Companies producing chocolate that tells stories, new musical instruments and robotic art are among those taking part in Artful Innovation, a new business development programme taking place this week by Watershed, Bristol’s pioneering arts and media centre. Artful Innovation is a five-day intensive course supporting small creative technology companies to examine...
Pioneering technology developed by Bristol firm Northstar Innovation Group with the aim of revolutionising the recruitment industry has won a major award within a year of its launch. The Northstar platform uses trade-secret algorithms to map, manage and visualise the performance of recruitment businesses. The platform came first in the Best...
World football governing body FIFA has signed up Bristol-headquartered environmental consultancy Eunomia with the goal of ensuring that artificial pitches are as ‘green’ as possible. Eunomia, which works with governments, local authorities and blue-chip businesses around the world, is to investigate the different types of materials used in artificial...
The Bristol office of national commercial property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall has sold a ground rent investment on the site of a Gloucester hotel for above its asking price. Acting on behalf of Thornbury-based, privately owned property development and investment company Litfield Land, the investment in the Ibis Hotel in...
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, the qualifying UK festival for the Oscars and BAFTAs, has opened its call for short film submissions from around the world for its 2017 Bristol event. Hosted at venues across the city, including Watershed and Arnolfini, between September 19 and 24, the festival...
Award-winning producer Jonny Young has joined Bristol-based TV production company Icon Films as head of specialist factual. With a strong track record of factual commissions and productions for national and international broadcasters such as the BBC, Discovery and Channel 4, Jonny, pictured, will now aim to build on Icon Films’ existing...
Regional construction group Beard, which has an office in Bristol, has promoted Darren Miller to commercial director to drive further growth at the £137m turnover business. Darren, pictured, will be responsible for managing all commercial activity and central procurement for the Swindon-headquartered family-owned business, which operates across the South of...
Bristol’s three Better Food cafés have become the first in England to receive the Soil Association’s Organic Served Here Award. The cafés – which serve breakfast, lunch, hot drinks and snacks – collected four stars in recognition of their commitment to sourcing sustainable food by using 93% organic ingredients....
By Donna Kehoe, the Bank of England’s agent for the South West of England What should we make of the prospects for the UK economy just over a month into what promises to be another eventful year? On the face of it there’s much to be positive about. Growth...
