Research projects ranging from using electric buses to transfer passengers to their planes to planting carbon-absorbing flowers and grass are to be explored by Bristol Airport as ways of lowering its emissions. The airport is to fund five projects in partnership with organisations ranging from two leading airlines to...
Communications consultancy Social has made two appointments and two promotions in its Bristol office after a fourth successive year of growth. Tom Jones has joined as a senior account manager and Sam Bessant as a senior graphic designer to its work across public relations, stakeholder engagement and creative design disciplines. ...
BaseKit, the Bristol-based website and e-commerce platform, has received £1m in funding as it looks to broaden its portfolio and exploit the boom in online trading. The award-winning SaaS (software-as-a-service) business, which was set up in 2008, aims to more than triple its turnover to £10m by 2025. A key...
Bristol has been described as “a theatre of opportunity” for TV productions ahead of the first new drama of 2022 filmed entirely in and around the city hitting the small screen this weekend. Six-part psychological thriller Chloe, featuring a cast led by Erin Doherty (The Crown), begins on Sunday. The team...
Innovative businesses based at SETsquared Bristol, the incubator that supports the growth of tech start-ups, attracted investment of £98.8m last year – a 145% increase on 2020’s total. Member companies also created 250 jobs, generated £29m in revenues and achieved best-ever numbers for leadership diversity. More than half of...
Bristol-based customer relationship marketing agency Armadillo has continued to invest in its senior management team by creating the new role of managing director. The promotion of client partner Joanna Penn to the position – along with the arrival of Emma Watson as a new client partner – follows year-on-year revenue growth...
Bristol public relations agency Empica has strengthened its team with the appointment of Kathryn Chatfield as PR assistant. Kathryn, pictured, is a Cardiff University psychology graduate with a Masters’ in International Public Relations and Global Communications Management and is a former pupil of King Edward’s School in Bath. She...
Activity in Bristol’s office market is growing faster than any other major UK city, with three large deals completing this month, rents up 11% on last year and a strong pipeline of inquiries for vacant space. With the city’s economy due to grow by 6.2% this year, property agents...
French animation film maker and distributor Cyber Group Studios has acquired a majority stake in Bristol animators A Productions in a deal that will involve them collaborating on new content for a global audience. Paris-based Cyber Group Studios, best known for its award-winning Gigantosaurus series, pictured, and A Productions...
The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon are celebrating advising on deals totalling more than £2.5bn last year, despite challenges posed by the pandemic. The firm’s corporate deals review for 2021 highlights its success in completing transactions across a wide range of sectors and for businesses...
A new round of grants for creative freelancers has been launched by the West of England Combined Authority, with Bristol-based cartoonist Camille Aubrey becoming the first recipient. Camille is one of 60 freelancers and workers in creative businesses across the region set to get a cash boost of between...
More than 100 innovative businesses have been supported by Future Space, the science hub launched five years ago by UWE Bristol, creating 400-plus high-value jobs between them, a new report shows. One of four University Enterprise Zones (UEZ) set up across the country, Future Space aims to spark new...
A €100m cross-border acquisition by UK global games entertainment group Team17 has been completed with the help of accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark’s Bristol office. Team17, best-known for the Worms franchise, The Escapists and Overcooked, snapped up leading German-based simulation games developer Astragon Entertainment as it continues its rapid...
