Bristol-based digital publishing pioneer Sift Media and award-winning events and communications agency Brandon Hill Communications, also based in the city, have signed a strategic partnership, forming an alliance to create integrated marketing programmes. Under the tie-up Brandon Hill will deliver a range of Sift Media’s high-profile events including The...
Bristol specialist marketing agency EMO is taking the lead role in getting communities engaged in the Department of Health’s national Stoptober stop smoking campaign – the latest in a series of high-profile wins for the firm and further proof of the city’s burgeoning creative sector talent. EMO, which works...
Two more firms have moved into the Bath Road Studios office complex recently created at ITV’s landmark Bristol building. IT support company Signal Networks has taken a five-year lease on the 1,773 sq ft Zone 9, while The Pilates Studio has leased a 1,037 sq ft ground floor studio,...
Bristol’s Aardman Animations has teamed up with the British Film Institute (BFI) to launch a pioneering partnership to develop the animation talent of tomorrow. The move is part of a near £500m, five-year boost to the UK film industry announced by the BFI today which will focus on investment...
Bristol cultural marketing consultancy Coconut Chilli Digital has launched a new website for Bell’s Diner, the city’s best-known fine dining restaurant. The site allows diners to book online and showcases the cutting-edge food on offer at the long-standing Montpelier eaterie. Launched as part of a new strategy to engage...
Direct marketing expert James Harvey has joined Bristol-based brand engagement and internal communications consultancy Synergy Creative. James, pictured, who has more than 10 years’ experience in direct marketing and market research, joins as a senior account manager. He previously worked at Loop, the Bristol-based business consultancy, where he gained...
UWE Bristol lecturer Martyn Harries has been nominated for an Emmy for his sound work on the BBC Natural History Unit documentary Madagascar. The nomination is shared with the score composer Sarah Class. The winners will be announced at the Emmy Awards in New York on October 1. If...
Around 500 of the region’s senior business figures are expected to attend this year’s CBI South West annual dinner in November when the guest speaker will be veteran journalist and BBC world affairs correspondent John Simpson. The event, sponsored by Barclays, has established itself over many years as one...
Filmmaking students from UWE Bristol have worked alongside professional film makers VS1 Productions to make a half-hour drama commissioned by British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust. The drama Life Out There was broadcast on Film4 yesterday and will be repeated on The Community Channel at 2pm today, on Thursday at...
PR agencies in the West are being invited to hire trainees through a new apprentice scheme that aims to widen the intake of young people to the profession. Traditionally those taking up a career in public relations have tended to be graduates. But a new initiative launched by the...
Design agency Synergy Creative has made two new appointments to its team in Westbury on Trym as it continues to go from strength to strength. The agency, which specialises in providing branding, employee communications and marketing services for clients such as Ladbrokes, Arval and the NHS, has recruited Celia...
Bristol remains the UK’s hub for creativity and digital innovation with a world-class talent pool and productivity levels outpacing those achieved by most London firms, new research shows. But despite this leading edge, many of the city’s creative firms still face the twin challenges of tough market conditions and...
Bristol communications consultancy JBP PR & Parliamentary Affairs has made a number of senior appointments as part of its growth plan, including taking on former Northcliffe South West regional managing director Steve Anderson-Dixon as a non-executive director. The agency’s founder Jennifer Bryant-Pearson, pictured, becomes group chief executive while directors...
