Council buys eyesore Temple Meads sorting office that has blighted entrance to city for years

June 2, 2015
Council buys eyesore Temple Meads sorting office that has blighted entrance to city for years

The derelict sorting office building next to Temple Meads station which for years has blighted the entrance to the city for rail passengers has been acquired by Bristol City Council. The eyesore 2.1 hectare site, alongside the area planned for the city’s long hoped for arena, has been disused...

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Enterprise mentoring event will boost support for Bristol firms

June 1, 2015
Enterprise mentoring event will boost support for Bristol firms

Bristol business owners can connect with experienced enterprise mentors at an event next week which aims to share experience and skills to benefit small and medium-sized firms. The free Meet A Mentor session on June 9 takes place at AtBristol on Harbourside and is being staged by Lloyds Banking Group...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

May 31, 2015
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Monday June 1 Finals: GB, Syqic Trading statement: SVG Capital AGMs: CPP, Keywords Studios, Silence Therapeutics EGM: Euromoney Institutional Investor Economics: Market UK PMI – manufacturing Tuesday June 2 Interim: RWS Finals: Acal, AO World, First Derivatives, Londonmetric Property, Synergy Health Trading statements: Amec Foster Wheeler, Harvey Nash, Wolseley...

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The LAST WORD: John David, head of Rathbone Greenbank Investments

May 29, 2015
The LAST WORD: John David, head of Rathbone Greenbank Investments

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 John David, Head of Rathbone Greenbank Investments, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Grand Budapest Hotel. I live in the...

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Innovative green business park set to trigger economic growth for South Bristol

May 29, 2015
Innovative green business park set to trigger economic growth for South Bristol

South Bristol is set for an economic and jobs boost following the official opening this week of the £12m Filwood Green Business Park. The city council claims hundreds of jobs could be created on the business park – a flagship project of Bristol’s year as European Green Capital which...

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Bristol Airport adds more summer holiday routes after travel giants add extra aircraft

May 29, 2015
Bristol Airport adds more summer holiday routes after travel giants add extra aircraft

Four more summer holiday routes have been added to Bristol Airport’s rapidly-lengthening destination board following the decision by travel giants Thomson and First Choice to add a third aircraft to their fleet at the airport. The move means the holiday firms, both part of  TUI UK and Ireland, will...

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Crowdfunding for firm that plans to harness spare laptop power to create super-computer

May 29, 2015
Crowdfunding for firm that plans to harness spare laptop power to create super-computer

Innovative Bristol firm YellowDog, which believes it can create the world’s fastest super-computer by using spare computing power from PCs and laptops, is looking to raise £150,000 in crowdfunding. The firm, based in the Engine Shed innovation hub, is already using the system to help animators who need extra...

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Groundbreaking ‘prehistoric’ kids’ TV series finds hi-tech home at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios

May 29, 2015
Groundbreaking ‘prehistoric’ kids’ TV series finds hi-tech home at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios

A new series of the successful CBeebies show Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures is the latest production to begin filming at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios. The third series of the popular show which will comprise 25 episodes, combines BBC archive footage with the latest digital CGI and green-screen technology to send...

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Approval from Google for Purplex Marketing duo boosts its Adwords offering

May 29, 2015
Approval from Google for Purplex Marketing duo boosts its Adwords offering

PR, digital and creative agency Purplex Marketing has built on its Google Partner status with two members of its digital team completing the Google Adwords programme. Jennifer Hearn and Edward Billett passed the exams with flying colours. Weston-super-Mare-based Purplex provides a complete PPC (pay-per-click) service which includes sponsored links...

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