Creative/Media

Expansion at user experience design specialist after it wins more projects with the NHS

August 25, 2021
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Expansion at user experience design specialist after it wins more projects with the NHS

Specialist Bristol design firm Mace & Menter has made four key appointments as it expands its innovative work with government and the NHS to help improve the way people experience services. The new appointments include former Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Portuguese government service designers,...

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Our City 2030 – a vision to transform the lives of young people in inner-city Bristol

August 20, 2021
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Our City 2030 – a vision to transform the lives of young people in inner-city Bristol

A “bold and positive” vision with a target of helping at least one person from each inner-city Bristol household secure a job paying the median salary of £30,353 by 2030 has been launched by youth empowerment group Babbasa and the council’s City Office. Businesses across the city are being urged to...

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Firm developing unique waterfront food hall pledges to serve up opportunities for Bristol’s best chefs

August 20, 2021
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Trendy street food outlet Boxpark has vowed to work with Bristol’s indie food and drink suppliers to ensure its new venue in the city showcases the vibrancy of its eating-out culture. Boxpark’s BoxHall concept, which it will develop in the historic O&M Sheds on Welsh Back, will have space...

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Lending puts online community on track to become global platform that gets more people cycling

August 19, 2021
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Lending puts online community on track to become global platform that gets more people cycling

Love to Ride, the Bristol-based online platform that aims to encourage more people to cycle, is gearing up for further growth after securing finance from Triodos Bank UK, which is also headquartered in the city. The loan will allow Love to Ride to capitalise on the increase in cycling...

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Additional funds made available by combined authority to help close region’s digital skills gaps

August 19, 2021
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Additional funds made available by combined authority to help close region’s digital skills gaps

A second round of funding to help address Bristol’s digital skills gaps, as well as helping the city’s economy recover from the pandemic, is being released by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). Applications are being invited for projects which together will support more than 1,000 people, helping...

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West of England can lead UK’s hydrogen revolution, says regional business group

August 18, 2021
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West of England can lead UK’s hydrogen revolution, says regional business group

The government’s long-awaited strategy for the UK’s burgeoning hydrogen sector – which it says could create thousands of sustainable jobs and unlock billions of pounds of investment – has been welcomed by the region’s largest business group. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, believes the West of...

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Free event aims to help Bristol’s small firms understand the sustainability agenda

August 18, 2021
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Free event aims to help Bristol’s small firms understand the sustainability agenda

Bristol small business owners uncertain about why sustainability, net zero and climate change are relevant to their day-to-day operations are being invited to a special event next month. Staged by Britain’s biggest business representation group, The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), ‘What is net zero and why is it...

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Rebranded GL Law lines up for prestigious new award showcasing the best in legal marketing

August 17, 2021
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Rebranded GL Law lines up for prestigious new award showcasing the best in legal marketing

Bristol’s GL Law has been shortlisted for a new high-profile award that recognises excellence in marketing and business development in the legal sector. Excellence in Practice Promotion is one of four new categories introduced this year in the coveted Law Society Awards – the highest accolades for law firms...

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Bristol firms were forced to innovate to survive as Covid swept country, according to new survey

August 17, 2021
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Bristol firms were forced to innovate to survive as Covid swept country, according to new survey

The Covid-19 pandemic prompted a wave of innovation among businesses in Bristol and the South West, with nearly half saying they pivoted their operations to survive. According to a new Lloyds Bank survey, 46% of firms in the region they were forced to become more creative and innovative in...

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Emission-free delivery service for businesses gets on the road with £100k City Funds backing

August 13, 2021
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Emission-free delivery service for businesses gets on the road with £100k City Funds backing

A zero-emission delivery service for Bristol businesses has received a £100,000 investment from a new funding partnership set up to tackle the city’s social and environmental problems. City Funds has been launched by Bristol and Bath Regional Capital, Bristol City Council and Quartet Community Foundation to finance organisations with...

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World of tailor-made holidays opens up for TravelLocal after merger with German firm

August 13, 2021
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World of tailor-made holidays opens up for TravelLocal after merger with German firm

TravelLocal, the specialist Bristol firm that connects travellers with local experts in destinations around the world, is poised for global expansion after merging with a German online travel business. The tie-up with Berlin-based trip.me has been accompanied by additional funding from the two firms’ existing investors.  The move, on...

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Clinic that helps turn disabilities into superpowers opened by Bristol bionic arm pioneer

August 13, 2021
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Clinic that helps turn disabilities into superpowers opened by Bristol bionic arm pioneer

The UK’s first clinic offering innovative hi-tech prosthetic arms for amputees has been opened by Bristol healthtech firm Open Bionics. The firm harnesses technology such as 3D scanning, 3D modelling, automation, and 3D printing to make its arms.  In 2018 Open Bionics launched the multi-grip Hero Arm, the world’s first...

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Confidence levels high among region’s small firms as they continue to recover from pandemic

August 13, 2021
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Confidence levels high among region’s small firms as they continue to recover from pandemic

The South West’s small and medium-sized businesses are among the UK’s most confident when it comes to their prospects and the wider economy, according to two new surveys. The latest regional survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reveals that small business owners in the region are the...

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