From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Organisers of the Bristol Pride festival, which celebrates the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, are seeking business sponsors to support the rising costs of staging the annual event. Last year 25,000 people attended the festival in Castle Park to watch top acts such...
Bristol is poised for “significant” economic expansion over the next five years, out-performing even London in the pace of its growth, new research shows. The city’s burgeoning information and communications technology (ICT) sector and its established role as a centre for professional, scientific and technical expertise will pave the...
Bristol-based language training company Living Learning English is on its way to Brazil as it continues to tap into a large and growing global demand for personalised English. Living Learning English (LLE) arranges for people wanting to learn English to stay with a tutor in their home, immersing them...
A healthy intake of orders at the end of last year has given specialist software and IT group SciSys a “solid opening” to 2014, it said today, while also signalling that it would look for further acquisitions. The international group, which works with governments, media groups, defence companies and...
Liz Zeidler and Philippa Bayley have been elected as chair of Bristol Green Capital Partnership for this year in a job share. Philippa is manager of the University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute, which brings together all the university’s work on living with environmental uncertainty, while Liz is a founding...
Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected...
Innovative Bristol law firm Temple Bright has rounded off a period of strong growth by delivering another significant tech sector deal in the same quarter that its partner numbers topped 20 for the first time. The firm opened in Bristol in 2010 and launched an office in London’s Tech...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol’s long hoped for arena is a step closer to reality after a financial plan for the construction costs was given the green light last night by Mayor George Ferguson’s cabinet. Mayor Ferguson also launched the process of selecting an operator for the 12,000-capacity venue...
Blackthorn Cider, the West drinks brand and long-term sponsor of Bristol City, is helping the club bring back memories of its historic FA Cup third round victory over Liverpool 20 years ago. Blackthorn, owned by Irish drinks giant C&C Group’s Gaymer subsidiary and produced in Shepton Mallet, has helped...
Bristol-based business support organisation Business West has opened its second Launch Point serviced office building for start-up and micro businesses, with space available from £150 a month. Apex Court at Bradley Stoke has easy-in, easy-out monthly terms and includes broadband, utilities, business rates and free parking. Business West is...
The new office of Weston-super-Mare based PR and marketing agency Plum Communications has officially been opened by the town’s mayor. Cllr Keith Morris cut a ribbon as Plum welcomed clients and suppliers to the newly-converted building at Bleadon. Local singer/songwriter and Plum client Ryan Inglis, a national finalist in...
Solicitors at law firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office have helped bring Rod Stewart to the West Country for a major open-air charity concert next summer. The veteran singer will appear at Somerset Cricket Club’s Taunton ground as part of his five-night UK tour. The concert has been organised by...
Two projects by environment design practice Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, have been shortlisted in a prestigious national awards scheme. The St Paul’s project in Cheltenham – a consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes – is competing in the ‘regeneration’ category of the Placemaking Awards while...
