Two Bristol media firms have teamed up with the city’s zoo to launch two free mobile phone apps and an online photo competition for its highly-successful Wow! Gorillas project. The apps – one for Android phones and another for iPhones – aim to help as many people as possible...
Bristol’s role as a centre for innovation in microchip design and the pioneering work of David May, the University of Bristol’s Professor of Computer Science, are recognised in the latest edition of The Economist. The authoritative magazine looks at how the city has emerged as a hub for the...
Target Corporate Finance has boosted its Bristol team with the appointment of senior corporate finance manager Myles Hamilton. Myles joins the Temple Quay firm from KPMG Corporate Finance in London where he worked on mid-market merger and acquisition deals across a range sectors. With more than seven years’ experience...
Demand for offices of less than 5,000 sq ft in and around Bristol has increased so far this year, defying both the wider economic gloom and the downturn in the commercial property market. Research by property agents Colliers International’s Bristol office shows smaller businesses taking advantage of high stock...
Bristol-based business relocation specialist Reloc8 has been taken over just two days after going into administration in a deal that has saved the jobs of all 28 staff. Administrators BDO LLP sold the cash-strapped business to R8 Workspace for an undisclosed sum. R8 will initially continue to run the...
Interest rates were pegged at their record low of 0.5% again today with all the signs pointing to no increase until next year. With most recent surveys and reports showing little or no improvement in the economy, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was unlikely to raise...
Budget airline easyJet has launched next year’s spring schedule from Bristol Airport with the promise of 40 low-fare routes. The airline, the UK’s largest, has increased capacity on a number of popular destinations including Crete, Dalaman and Pisa. More than 6,400 flights next spring are now on sale. EasyJet...
Brabazon Office Park in Filton has attracted three new occupiers. Joint agents BNP Paribas and Alder King Property Consultants have let Unit Three – a 2,482 sq ft office – to Third Dimension Software on a new 10-year lease at a rent of £15.50 per sq ft. The company...
Bristol filmmakers, including Oscar winners Aardman and students from the city's School of Animation, have set a new record for making the world's largest stop-motion film – a year after they produced the smallest.That film featured Dot, a character just 9mm tall living in a microscopic world set. For...
Some of the businesses helping make Bristol a hub for innovation are taking part in a showcase of the city’s creativity for London-based entrepreneurs. The one-day ‘mission’, called London to Bristol and supported by pioneering Bristol IT firm Sift Media, is aimed at getting companies out of the capital...
Bristol student Shahaid Hussain is on track for a successful career in the property industry after being recognised by the city’s professional body. Shahaid, from Greenbank, is the first winner of the Bristol Property Agents’ Association’s (BPAA) Student of the Year award. The 39-year-old recently obtained a First from...
Renishaw, the innovative advanced engineering group, and Everything Environmental, the ethical promotional gift company, have been shortlisted in this year’s National Business Awards. Wotton-under-Edge-based Renishaw, where annual pre-tax profits recently soared by 203% to £80.4m, is among firms in the mid-cap category, sponsored by accountants and business advisers Grant...
Barclays Corporate in Bristol has led a seven-bank, multi-million pound refinancing agreement to support international sterilisation services group Synergy Health's continued global expansion. Swindon-based Synergy, which employs more than 4,000 people worldwide and specialises in the medical devices and healthcare sectors, has expanded rapidly in recent years through a...
