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...
Ideas on the best way to create sustainable jobs and growth across the West of England are being invited from Bristol firms. The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) today launches a six-week public consultation on its Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) – a blueprint for growth over the next six years....
Ujima Radio, the Bristol-based urban music station, has launched a website celebrating the social history and cultural contribution of Bristol’s Caribbean community. Dubplate to Dubstep is the result of a successful three-part heritage media project involving a team of Bristol inner city local young people working with Ujima. Financed...
Bristol-based Nokia MixRadio, part of the Nokia mobile communications group, has signed a major three-year sponsorship deal with the city’s prestigious Colston Hall to develop its music education scheme and widen the venue’s music programme. The ground-breaking agreement – among the first of its kind in the UK –...
Veteran national history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is be awarded Bristol’s highest honour – the freedom of the city – at a special ceremony next week. The 86-year-old naturalist, film-maker and former BBC senior manager, pictured, is widely recognised as the world’s greatest natural history programme maker and has...
Bristol is in the driving seat for world-class innovation and creativity following the transformation of the Engine Shed at Brunel’s original Temple Meads station into a hi-tech enterprise hub, guests at its official opening were told. The building, once Bristol’s gateway to the world, has been transformed into a...
A sketch by Bristol animator Nick Park of his Oscar-winning characters Wallace and Gromit has raised more than £6,000 for youth charity The Prince’s Trust. The 210cms by 295cms watercolour and ink on paper drawing Wallace Pours The Tea was among works from more than 70 renowned artists auctioned...
Bristol-based design and innovation consultancy Kinneir Dufort has been selected as one of the top 100 UK companies to spearhead the Government’s new creative industries taskforce. Kinneir Dufort, a user research, innovation, creative design and development consultancy, will now help to encourage another 100,000 UK businesses to export over...
Investors are keen to get involved with Bristol’s ambitious media and creative businesses, a high-profile panel discussion led by some of the city’s best-known names in the industry has heard. The event, staged by the Bristol office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson, attracted film-makers, animators,...
Bristol’s ambition to be a world-class city for innovation and creativity takes a major leap forward today when Brunel’s original railway station at Temple Meads re-opens as a hi-tech enterprise hub. The Engine Shed, once Bristol’s gateway to the world, has been transformed into a modern centre to spearhead...
Bristol public relations firms, in-house teams and individuals were among the winners at the top awards for the region’s PR industry, with city agency Octane ending the night with a haul of five trophies. The Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) West of England PRide Awards, which this year...
Another step towards Bristol getting its long-awaited arena will take place next week when Mayor George Ferguson decides how it will be designed and run. The council needs to appoint an operator to help make the 12,000 capacity venue a reality. The arena will be built in the heart...
Venue, Bristol’s once trailblazing what’s-on guide, is to disappear completely in a move described as a “sad day” for the city by its founder and former owner. Local World, the London-based media group which now owns the digital-only title along with the Bristol Post and Western Daily Press, is...
