commercial property surveying firm Burston Cook has become the headline sponsor of this year’s Lord Mayor of Bristol Gift Gala. The event raises money for The Lord Mayor of Bristol’s Children Appeal, giving the city’s most disadvantaged children vouchers for food, clothing and gifts at Christmas. For...
A mentoring and recruitment app designed to help bridge the gender gap in the tech sector has been launched by Bristol-based tech entrepreneur Rav Bumbra. Rav, pictured, the founder of recruitment business Structur3dpeople, become convinced of the need for the service as a result of her own experiences as...
Bristol digital businesses are to get access to leading-edge advice and industry trends following the announcement that Google is to headline an analytics and conversion conference this summer. Google will supply the keynote speaker and provide expert services at the event in Bath. Organised by Bath-based SearchStar – one...
A small Bristol firm that imports bags, aprons and tea towels made in India from 100% Fairtrade-certified organic cotton has landed one of the region’s top business awards. Cotton Smiles, based in Easton, was founded by husband-and-wife team Jim Hayman and Vineeta Gupta to support the Fairtrade movement, providing...
Two more seminars have been added to Bath Business Expo’s packed schedule with just a week to go to what will be one of the largest general business exhibitions and networking opportunities in the region this year. The expo, on Friday, March 16, will build on the success of...
A programme to tackle the lack of diversity in Bristol’s tech cluster by amplifying its underrepresented voices has been launched. Aptly named SHIFT, the free course will give 12 individuals from diverse backgrounds across Bristol and Bath the skills and backing they need to change perceptions in the area’s...
