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: Kate Davis Job title: Branch manager and head of creative Current company: Juice Recruitment Age: 32...
National PR agency Newgate Communications has appointed regional journalist Michael Ribbeck to help grow its operation in the South West and Wales and across the UK. Mike, pictured, joins as an associate partner from the Bristol Post and becomes part of an eight-strong team based in Bristol and Cardiff –...
Bray Leino Yucca, the Bristol-based digital, direct and data agency, has boosted its leadership team with the appointment of Dwain Thomas as strategy and innovation director. A specialist in customer experience and marketing strategy, Dwain, pictured, joins Bray Leino Yucca after more than two decades working with major brands in...
Supermarket group Lidl UK has chosen Bristol-based internal communications specialist Synergy Creative to develop its employer brand strategy following a competitive pitch. Synergy will work with the retailer’s recruitment, training and HR teams to craft and deliver recruitment advertising and shape the overall employer brand experience. The new contract...
Bristol locations will be in the primetime TV spotlight again when the nation’s favourite time traveller Doctor Who returns to the small screen from this Saturday for a much-awaited new series. The Time Lord has a long-running connection with the city dating back to 1977 when Hengrove’s Imperial Park...
A Bristol balloon taking part in today’s world-record flight across the English Channel also conveyed the vital message that the city is still very much open for business with Europe. The balloon owned by Business West, UWE Bristol and Destination Bristol was among the 82 that flew across the...
The economic impact of the University of the West of England (UWE) on the region has been revealed in a report showing that in 2014/15 it supported more than 8,200 jobs and generated just over £400m. The independent analysis – the first of its kind – was compiled by...
Twenty entrepreneurs from Bristol have been named on an exclusive list of the top 50 innovators helped by SETsquared, the global number one university business incubator. SETsquared, which is backed by a number of universities including the University of Bristol, supports high-growth tech companies that have significant economic impact....
Staff in Bristol’s most cheerful offices and workspaces are being urged to showcase what makes them so special as the region’s unique happiest workplace contest gets underway for the third year. Staged by Bristol-based workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA and supported by Bristol Business News and its...
The West of England’s new Metro Mayor must have a “bold social and economic vision” for the region, its largest business organisation is demanding in its devolution manifesto. Business West, which includes the West of England Initiative, has identified 10 key points that the mayor will need to translate...
Diversity in creativity was placed firmly at the top of the agenda as leaders of the West of England’s creative sector gathered to celebrate the official launch of Creative Business News. A joint venture between Bristol Business News and its associated titles in Bath and Swindon and communications agency...
Running a business can be hard. Running a creative agency can be even tougher when your work output relies on generating up-beat ideas and concepts, selling them to clients and delivering to deadline and on budget. Having an ‘off day’ when you work in a creative environment can also...
Bristol Media South by Southwest (SXSW) apprentice Jasmine Thompson has returned from the world’s largest tech and digital conference and music festival “boosted and inspired” and with two new contracts. The Bristol-based illustrator and designer said attending the event in Austin, Texas, had been an inspirational and educational experience....
