Businesses and training providers will come together at an event next month to look at practical ideas to meet some of the skills needs across the West of England. The half-day Future Skills Exchange is being staged by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the...
Firms in Bristol’s creative and digital sectors are being urged to offer work experience to aspiring young people from the city’s less advantaged communities to help them pursue their professional ambitions. The call has gone out from Babbasa, the Bristol-based social enterprise and established provider of professional mentoring schemes,...
Bristol PR agency Speed Communications and Bath’s Highlight PR were among the big winners at the fifth annual Public Relations & Communications Agency (PRCA) South West & Wales DARE Awards. Agencies and in-house communications teams from across the region gathered at the awards ceremony to celebrate their contribution to...
Thatchers Cider has brought in Father Ted director Declan Lowney for the latest TV and cinema advertising campaign for its flagship brand Thatchers Gold. Designed to convey the Thatcher Family’s utterly uncompromising commitment to the quality of their cider, the humorous campaign is the second phase of Thatchers’ What Cider’s Supposed to Taste...
Bristol Media, the industry-led organisation which promotes growth in the city’s creative sector through collaboration, has appointed technology entrepreneur Dominic Mills to its board of directors. Dominic, pictured, is chief technology officer at Zone, the digital agency with clients including Aviva, Electrolux, Stagecoach and Maersk. He brings with him...
Immediate Media, the Radio Times publisher with a major office in Bristol, has launched In The Moment, a monthly print magazine dedicated to helping women make the most of every day with mindfulness, creativity and wellbeing. Immediate said the 116-page magazine, which went on sale last week, will embrace...
BRAVE Enterprise, the not-for-profit business advice organisation based in Bristol, is staging a series of business training workshops during July. Courses include: Blogging for Business Date: July 13 Time: 10am – 1pm This workshop is for anyone who wants to explore content marketing and blogging in more depth to...
London-headquartered TV post-production company Evolutions has opened its third office in Bristol just four years after setting up its first base in the city. The combined office at 1 and 2 St Paul’s Road in Clifton will provide additional capacity for the thriving business and follows last year’s acquisition of...
If you’ve been anywhere near a school playground recently, you’ll have seen kids playing with what look like mini-propellers. Fidget spinners are the latest, greatest craze and are (a) entertaining and calming or (b) distracting and annoying, depending which side of the teacher’s desk you’re sitting. Plenty of press...
