Creative/Media

Second phase of innovation hub Engine Shed on track as Govt pledges £18m more for Bristol

January 29, 2015
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Second phase of innovation hub Engine Shed on track as Govt pledges £18m more for Bristol

Bristol’s pioneering business incubator Engine Shed is to be expanded as part of a £18.1m increase in Government funding for the West of England announced this week. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg visited the hi-tech building at Temple Meads on Thursday to announce the funding, which will also go...

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Chairman role at Bristol R&D tax credit firm for city tech entrepreneur Mark Mason

January 27, 2015
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Chairman role at Bristol R&D tax credit firm for city tech entrepreneur Mark Mason

Bristol digital entrepreneur Mark Mason has joined the leadership team of city-based research and development tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown to help it continue to grow. He will also seek to improve access for tech firms to the high levels of tax relief they may be eligible to claim against...

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1970s Bristol office building gains Grade II listing as classic example of modern architecture

January 27, 2015
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1970s Bristol office building gains Grade II listing as classic example of modern architecture

The 1970s former Central Electricity Generating Board building at Bedminster Down has been awarded a Grade II listing as one of the most important office buildings of its era. The office development off Bridgwater Road, now called The Pavilions, is among 12 commercial buildings named as representing the finest...

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Bristol’s year as European Green Capital starts on a high

January 26, 2015
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Bristol’s year as European Green Capital starts on a high

Bristol’s year as European Green Capital officially got underway with a spectacular high-wire act on Saturday evening watched by thousands. In a breath-taking and colourful public opening ceremony, Jade Kindar-Martin from Bristol-based Cirque Bijou cycled along a 120m long high wire set between the city’s iconic A and B Bond...

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Bristol’s Green Capital Year aims high from the start – with opening gala ceremony and a tightrope act

January 23, 2015
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Bristol’s Green Capital Year aims high from the start – with opening gala ceremony and a tightrope act

Bristol’s year as European Green Capital gets underway this weekend with an opening ceremony and gala dinner for visiting dignitaries this evening and a spectacular high-wire act tomorrow as the first public event. Organisers hope the combination of the civic ceremony with the ‘fun’ element of the tightrope walk...

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Innovative Bristol firms placed among top players in England’s creative industries

January 23, 2015
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Innovative Bristol firms placed among top players in England’s creative industries

Four Bristol firms have been named among England’s most creative businesses in a list that also highlights the contribution the sector makes to the economy. App developer Mubaloo, Animation studio Rumpus, digital media firm Sun and Moon and games developer Ground Shatter join some of the country’s most-innovative firms...

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Bristol placed among top UK cities for innovation and business growth in major new report

January 23, 2015
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Bristol placed among top UK cities for innovation and business growth in major new report

Bristol’s standing as one of the UK’s most innovative cities has been recognised in a major new report which also highlights the strength of its economy. The latest report from respected urban think tank Centre for Cities places Bristol ninth in the table of the leading UK cities for...

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Colston Hall’s £45m regeneration plan aims to make Bristol UK capital of young people’s music

January 23, 2015
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Colston Hall’s £45m regeneration plan aims to make Bristol UK capital of young people’s music

Bristol’s Colston Hall is taking its £45m transformation and regeneration campaign to the heart of Westminster next month as it continues to seek top-level support and funding. Buoyed by Bristol City Council’s draft budget pledge of £10m, confirmed earlier this month, the iconic music venue is staging an event...

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Join us in helping combat poverty in Africa, microfinance charity Deki urges Bristol businesses

January 23, 2015
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Join us in helping combat poverty in Africa, microfinance charity Deki urges Bristol businesses

Innovative Bristol microfinance charity Deki is calling on businesses in the city to help it fight poverty in Africa by joining it in a unique partnership. Deki’s crowdfunding website deki.org.uk offers long-term solutions to poverty by giving entrepreneurs in the developing world access to small loans and business training....

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Crowdfunding campaign launched for social enterprise promoting diversity in Bristol’s creative sector

January 23, 2015
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Crowdfunding campaign launched for social enterprise promoting diversity in Bristol’s creative sector

Bristol social enterprise Represent has kicked off its crowdfunding campaign to support its mission of improving diversity, inclusion and equality in the region’s creative sector. It has set a target of £15,000 and is offering a range of rewards for supporters with pledges of support starting from as little...

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Ocean estate agents hail Taxi Studio’s work in creating its new brand identity

January 23, 2015
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Ocean estate agents hail Taxi Studio’s work in creating its new brand identity

Bristol design studio Taxi has created a new brand identity for estate agency chain Ocean as it prepares to expand beyond the city. Ocean, which now has eight branches in Bristol, was launched in 1983. It quickly established itself as an agency with customer service at its heart and...

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Top 20 ranking in industry league table for fast-growing Bristol agency Workbrands

January 22, 2015
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Top 20 ranking in industry league table for fast-growing Bristol agency Workbrands

Bristol-based brand and design agency Workbrands has been named among the UK’s Top 20 Fastest Growing B2B agencies by business-to-business marketing resource B2B Marketing. The agency, which appears in the table at number 16, has expanded significantly over the past 18 months with a clutch of new client wins,...

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Businesses urged to join debate on future of libraries in Bristol

January 20, 2015
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Businesses urged to join debate on future of libraries in Bristol

Businesses are being invited to have their say on the future of Bristol’s libraries at an event today (Wednesday January 21). The city council is consulting on the issue and inviting feedback from all parts of the community. This evening’s event, at the Central Library on College Green, will...

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