Acquisition-hungry Bristol businesses can find out how software robotics could help revolutionise their financial reporting at an online event hosted by accountancy group Tilney Smith & Williamson next week. The webinar on Wednesday, March 23, will explain the benefits of robotic process automation (RPA) and Tilney Smith & Williamson’s...
More than £15,000 has been raised for research into the impact of Long Covid in a unique link-up between The Bristol Hippodrome, city-based specialist finance firm National Friendly and the Southmead Hospital Charity. The three organisations teamed up last November to launch the appeal to support pioneering work into...
Bristol branding agency Taxi Studio has made a series of appointments, including hiring the Post Office group’s chief retail officer as chairman, to fuel its expansion in the UK and overseas markets such as North America. The move follows a succession of major new business wins over the past year,...
Free trials of electric vehicles (EVs) are being offered to Bristol firms by the city council to encourage them to switch to cleaner ways of travelling ahead of the launch of the city’s Clean Air Zone later this summer. The council is offering businesses the chance to trial electric...
A Bristol-made sci-fi series is to debut on TV next month – the latest project by a city-based production company that specialises in bringing new talent to the screen. Netflix Original series The Last Bus has been created and written by Paul Neafcy, who was spotted by Wildseed Studios...
Bristol PR agency Empica is the latest firm to join the Children’s Hospice South West Business Club as it looks for 300 companies across the region to raise a vital £90,000 this year. The charity launched the club during the worst of the pandemic to help it continue to make...
Bristol’s creativity is helping housing group Curo promote its latest development in in the city. The show home on its 128-property Century Park scheme in Lawrence Weston features unique artwork created by city-based artist Andy Council. The two-bedroom, mid-terrace house also includes framed prints by Bristol-based street artist Nick Walker and designer...
Zap-Map, the Bristol-based app that helps electric vehicle users find public charging points, has powered-up its senior management team as it prepares for further growth, including a drive into international markets. Richard Bourne, who joined in January 2021 as interim CEO, has been appointed to the role permanently while...
A major festival to be staged in Bristol this summer will give business leaders the opportunity to discuss key issues for the city ranging from the drive towards net zero to the reinvention of high streets with with government ministers and leading opposition politicians. The two-day Big Tent Festival...
Five innovative tech companies with founders from diverse ethnic backgrounds have been awarded a special bursary by tech incubator SETsquared Bristol. Now in its third year, the Breakthrough Bursary provides heavily subsidised membership to SETsquared Bristol’s pioneering incubation programme, including bespoke business support, mentoring, coaching and investment readiness training. ...
Bristol firms are being urged to prepare for new rules on food waste as the government sets about increasing recycling levels. Waste management company Grundon, which has a base in Bristol, says the new food waste guidelines, which are expected to be announced imminently, are part of a bigger...
Bristol specialist printing firm Twentysix01 has secured a six-figure commercial mortgage as part of a wider bespoke funding package from Barclays, which has enabled it to move to a larger base. The firm, which offers large format and bespoke artwork such as banners, posters and exhibition stands along with...
Bristol’s landmark RWA (Royal West of England Academy) is calling on the support of the city’s businesses as it looks to raise the final £100,000 of a £4.1m transformational project that will make it one of the UK’s most accessible art galleries. The Light and Inspiration capital programme is...
