Bristol’s forward-looking employers now have more time to enter a top awards scheme that champions the happiest workplaces in the West following a decision by organisers to extend the deadline for entries. Staged by Lawrence Hill-based and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the Happiest Workplace competition recognises firms that...
Exporting firms based in the South West received support worth £3.2m from the government’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) over the past year – helping them achieve overseas sales of more than £41m. The figures emerge from UKEF’s latest annual report. The agency works alongside the Department...
Bristol-based workplace designer firm Wylde IA has given a Wiltshire manor house-turned-business centre a new look as it expands its offering to embrace more flexible ways of working. Georgian Hartham Park, set in 50 acres of parkland near Corsham, called in Wylde IA to refurbish its restaurant, replacing it...
Paul Seymour has joined regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming as its new marketing director, based in its Bristol office. Paul arrives from the Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson, where he worked for six-and-a-half years as senior communications manager and, more recently, marketing and communications manager. At...
Bristol-based ‘feel-good food’ café group Friska is aiming to double its number of outlets and expand in cities across the UK after receiving a £3m investment. The firm, which was founded in 2009 by former university friends Griff Holland and Ed Brown, pictured, now operates from nine locations across...
Entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a royal audience when UWE Bristol hosts the Pitch@Palace On Tour. The Duke of York will hear pitches on the theme The Future of Mobility and Materials when he attends the prestigious event at Future Space on the university’s Frenchay Campus. Up...
The watchwords for businesses involved with the onset of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ must be trust, culture and diversity, according to a leading Bristol employment lawyer. Greg Chambers, pictured, associate director in the employment team at Osborne Clarke, said the world stood on the brink of another industrial revolution,...
Huggg, an app that enables people to treat friends or family to a coffee, cake or drink with a personal message via their phone, is using Bristol as its UK launchpad. Available for free in the app store, Huggg has partnered with a number of respected food and drink...
A team from the Bristol office of regional law firm Thrings have advised fibre-optic infrastructure firm TrueSpeed Communications on its £75m investment from insurance giant Aviva’s global asset management arm, which will speed up the roll-out of its network to a further 75,000 homes and businesses in the region. Thrings...
An innovative automotive industry cluster focussed on ultra-low emission cars is to be developed in the Bristol area following the go-ahead for a new world-beating research centre. The £60m IAAPS – Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems – pictured, will provide access to its state-of-the art facilities for start-ups and...
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox today told Bristol area businesses that there has never been a better time to start exporting, with the help of his department. Latest government figures show an 11% surge in the value of overseas sales made by businesses from the region, with more than...
A butcher, a baker and a bicycle-maker are among the independent businesses set to open in the latest extension to Bristol’s highly successful CARGO retail hub. CARGO – the city’s first retail hub made of converted shipping containers – is already home to dozens of mainly food and beverage...
Bristol firms and individuals operating in areas as diverse as apps, touchless technology and healthcare were among the winners at the SPARKies – the awards celebrating the best of the region’s tech sector. Nick Sturge, director of Bristol’s highly successful Engine Shed enterprise hub, won the Lifetime Achievement title...
