Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Giles Colborne, joint managing director of user experience design agency cxpartners, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Her – The Spike Jonze...
Bristol’s Royal West of England Academy takes a radical departure this weekend by launching Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora. The first exhibition of its kind outside of Jamaica – and a show with true international scope – this important new exhibition starts tomorrow and...
Energy sector experts from Bristol law firm Burges Salmon have advised retail group Marks & Spencer on a new community energy scheme. M&S Energy Society, a joint collaboration between M&S and community energy organisation Energy4All, is designed to generate renewable electricity from solar panels installed on M&S stores across...
Millions of pounds were wiped off the value of Bristol firms quoted on the London Stock Exchange today as they became caught up in the Brexit share price collapse. Manufacturers were hard hit with shares in global innovator Renishaw slumping by more than 5%. The Wotton-under-Edge precision engineering firm,...
The area’s residential and commercial property markets face a long period of uncertainty as the economic and political impact of the EU referendum results plays out, according to local industry experts. Occupier demand for offices, warehouses and shops could be weaker and investment sentiment subdued, according to Paul Baker,...
The referendum result had an immediate economic impact with sterling suffering its worst ever fall and share prices tumbling on the London Stock Exchange. The pound slumped by 10% to its lowest level since 1985. The Bank of England issued a statement saying it was “monitoring developments closely” and...
Business organisation the CBI, which had lobbied hard for the UK to remain in the EU, called for “strong and calm leadership” from the Government to ensure economic stability as Brexit kicks in. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn described the vote as a “momentous turning point” in the country’s history. “The...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, called on the government to immediately commit to negotiate the best deal possible for British firms outside the EU following the referendum result. Failing to do that could risk jeopardising new investment from the many overseas firms that have chosen to base...
Bristol start-ups can learn how to protect their fledgling brands at a free workshop hosted by BRAVE Enterprise next month. The intellectual property (IP) workshop on July 13 is being run by Business West at BRAVE’s offices at The Coach House, 2 Upper York Street, Bristol BS2 8QN. BRAVE...
