Bristol’s burgeoning film and TV industry generated nearly £17.5m towards the local economy in 2014-15, figures out today show, as the city further grew its reputation as a hub for major drama production. Top BBC dramas filmed in the city included Poldark, Wolf Hall, The Casual Vacancy and Sherlock,...
Bristol businesses keen to learn more about how ‘smart’ cities are evolving are being encouraged to join a London-led fact-finding mission to the China in July. The delegation will visit Hong Kong and Macau – widely regarded as two of the world’s leading cities for urban innovation in areas...
Integrated communications agency McCann Bristol has appointed Kathryn Ellis as planning director. Kathryn, pictured, joins McCann Bristol’s growing team from Bristol agency Bray Leino, where she was senior planner. She brings with her an impressive track record going back 10 years and a wealth of big brand knowledge, having...
At-Bristol Science Centre has appointed former BBC producer and BAFTA-nominated writer Anna Starkey as creative director. In the newly created role – which aims to bring science and art closer together – Anna, pictured, will oversee At-Bristol’s learning and exhibitions teams. She brings a wealth of creative and scientific experience...
Business Secretary Sajid Javid drew on his childhood in Bristol to make his first major speech in the role – returning to the city to launch the Government’s new Enterprise Bill. Speaking to local business leaders and entrepreneurs, he used his experience helping out in his parents’ women’s clothing...
Bristol-based Hotcha, the UK’s fastest-growing Chinese takeaway chain, has recruited its first franchisees as part of its ambitious expansion plan to have 100-plus outlets across the UK in the next five years. The firm, which serves freshly made Chinese dishes for collection or delivery, was founded three years ago...
Pictured: Sonja and Sharon of Valuable Content Bristol-based digital marketing consultancy Valuable Content has been selected by Government-backed Tech City UK to create an online training course to help UK companies and employees do more business online. Valuable Content, launched by Sonja Jefferson and Sharon Tanton 15 years ago,...
Be the best you can be because you are the most important thing about your business, Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur Levi Roots told a captivated audience at Business Showcase South West. Levi drew on his own remarkable journey from youth offender to singer and then Dragons’ Den success story...
The South West’s biggest free business event gets underway today with organisers saying it looks set to be a flyaway success. Up to 3,000 delegates are expected to attend the Business Showcase South West 2015, which returns to returns to Bristol’s Colston Hall today and tomorrow. Star attractions include...
They did it! The 70-strong team of intrepid charity cyclists who set out from Bristol last Friday reached Paris on schedule four days later – tired, slightly sore but in convoy and extremely jubilant. The business people, medics and supporters are now hoping their feat will have earned more...
Bristol brand communications agency Workbrands has been granted membership of the trade organisation the Design Business Association (DBA) – joining a select group of 450 agencies nationwide of which 48% are based in London. The DBA focuses on promoting professional excellence and building productive partnerships between commerce and the...
West of England business organisations welcomed the decisive General Election result and urged the new Conservative Government to continue to build on the foundations of growth that have emerged over the past year. However, there was an immediate warning over the threat of the UK leaving the European Union...
Wildseed Studios, the Bristol-based firm that promotes and invests in new film-making talent, has teamed up with a North American studio to produce a new kids’ animated TV comedy series. Production on Counterfeit Cat, which is targeted at six-12 year olds, has started at Wildseed’s newly launched Bristol studio,...
