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....
Bristol-based digital skills school Develop Me has partnered with social enterprise EdAid with a mission to level the playing field for talented, ambitious students to access affordable training or higher education and showcase their potential to future employers. Develop Me’s 12-week intensive Coding Fellowship Programme – which runs four...
Web marketing company All Things Web has appointed Ammon Johns to further develop its digital agency and grow its footprint across the UK. Ammon, pictured, is widely acclaimed as one of the pioneers of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and recognised as one of the leading voices on organic search by...
Today’s young people are interested in – and worried about – much the same as previous generations despite the explosion of social media and on-demand information, according to new research revealed to South West marketers and business leaders. But the way brands can engage with youth has changed dramatically,...
Two rooms at Bristol’s Bath Road Studios have been re-imagined by UWE interior architecture students to as accommodation for refugees in a project inspired by the Royal Society of the Arts’ (RSA) annual design awards. The students were given a brief last November after a visit to the innovative workspace and...
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 PR agency Greenhouse’s work with home...
The South West’s top agency talent is highlighted in Campaign magazine’s annual School Report with Home, Bray Leino and Happy Hour Productions all named among the UK’s top 50 agencies. Bristol-based agency Home is listed at number 27 in the 2017 rankings compiled by Neilson, up from 36 last...
Aspiring filmmakers are being invited to meet top industry professionals and other young creatives during an action-packed ‘Inside Film’ day at The Watershed this Saturday, April 8. With talks from BBC, children’s television production company Drummer TV and Wildseed Studios, which specialises in animation production, attendees will be able...
TV station Made in Bristol is to broadcast a new dating show featuring Josie Gibson, the former Big Brother star and recent contestant in Channel 4 series The Jump. In Getting Jiggy with Josie, which first airs at 8pm on Friday, April 21, contestants will be blindfolded while their...
A craft brewery which describes Bristol as its spiritual home has raised almost twice its initial £1m crowdfunding target towards its new brewery and restaurant complex. Rapidly-expanding The Wild Beer Co, which opened Hook at Bristol’s Wapping Wharf indie food-and-drink hub last year – has outgrown its current brewery on...
