Bristol is hosting an all-star cast of some of Britain’s most-respected actors to make new British heist movie Golden Years. Filming is now underway at the city’s Bottle Yard Studios in Hengrove and areas around Bristol for the MoliFilms Entertainment production. Sets have been built in The Bottle Yard’s...
Bristol financial technology firm Momentum Financial Technology has relocated its 40-strong team to new showpiece offices in the city centre and is now embarking on a major recruitment drive. The firm, formerly known as Blue Speck Financial, announced plans to open its new 120-person facility last November. It has...
Global designer brand Mulberry has appointed fashion industry veteran Thierry Andretta as chief executive almost a year after it parted company with the role’s previous occupant. Bruno Guillon left the Somerset-based firm – best known for its upmarket bags – last March after an attempt to take it further...
The BBC’s Bristol-based operations emerged as the biggest winner at The Royal Television Society (RTS) West of England Awards with its Natural History Unit scooping five and BBC Features winning two. The world-renowned Natural History Unit landed its awards for shows such as Hidden Kingdoms and Wonders of the...
Bristol’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life has been put on the map in Westminster at a high-powered gathering of MPs and key Government figures aimed at challenging the so-called Northern Powerhouse. A giant map charting some of the area’s success stories and future opportunities was...
Bristol’s ambitions to become a world centre for gaming, animation and visual effects – and benefit from the huge opportunities that could bring – will be analysed in a major new piece of research. The survey follows the successful staging in the city of the first SouthWest VR Conference,...
Bristol entrepreneurs are being invited to apply for a place on a free accelerator programme offering support, mentoring, networking and office accommodation in the city. Entrepreneurial Spark, which is backed by NatWest, will open the hub for start-up businesses from all sectors this summer. Applications are now open. Up...
Two award-winning breweries that merged last year are consolidating their operations onto a single new site in South Gloucestershire as part of an ambitious expansion plan. Combined Brewers, formed from the tie-up between Severn Vale Brewing in Cam and Chipping Sodbury-based Cotswold Spring Brewing, plans to more than double...
The West of England’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life are to be showcased in Westminster this afternoon when a giant map is unveiled. Compiled by the area’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the map and accompanying policy document champions the area’s success stories and future opportunities...
The West of England’s most ethical companies have been celebrated at the third annual Fairtrade Business Awards. The Best Fairtrade Business Award went to Koolskools, the ethical school clothing and Fairtrade cotton uniforms firm. It was the second year running the Hampshire-based firm has won the top accolade. Other...
Specialist recruitment firm Matrix is rapidly scaling up its Bristol operation – taking its headcount from six to 50 – to meet spiralling demand in the city’s food manufacturing industry. Matrix, which has specialised in IT programme and project management recruitment for the past 19 years, has identified the...
Bristol companies are being offered the opportunity to attend one of a series of free workshops to help improve their digital presence and capability, and trade more effectively online. They will allow businesses to focus on the future of mobile, covering effective digital marketing techniques that can help give companies...
Businesses from Bristol’s environmental and low carbon sectors will gain an insight into the green policies of the political parties at an event next Thursday hosted by Low Carbon South West, PR and parliamentary affairs agency JBP and accountants Smith & Williamson. Bristol may be celebrating its year as...
