Bristol’s African film festival, Afrika Eye, takes place this weekend at Watershed with a great line up of African cinema, live music and discussion inspired by revolutionary developments in North Africa. The range of films and events demonstrate how music and song – as well as political events –...
Bristol communications agency Brandon Hill has been named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy of the Year at the West of England PRide Awards. The agency, launched by former Strategy PR boss Ian Muir five years ago, beat a strong field to collect gold in the hotly-contested category. The award crowned...
Wallace & Gromit animators Aardman nearly trebled pre-tax profits from £703,000 to £1.9m in the year to December 2010, according to the latest accounts released by the Bristol-based company’s parent, Aardman Holdings. Turnover climbed from £31.8m to £53.5m with its TV commercial division enjoying the best sales for a decade. Aardman...
Bristol communications agency Brandon Hill has been named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy of the Year at the West of England PRide Awards. The agency, launched by former Strategy PR boss Ian Muir five years ago, beat a strong field to collect gold in the hotly-contested category. The award crowned...
Key figures from the West’s PR industry will be gathering in Bristol this evening for the prestigious CIPR West of England PRide Awards. The awards are the only ones of their kind to showcase the best PR work in the region and the winners will be announced at a...
Nearly 60 BBC staff working on programmes such as the Hairy Bikers, Gardeners' World and Countryfile are to move to Bristol from Birmingham as part of a shake up of the corporation’s Factual programming department. The move was outlined as part of a briefing to BBC staff about changes...
Aardman, the Bristol-based animation studio best known for its Wallace and Gromit characters, has released a new trailer for its latest yuletide movie – Arthur Christmas (see video below). The CGI-animated film, which will be in cinemas from November 11, features the voices of a who’s-who of British acting...
The first permanent tenant for Bristol’s Bottle Yard film and TV production centre has been signed up. 24-7 Drama has supplied broadcast equipment to many productions in the South West including Dr Who, Skins and Torchwood. Director Graham Hawkins said: “With branches in West London, Cardiff and Manchester, the...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com The chief executive of South West Screen has been named as the first CEO of the new organisation charged with promoting the film industry in England. Caroline Norbury will take charge of Creative England at the start of October after nine years as head of...
An online game that takes contemporary art out of the gallery and into the world of interactive gaming has been produced by Thought Den, an increasingly successful Bristol creative digital agency. The agency, whose work includes a game called Fire Kills for the Central Office of Information and another...
The first of the three Bristol-made iFeatures films to reach completion, In the Dark Half, is to have its world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on October 3. The ghost story, starring Tony Curran, Lyndsey Marshal and Jessica Barden, is set in Bristol’s southern suburbs and...
Smart use of social media has catapulted a North Somerset hotel into the Marketing Times list of Top 30 UK hotels on Twitter – well ahead of London's Ritz and the Four Seasons. DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House in Congresbury is rated number 11 with a score of 98.1*...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Two of Bristol’s leading creative companies have joined forces to create an easy-to-follow tour of the remaining pieces by legendary street artist Banksy. Available to download on to a phone, the app uses Google maps to show the locations of 14 pieces, ranging from the...
