Foot Anstey, the South West law firm with an office in Bristol, has recruited Patrick Somers as a new partner in its expanding corporate team. Patrick, pictured, has considerable experience advising on complex corporate finance transactions for a wide range of multi-national businesses, financial institutions and major UK corporates,...
A packed Colston Hall has spent two days listening to presentations on topics ranging from surviving the robot revolution to controversial medical research on ME at TEDxBristol. The event – the largest of its kind in the UK – brought together a range of top speakers around the theme...
Pioneering African film festival Afrika Eye returns next weekend with another wide-ranging programme of films, talks and workshops. The South West’s biggest celebration of African cinema and culture, the festival was created to challenge the stereotypes, dispel the myths and explore the traditions and transformations in the ever-changing social...
Weekend:IN, the Bristol firm helping independent businesses to grow their audiences with the use of social media, influencer marketing and event organisation, has been accepted onto the world’s largest free business accelerator programme, Entrepreneurial Spark Powered by NatWest. The programme aims to support and empower business owners to scale...
SoulTrain Radio DAB will become Bristol’s first dedicated soul music station when it starts broadcasting from the city’s Bottle Yard Studios next month. The station will hit the digital airwaves from a new studio residence at The Bottle Yard, the largest dedicated film and TV studio facility in the...
Free weekly newspaper the Bristol Observer is to close later this month as the shake-up of the local news media sector continues. The final edition will be published on November 30. Observer owner, national newspaper and website group Trinity Mirror, said the decision to axe the title was “driven...
The Martin Parr Foundation, which last month opened its new centre for British photography in Bristol, has launched a collaborative partnership with UWE for its photography degree courses. Named after Martin Parr, one of the most significant documentary photographers of post-war Britain, the centre at Paintworks includes a photography...
West of England business figures have said the Bank of England’s decision yesterday to raise interest rates from 0.25% to 0.5% should have little impact on the region – but warned that further increases could hit confidence and slow the economy. The Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC) voted...
Communications agency McCann has become the new marketing agency for Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, following an exhaustive national search. The airline considered 24 agencies before McCann’s successful pitch as part of a shortlist landed it the prestigious account. The agency’s Bristol office will deliver the work, providing a...
