A Bristol conference centre has scooped the top two titles for the third year running in its industry’s only awards based on feedback from customers. Engineers’ House in Clifton was voted the No.1 Conference Centre and No.1 Venue Overall for the third consecutive year in VenueVerdict Awards, staged by...
A strong track record in defending its clients and a raft of significant deals over the past year earned national law firm Bond Dickinson the title of Insurance Team of the Year at last night’s prestigious Legal Business Awards. Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest office in Bristol, was...
The importance of the Bristol and Bath area’s tech sector to the local economy has been underlined by a major new report which puts it among the country’s most successful and fastest growing. While the strength of the industry has been highlighted in previous studies, this week’s Tech Nation...
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget, with its U-Turn on National Insurance Contributions (NICs), alienates the very businesses the government should be encouraging, warns Matthew Lee, managing partner at Bristol-headquartered accountancy firm Bishop Fleming. The Budget is making a bad turn worse and I’m concerned that the government is out...
Bristol’s tech and creative businesses will get the opportunity to find out the views of the candidates in May’s West of England Metro Mayoral election at a special hustings next month. All six candidates to declare so far have promised to attend the event and put forward their views on the sectors,...
The West of England’s television community turned out in force last Sunday evening to celebrate their work over the past 12 months. Hosted by Countryfile’s Anita Rani, the Royal Television Society West of England Awards, in association with Evolutions Bristol, took place at the Bristol Old Vic. Guests at...
Five Bristol cultural organisations are celebrating after seeing off stiff competition to win three coveted national awards between them from organisers of the Get Creative Family Arts Festival 2016. Music venue St George’s scooped two awards – for Best Family Welcome and Best Age-Friendly Event – while the Architecture...
In an era of Facebook, fake news and free content, how are the West of England’s media organisations maintaining standards and keeping the region in the know? The Bristol branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) tackles this issue head-on at an event this evening (Friday, March 24)...
Former Grayling associate director Helen Bell has joined specialist PR agency Greenhouse to head its Bristol office. Helen, pictured, who was also head of PR & media for Bristol 2015 Ltd – the company behind the city’s year as European Green Capital – arrives at Greenhouse as it continues...
Bristol-based builders’ merchants Kellaway Building Supplies has continued its growth with the acquisition of a Wiltshire firm. Marlborough Building Supplies becomes Kellaway’s 13th branch and extends the group further into Wiltshire, where it already operates a branch in Swindon. Privately-owned Kellaway was formed in 1982 and has grown to...
Many of the West of England’s most talented creative and tech experts have just returned from Austin, Texas, having attended the annual SXSW Festival. So what is it about the mix of music, film and tech that keeps them going back every year? Creative Business News asked Gabby Shaw,...
Each fortnight Creative Business News gives a prominent member of the region’s creative sector the chance to reflect on their career, their work and their ambitions by answering 10 questions about themselves. Name: Benjamin Scrase Job title: Graphics and technical co-ordinator Current company: Floating Harbour Films Age: 23 My...
The clock is ticking for Bristol directors to enter the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The deadline for the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 is March 31 and organisers are urging Bristol’s top executives to get...
