Bristol has been named as the UK’s second-best city outside London for business in league table that rates major urban centres on their appeal as places to run and grow knowledge-based companies. The ranking of 21 towns and cities, compiled for Management Today magazine, was topped by Manchester with...
The first build-to-rent development in Bristol has been launched, ushering in a new type of accommodation that aims to fill a gap in the city’s highly competitive housing market. The 194-apartment Hawkins & George scheme at Finzels Reach, opposite Castle Park in the city centre, is operated by London-based...
Hotels and hospitality businesses in Bristol are being urged to do more to attract more Chinese tourists. While the number of visitors from China and other South East Asian countries has steadily increased over recent years, the Bristol and West of England China Bureau believes more can be done...
The Bristol office of global civil engineering consultancy WSP has chosen the city’s hospital charity Above & Beyond as its charity of the year. Above & Beyond, which raises around £3m a year for Bristol’s eight city centre hospitals and South Bristol Community Hospital, was voted in by WSP’s...
Leading organic dairy brand Yeo Valley has teamed up with Bristol-based creative agency Phoenix Wharf to open its first outlet in London. The two-storey café, shop and workspace on Queensway – between Hyde Park and Notting Hill – acts as a showcase for Blagdon-based Yeo Valley in the capital a...
Bristol advertising and marketing agency Sprague Gibbons has celebrated 25 years in business with a celebratory event for more than 130 clients, partners and friends. Peter Gibbons and David Sprague (now retired) set up the business in 1994, initially as a design agency. Business boomed in the 2000s as...
A 30-strong team of accountants from regional firm Bishop Fleming have scaled the heights of endurance – and raised more than £22,500 for charity – by climbing a trio of mountain peaks in just 24 hours. The group, from across the firm including its Bristol office, took part in...
Healthcare providers are starting to make their presence known on social media platforms. In the day and age where misinformation is rife online, having qualified healthcare professionals sharing accurate information makes it easier for patients/potential patients browsing online. “Information on social media affects how more than 40% of people...
Communications agency McCann Bristol has received one of the global advertising industry’s most-coveted accolades – a Lion award – for its work with domestic abuse charity Refuge. The team picked up a Bronze Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity – the industry’s prestigious global event –...
