The Legal 500, the respected annual guide to the UK’s legal firms and individuals, has named dozens of Bristol lawyers on its list of the region’s ‘leading individuals’. Bristol lawyers once again make up the vast majority – and, for the first time, up-and-coming lawyers have been included alongside those...
A skills revolution is needed in the West of England to solve the recruitment problem now hitting many of the region’s firms, Metro Mayor Tim Bowles has been told. The message was delivered to him by the head of national business support service GetSet for Growth, who said ‘hard-to-fill’...
Bristol-based creative and tech communications consultancy Purplefish has won five new clients and appointed a new account executive in the run up to its fifth birthday. The agency, set up by experienced Bristol PR figure Joanna Randall in 2012, has signed new contracts with clients including recipe sharing platform...
Ideas have always flowed in and out of Bristol, taking on a new life here. Through our airports and harbour; through our world-class universities and businesses; and through our unique arts and cultural scene. Bristol is a place where ideas flourish. From Clifton Suspension Bridge and Banksy to Massive...
TEDxBristol – the UK’s largest event of its kind – has launched a Community Partnership Programme offering free tickets to groups and individuals who would otherwise be unable to attend. The programme aims to build bridges between the game-changing ideas of TEDxBristol and communities around the city who may...
Monday October 9 Trading announcements: Trinity Mirror Tuesday October 10 Interims: Ted Baker, Domino’s Pizza, BlackRock Trading announcements: BAE Systems, Vedanta, Victrex Economic announcement: UK trade balance (August) Wednesday October 11 Trading announcements: Dunelm, Page Group, Premier Foods, Telford Homes Thursday October 12 Finals: WH Smith Interims: Sky, N...
Pioneering Bristol tech firm XMOS has developed world-leading technology which could lead to a new generation of voice-enabled consumer products. The firm, which last month received $15m (£11.4m) in an investment round led by German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon, has become the first European chip company to release technology to...
Engine Shed, the Bristol innovation hub, is to host an ideas pitching event to help decide the winner of a project that encourages and inspires young people from diverse backgrounds to consider careers in the tech and digital sectors. Eight groups are to take part in the Call for...
Nine firms from the Bristol area are going head to head to win the title of the happiest workplace in the West of England. Triodos Bank, Signature Recruitment, Heat Recruitment, Ghyston, Signs & That, PES, Springfield Papers, ISL Recruitment and Shiner – 2015’s winner – are competing against five...
