Bristol’s vibrant food and drink scene is to get a boost from a Bath-based independent retailer when it opens in the Wapping Wharf development on Harbourside this summer. Speciality coffee house and artisan bakery Mokoko’s new venture on Gaol Ferry Steps will be its first foray into Bristol. Opening...
By Jonnie Galvin-Wright. Above & Beyond business ambassador for the challenge – and managing director of Stuff Advertising in Bristol when he is not on a bike. Well here we are again. I say again as I am once more attempting this ride following its inaugural event last year....
West firms and business organisations need to collaborate more and embrace innovation to help nurture the region’s talent pool, according to the regional president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Speaking to more than 500 delegates at the ICAEW annual dinner in Bristol last night,...
Unemployment has continued to fall in the South West, bucking the national trend and pointing to a brighter outlook for the region’s businesses. But Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, warned the national rise signalled a slowing economy and could impact on firms in the Bristol area if...
The first batch of a special beer brewed by Bath Ales to mark Bristol Old Vic’s 250th birthday has been delivered to the historic theatre. The 1766 Anniversary Ale will be available throughout this year in bars at the venue – the longest continuously-running theatre in the UK –...
Blue Badge Company, the innovative Bristol firm that designs and makes a range of stylish living aids, is in the running for one the UK’s most prestigious and respected awards championing responsible business. The firm has been shortlisted for the Employment for Excluded Groups category in the regional Responsible...
A games incubator which aims to strengthen Bristol’s burgeoning games sector and a creative skills programme that is developing its talent pool are the latest tenants in the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub. Game Boosters is seeking talented videogame developers to help them achieve success. Its objective is to...
Bristol’s tech and creative sectors today called on the city’s next elected mayor to help build its global profile as a hotbed of innovation. Bristol Media and TechSPARK, the region’s digital tech network, launched the city’s first tech manifesto to ensure the importance of the sectors are recognised in...
Virtual reality will have a major impact on nearly all aspects of our lives – from working and resting to playing and learning, according to a new survey commissioned to ensure Bristol stays at the leading edge of the VR revolution. While three quarters of the 2,000 people taking...
South West law firm Ashfords has appointed UK and European patent attorney Kaya Elkiner as its new head of patents to mark the start of its international patenting service aimed at companies developing new technology. Kaya, pictured, joins from London patent lawyers Keltie. The launch of the new patenting...
Bristol-based tableware and cookware supplier Horwood Homewares has been acquired by Indian multinational TTK in a deal supported by Bristol advisors, including innovative law firm Temple Bright advising TTK. Horwood Homewares, which has been trading since 1896 and operates from a base in Avonmouth, is one of the UK’s...
Bristol’s Upfest, Europe’s largest free, live street and urban art festival, today launched its second crowdfunding campaign to raise £15,000 ahead of returning in July with its biggest line up of artists. Launched through Bristol-based Fundsurfer, the campaign will help the festival team pay for the infrastructure to manage...
US-owned social network for athletes Strava is to relocate its international operation to Bristol from London as it looks to recruit new staff for its marketing and business development teams. The rapid-growth San Francisco-headquartered firm said it has chosen Bristol because of the city’s growing reputation as one of...
