Bristol charity FRANK Water has become the UK’s first bottled water company to stop selling single-use plastic bottles and switch to 100% environmentally sustainable alternatives – even though it expects it to reduce its income. To replace its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, the social enterprise has launched a #PledgeToRefill campaign, which...
Pioneering Bristol firms Ziylo and NuNano have become the first tenants to take up residence at the city’s newly launched Unit DX scientific innovation centre. The companies were both founded at the University of Bristol and members of SETsquared Bristol – the world-class incubator based at nearby Engine Shed....
Diversity in the West of England’s burgeoning tech sector will come under the spotlight at a major event next month. Called DIVERSITY? and taking place on Saturday June 24 at Bristol’s Watershed media centre, it will bring together a wide range of people from across the region who are...
The Bristol office of investment group BGF and a team of advisors from the city have put together £3m funding package for Prezola, the fast-growing Bath-based online wedding gift list firm. Prezola will use the funding from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in small and mid-sized companies, to...
Business journalist-turned-PR consultant Paul Mullins will be teaching aspiring entrepreneurs and established firms in Bristol how to secure free media publicity at a workshop organised by BRAVE Enterprise. Paul, pictured, the founder of Clutton-based PR and digital content agency Sandusky Media Consultants and former business editor of the Bath...
Amarelle, the Bristol-based office design and build specialist, and construction industry recruitment firm Kingston Barnes have teamed up to stage a charity mixed touch rugby tournament next month. The event, at Cotham Park Rugby Club on June 15, will raise funds for Bristol hospitals charity Above & Beyond. All...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub is extending its support for the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by introducing an investor-in-residence service open to all growth businesses in the area. Delivered in partnership with Deepbridge Capital and Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), the service goes live on with bookings available during normal office...
Sift Digital, the Bristol-based user-centred design agency, has relaunched as Edo following its demerger from parent group Sift. Edo, which also has an office in London, said the rebrand would re-affirm its proposition “as progressive change and technology consultants”. The firm has a strong heritage working with private and non-profit clients...
Collaboration among Bristol’s creative firms has helped put the city in the top 10 for growth in a new report highlighting the strength of the sector in the UK’s regions. Bristol ranks eighth overall in the table of UK provincial cities – with Manchester taking top spot – but...
Bristol’s Americana Weekend, which brings the best blues, gospel, country and bluegrass music to the city, is back for a third year under a new name, River Town. Taking place from the July 14 to 17 at Colston Hall – and with a launch concert at St George’s this evening -...
Each fortnight Creative Business News 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: Remco Merbis Job title: Visual storyteller Current company: Pixillion Age: 45 My big break: I think...
We all know the West of England is chock-full of incredibly talented agencies and individuals. To showcase the cream of their work, Creative Business News each month features the very best creative campaigns coming out of the region. This month we highlight Bristol communications agency Purplefish’s attention-grabbing launch of innovative bike-sharing...
The University of the West of England (UWE), which offers dozens of courses focused on the creative industries, has launched its internship schemes to help employers recruit interns for the summer. UWE, which earlier this year announced a £37m investment in creative industries education in Bristol, runs three internship schemes...
