A group of innovative Bristol businesses are receiving online peer and mentoring support under a scheme to help creative firms across the West of England to help them respond to the impact of Covid-19. The firms, which range from Mangostone, which makes props, sets and models for film, television, trade shows and museums,...
Attracting a record number of overseas visitors to Bristol last year has earned the city’s destination management organisation a national tourism excellence award. Destination Bristol, which promotes the city region as a world-class place to stay through its Visit Bristol brand, landed Bronze in the International Distribution category at...
A TV series described as an action-packed, sci-fi road trip adventure is to be made in Bristol by some of the industry’s top emerging talent after being commissioned by Netflix for worldwide broadcast. Pre-production of The Last Bus started this month, with filming beginning in the autumn at the...
The four generations of the Thatchers cidermaking family are celebrated in a new TV advertising campaign devised in Bristol. The advert, which made its debut on Monday in a 40-second format, was created by communications agency McCann Bristol. It is the agency’s first TV commercial for Thatchers since it...
A scheme aiming to make city leadership in Bristol more diverse by unlocking talent and helping people reach their potential is to be extended. Stepping Up, an innovative talent programme specifically for black and minority ethnic people, disabled people and women, was launched two-and-a-half years ago by Baroness McGregor-Smith,...
A steep rise in corporate insolvencies linked to the coronavirus pandemic is being predicted for this winter – and could start as early as October. New research from insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 indicates that lack of funds to pay their rent is likely to be the biggest...
Mobius Works, the Bristol-based integrated services contractor behind many of the city’s most exciting drinking, dining and working spaces, has launched a rebrand to accompany its growth plans. The new identity has been created in collaboration with Bristol branding agency Hey? What! and includes a new logo, website and...
The hospitality and leisure sectors across the West of England urgently need more targeted help from the government to avoid devastating closures and job losses, experts today warned. With the sectors employing 40,000 people and contributing £40m to Bristol’s economy, their survival is essential. Yet many commercial landlords are failing...
Development projects around Bristol ranging from a long-awaited new railway station and an upgrade of one of the city’s busiest roads to pioneering academic and industrial research have received financial support from a government scheme aimed at getting Britain building in the post-Covid era. The seven-strong list of projects...
More than 100 business leaders took part in the first of a series of ‘Bristol Bounce Back’ events staged by city-headquartered law firm Gregg Latchams and regional chartered accountants Milsted Langdon. The inaugural interactive online event heard from industry experts on plans for recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. With...
Businesses will struggle to survive if they are not flexible enough to adapt to continual change in the Covid-19 landscape we are now living in. Those businesses that develop the right tools, flexible structures and forward plans will not only survive in the long term but will get ahead...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) has made two appointments to its growing team while also saying farewell to Brian Steer, one of its longest-standing employees, who has retired. Nicki Kimberley has joined as start-up loans officer, a role that involves supporting applicants to the Start...
Regeneration of a derelict part of Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone looks set to come a step closer next week following recommendation for approval by City Council planning officers. The major Silverthorne Lane scheme also has the backing of the owners of Motion nightclub, which is on a neighbouring...
