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...
Bristol-based financial services research specialist Consumer Intelligence is expanding its research capabilities with the appointment of Stuart Peters as consumer research manager to help drive innovation. Stuart, pictured, will help identify insights to enable clients to drive change and enhance their products and services as Consumer Intelligence grows its business...
The West of England boasts many creative, cultural and inspirational events. The region’s broad cultural diversity is reflected in an eclectic array of things to do. From theatre and design to music and food, there is something for everyone to enjoy on the social and professional calendar. Here’s Creative...
Bristol-based digital marketing agency Digirank has boosted its leadership team and appointed a new pay-per-click (PPC) & biddable media manager to further build on its success. New arrival Tommy Pearson, who joins from Bristol and London-based agency Keel Over Marketing, brings years of specialist paid search marketing experience to Digirank’s team of strategic,...
Areas of Bristol became Rochdale and city council offices transformed into Liverpool Crown Court last year for filming of hard-hitting TV drama Three Girls, the true story of three girls drawn into the frightening world of sexual exploitation. Made with the full cooperation of the victims and their families,...
Educational and community theatre group Brave Bold Drama has unveiled its first permanent base, dubbed Creative Workspace, in Withywood, South Bristol. This major step forward for the theatre company comes just weeks after it was named winner of the Arts category in the Bristol Life awards. Set up in...
Bristol Open Stage, the highlight of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th anniversary celebrations last year, is returning to the city for 2017. The project involved the historic theatre being taken over by people from every corner of Bristol in a series of joyous performances over the anniversary weekend last year....
Bristol’s Brew House creative hub – one of the city’s most innovative office conversions – is fully let after securing a third tenant. Global environmental consultants SLR Consulting has taken 7,162 sq ft in the building, off Temple Way, which has been transformed from a previously vacant four-storey building into...
Organisers of Bristol’s live street and urban art festival Upfest – the largest free event of its kind in Europe – are urging supporters to dig deep to make sure this year’s goes ahead. The festival needs to reach its £20,000 crowdfunding target by this Sunday to ensure it...
US tech giant Oracle has teamed up with Bristol’s SETsquared incubator to officially launch its next-generation Startup Cloud Accelerator programme in the UK. Oracle, which has a cloud development centre in the Bristol, announced plans in January for its second accelerator programme in January. It describes the scheme as...
The restoration and conversion of Bristol’s former General Hospital has landed a major property award before it is finished. Called The General, the project by Essex-based specialist developer City & Country, pictured, topped the Building Conservation category at last night’s 2017 RICS Awards, South West. The scheme, which has...
The cream of Bristol’s tech and digital cluster have just a week left to submit their nominations for The 2017 SPARKies, the awards showcasing the region’s best start-ups, founders, entrepreneurs and mentors. West of England tech sector group TechSPARK, which stages the awards, has also revealed the line-up of...
