Each week Bristol Business News gives a member of the business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Danny Bartlett, external affairs manager at Philip Morris Ltd, answers our 10 questions. What was the last… Film you watched? Spider-Man: Far From Home. I’m a huge Marvel...
BT is to open a major hub in Bristol city centre in one of the largest pre-let office deals ever agreed in the city. In a sign of the strength of the market – and a lack of supply – the telecoms group has agreed to occupy 201,000 sq...
A pilot scheme to encourage refugees to set up businesses has been launched in Bristol following the success of a research project in the city last year. The scheme, which is being delivered by ACH Bristol, the leading local social enterprise specialising in refugee integration and employment services, is...
A business set up by two University of Bristol graduates which uses artificial intelligence to create automated handwritten letters has beaten off competition from more than 2,000 others to win £25,000 worth of seed funding. Scribeless, founded by Robert Van Den Bergh and Alex Robinson, both 23, scooped one...
Origin Workspace, Bristol’s first co-working space dedicated to ‘pro-working’, is to open a second phase in December in a move that will double its floorspace and provide upmarket office accommodation for hundreds of entrepreneurs. Phase 1 of Origin, which opened in May, transformed part of a former office block...
The University of Bristol’s ambitious plans to create a new enterprise campus centred on world-class innovation next to Temple Meads railway station received a double boost this week. The planned flagship Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre (QTIC), pictured – a key element of the £300m campus at Temple Quarter –...
Flexible working, workplace culture and employee wellness will be key themes in the future of employment and businesses need to be aware of their impact, an event in Bristol heard. Called The Irresistible Organisation, it featured input from thought leaders and a panel of experts at the coalface of...
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has opened its new Bristol office following the acquisition earlier this year of city-based Williams Gunter Hardwick – a move that gave it a base in Bristol for the first time. The 4,833 sq ft office in St Catherine’s Court, Berkeley Place, Clifton, brings...
National planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore has expanded its infrastructure and environmental planning team in Bristol with the appointment of Will Spencer. Will, pictured, joins the team as an infrastructure and environmental planning associate having previously worked for the three years as a development consent order and statutory...
