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...
Architecture, urban design, planning and regeneration practice Nash Partnership is to expand its presence in Bristol to service a growing portfolio of work in the city. The firm, which has had its headquarters in Bath for 27 years, opened a small serviced office in Bristol’s Wine Street four years...
Bristol creative agency Studio Diva has been nominated as a finalist in the games industry’s main annual awards for the second year running. The firm will battle it out with eight other specialist agencies from across the UK in the creative agency team of the year category at the MCV...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Suzanne Rolt, chief executive, St George’s Bristol – currently fundraising £5.5m for its ‘Building a Sound Future’ extension appeal – answers our 10 questions. What was...
Bristol’s best workplace will be named next week – with three of the city’s happiest and most inspirational firms vying for the coveted title. Judges for the inaugural Happiest Workplace Award visited the three firms this week and Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson – who was on the judging...
The derelict former Royal Mail sorting office next to Temple Meads station could be bought by Bristol City Council and redeveloped as part of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone. The crumbling building, which has stood empty for 17 years, is loathed by business leaders, tourist chiefs and politicians for...
Bristol’s burgeoning reputation as a testbed for innovative ways of tackling the impact of climate change has this week put it centre stage at a major event attended by senior figures from cities across the globe. The World Congress in Seoul, South Korea, heard from the Mayor of Bristol...
Sustainability in the restaurant and catering trade will be on the menu at a summit to be staged as part of the city’s innovative Eat Drink Bristol Fashion festival. Some 150 delegates from businesses across all sections of the food industry will take part to learn and exchange ideas...
The Bristol Hippodrome and At-Bristol Science Centre have been named as finalists in the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2015. At-Bristol is among five venues shortlisted in the Sustainable Tourism Award category while the Hippodrome is competing for the Access for All Tourism award. This year’s VisitEngland Awards attracted...
