Bristol Airport and the South West’s top tourist attractions are to be showcased next week at a gathering of the world’s leading airlines. Airport bosses and representatives of Destination Bristol will meet more than 30 airlines and other travel organisations at the Routes Europe event in Bilbao, Spain, with...
Bristol’s position as a world-leading development centre for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) was underlined this week when its VR Lab officially opened its doors. The landmark new facility, in the Leadworks building in Anchor Square, pictured below left, has been operating for several months following a...
A major business park being developed on the site of a former Rolls-Royce aero-engine factory in Bristol has emerged as a possible location for a major logistics hub linked to the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Representatives from Heathrow visited the Horizon38 business park, Filton, along with a second possible...
Work is to start next month on the £43m second phase of Wapping Wharf, the major regeneration scheme on Bristol’s Harbourside. Some £23.4m has been secured from Homes England by developers Umberslade and Muse for Wapping Wharf Living, their joint venture which will create more than 250 homes. The...
Empica, one of the region’s longest established PR agencies, has taken on its second new team member in less than a month with the appointment of Jo Laws as digital marketing and online manager. Jo, pictured, who studied Marketing Management in Cardiff, will head the agency’s digital team which...
Bristol taxi drivers are being offered subsidies of more than £3,000 if they buy electric and ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) that will help improve the city’s air quality. Bristol City Council is offering a package of incentives made possible by a successful funding bid of £449,500 from the Department...
Bristol tech pioneers who sold their last business to Twitter have received venture capital investment from two tech funds for their new company, which focuses on using messaging platforms to improve opinion polling. Poli harnesses the reach and immediacy of social messaging platforms to recruit larger, more representative panels...
British Basketball has appointed Bristol marketing agency Mr B & Friends to create its new brand identity as it targets additional funding. The agency, which relocated to Temple Quay from Bath 10 months ago and now employs 43 people, has a strong track record in sports branding, including working...
Members of the Being Brunel Corporate Club and other supporters of the SS Great Britain Trust were thanked for their help in making the new museum a reality with an exclusive after-hours celebration. The £7.2m museum opened alongside Brunel’s iconic SS Great Britain on Bristol’s Harbourside last month and...
