Bart Ingredients, the Bristol-based manufacturer of herbs and spices, has been acquired by German spice producer Fuchs Group for an undisclosed sum. Under its previous owner, private equity firm Langholm Capital, Bart had been transformed, becoming an award-winning grocery brand. It turned over more than £25m last year and...
University of Bristol spin-out businesses Zeetta Networks and KETS Quantum Security have won a major venture capital initiative which will provide them with access to investors with funds totalling £125m. Teams from the two firms pitched their ideas to a panel of experts from BT, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Orange...
Four partners have been chosen by Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed to take forward its Diverse Workforce for the Future project. The four were among eight shortlisted projects presented to a full-house at the building’s ‘Ideas to Pitch’ event. From these, the Engine Shed team chose four to work...
Schoolchildren are to compete to design the fastest BLOODHOUND SSC-style car in a new video game created by students at UWE Bristol. Games technology students will launch Speed Titans next week at a BLOODHOUND showcase event where the Bristol-built vehicle will be put through its paces. It will be...
The Marketing Centre, the UK’s leading provider of part-time marketing directors, has appointed John Courtney as its new regional director for the West Country & Wales. John, pictured, founded Strategy Digital, a 50-person digital marketing agency based in Brislington, which he sold to Fat Media in 2015. He is...
In a classic David-versus-Goliath smackdown, a US-based musician-turned-programmer has won a protracted legal struggle against the mighty Trump Organization over rights to the ‘iTrump’ trade mark. Tom Scharfield is the founder, CEO and, indeed, sole employee of app developer Spoonjack. A keen brass player, he is the creator of...
A free cyber security workshop to teach small firms how to protect against online threats is being staged by Bristol business support organisation BRAVE Enterprise. The half-day workshop on November 7 is being held at BRAVE’s offices at The Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol, BS2 8QN. Booking...
Bristol-based PR, communications and brand agency Wonderland Communications has been appointed by international giant Kraft Heinz to work on its iconic baked beans brand. The 18-month-old agency beat off rivals in a six-way competitive pitch to land the project – its first with Kraft Heinz, the world’s fifth-largest food...
The full line-up of international speakers who are set to inspire, challenge and drive transformation across the region’s creative sector at this year’s Vision event has been revealed. More than 300 creative business professionals from the worlds of advertising, digital marketing, design, publishing, PR, TV and VR will be...
Bristol-based public relations consultancy Speed is hoping to secure its third prestigious trophy of 2017 next month when it lines up in the PR Agency of the Year category of the B2B Marketing Awards. Speed was recently named the Most Outstanding Multi-Sector PR Agency for the second year running...
Creative Business News regularly gives a prominent member of the region’s creative sector the chance to reflect on their career, their work and their ambitions by answering 10 questions about themselves. Name: Olivia Tripp Job title: Founder/social media/influencer marketing and event management Current company: Weekend:IN (www.wkndin.co.uk) Age: 22 My...
Bristol firms are looking for Chancellor Philip Hammond to deliver a shot in the arm and lift confidence in next month’s Budget following this week’s rise in inflation, according to the region’s largest business group. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 3% in September, according to today’s official...
The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, featuring 100 spectacular new images, returns to Bristol’s M Shed this Saturday, October 21. The most prestigious event of its kind, it has provided a global platform to showcase the natural world’s most astonishing and challenging sights for more than 50...
