The LAST WORD: Vashti Seth, founder and CEO, Deki

April 24, 2015
The LAST WORD: Vashti Seth, founder and CEO, Deki

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Vashti Seth, founder and CEO of Bristol-based microfinance charity Deki, answers our questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Grand Budapest Hotel because Wes Anderson is genius. Book you...

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Crocodile app snaps up first Green Capital digital prize by encouraging kids to walk or bike to school

April 24, 2015
Crocodile app snaps up first Green Capital digital prize by encouraging kids to walk or bike to school

A team of Bristol tech experts have used their spare time to devise an app that aims to revolutionise the school run by getting more children to walk or cycle. By using the app, called Crocodile, parents can track the progress of the children on their way to and...

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Taxi Studio hails new home after steering clear of Clifton Village parking zone

April 24, 2015
Taxi Studio hails new home after steering clear of Clifton Village parking zone

Bristol creative agency Taxi Studio is relocating to state-of-the art offices at Bath Road Studios to accommodate its ambitious growth plans and get round a lack of parking at its current base. The agency, now based in Clifton Village, has taken 5,562 sq ft at the iconic former ITV...

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Waterside office scheme signs up property agents Colliers International as latest tenant

April 24, 2015
Waterside office scheme signs up property agents Colliers International as latest tenant

Property agency Colliers International has relocated its Bristol base to one of the city’s most-prestigious office developments. It has moved from Broad Quay House, on Broad Quay, into 10 Templeback – a 123,000 sq ft contemporary waterfront property and one of Bristol’s most prominent Grade A office developments which...

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Long-standing regional recruitment firm sold to Midlands group

April 24, 2015
Long-standing regional recruitment firm sold to Midlands group

Independent recruitment agency Mainline Employment, which has two offices in Bristol, has been sold to a West Midlands-based group. Mainline was launched in Swindon in1990 by owner Stella Weeks and later went on to expand into Bristol where it specialised in industrial, warehousing and transport placements. Now one of...

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Tipis, tapas and the chance for Michelin-star fine dining returns with Eat Drink Bristol Fashion

April 24, 2015
Tipis, tapas and the chance for Michelin-star fine dining returns with Eat Drink Bristol Fashion

Eat Drink Bristol Fashion returns to its annual residency in the iconic tipi village in Queen Square next week and Bristol businesses have a rare chance to book for an exclusive banquet evening with its co-founder and award-winning chef Josh Eggleton. Josh, of the Michelin-starred Pony & Trap in...

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IMBd founder to speak at Bristol’s Venturefest innovation showcase

April 24, 2015
IMBd founder to speak at Bristol’s Venturefest innovation showcase

The founder of IMDb, the Bristol-based website that has become the world’s most online popular source of movie information, has joined the speaker line-up for this summer’s Venturefest innovation event in the city. Col Needham, pictured, will be joined by Scott Wilcox, the director of technology of SXSW Eco...

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Firms urged to take part in West of England’s largest business showcase

April 24, 2015
Firms urged to take part in West of England’s largest business showcase

Anticipation is building ahead of next month’s Business Showcase South West 2015 and firms are being warned not to miss out on unparalleled sponsorship, exhibition stands and free delegate passes for what will be the region’s biggest business show this year. The two-day staged at Bristol’s Colston Hall on May...

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Don’t believe the polls – Tories are on course for majority government, Ann Widdecombe tells West bosses

April 24, 2015
Don’t believe the polls – Tories are on course for majority government, Ann Widdecombe tells West bosses

David Cameron will be returned to Downing Street as the leader of a Conservative government with a very small majority, former Tory minister turned Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe predicted at a business event in Bristol last night. That, she said, could pave the way for the new...

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