Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Vashti Seth, founder and CEO of Bristol-based microfinance charity Deki, answers our questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Grand Budapest Hotel because Wes Anderson is genius. Book you...
A team of Bristol tech experts have used their spare time to devise an app that aims to revolutionise the school run by getting more children to walk or cycle. By using the app, called Crocodile, parents can track the progress of the children on their way to and...
Bristol creative agency Taxi Studio is relocating to state-of-the art offices at Bath Road Studios to accommodate its ambitious growth plans and get round a lack of parking at its current base. The agency, now based in Clifton Village, has taken 5,562 sq ft at the iconic former ITV...
Eat Drink Bristol Fashion returns to its annual residency in the iconic tipi village in Queen Square next week and Bristol businesses have a rare chance to book for an exclusive banquet evening with its co-founder and award-winning chef Josh Eggleton. Josh, of the Michelin-starred Pony & Trap in...
The founder of IMDb, the Bristol-based website that has become the world’s most online popular source of movie information, has joined the speaker line-up for this summer’s Venturefest innovation event in the city. Col Needham, pictured, will be joined by Scott Wilcox, the director of technology of SXSW Eco...
Anticipation is building ahead of next month’s Business Showcase South West 2015 and firms are being warned not to miss out on unparalleled sponsorship, exhibition stands and free delegate passes for what will be the region’s biggest business show this year. The two-day staged at Bristol’s Colston Hall on May...
A pioneering project celebrating Bristol’s rich cultural diversity through the food of its various communities is to be launched this summer. Called ‘91 Ways to Build a Global City’ – referring to the number of languages spoken in Bristol – it will encourage people across the city to share...
Thatchers, the West-based cider maker, is heading east to target the massive Chinese drinks market. The firm, which already exports to Europe, Russia, Australia and the US, is to send representatives to seven major Chinese cities to explore potential trade opportunities – including the country’s beer capital of Qingdao,...
Firms from across the Bristol area were this week celebrating gaining the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of their growth in international trade. The firms included Research, design and innovation specialist Kinneir Dufort, specialist web ink and varnish manufacturer Pulse Roll Label Product, and Vistair, the airline...
The graduate entrepreneurs behind Bristol-based specialist travel company Much Better Adventures are celebrating becoming inaugural winners at the 2015 Making Business Happen Awards. Much Better Adventures, based in Stokes Croft, beat competition from businesses from across the UK to claim the £12,500 first prize in the SME Business Growth...
Bristol executive Search firm Moon Consulting and Bristol Business News have teamed up again to seek the opinions of business leaders across the South West and find out more about the diverse attitudes and leadership abilities of the region’s boardrooms. The South West Board Effectiveness Survey 2015 enables board directors...
The smiles on the faces of staff at skateboard distribution firm Shiner are even wider today after the business scooped the title of Bristol’s happiest workplace. The family-owned firm, based at Aztec West, won the inaugural contest staged by Bristol workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, beating strong...
The second in a series of free half-day workshops showing businesses how they can save money, attract and keep quality staff and boost their brand by adopting corporate social responsibility takes place next week. Sustain-Live, a sustainability development consultancy, is running the training sessions for Blue Orchid as part...
