Areas of Bristol became Rochdale and city council offices transformed into Liverpool Crown Court last year for filming of hard-hitting TV drama Three Girls, the true story of three girls drawn into the frightening world of sexual exploitation. Made with the full cooperation of the victims and their families,...
Educational and community theatre group Brave Bold Drama has unveiled its first permanent base, dubbed Creative Workspace, in Withywood, South Bristol. This major step forward for the theatre company comes just weeks after it was named winner of the Arts category in the Bristol Life awards. Set up in...
Bristol Open Stage, the highlight of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th anniversary celebrations last year, is returning to the city for 2017. The project involved the historic theatre being taken over by people from every corner of Bristol in a series of joyous performances over the anniversary weekend last year....
Bristol’s Brew House creative hub – one of the city’s most innovative office conversions – is fully let after securing a third tenant. Global environmental consultants SLR Consulting has taken 7,162 sq ft in the building, off Temple Way, which has been transformed from a previously vacant four-storey building into...
Organisers of Bristol’s live street and urban art festival Upfest – the largest free event of its kind in Europe – are urging supporters to dig deep to make sure this year’s goes ahead. The festival needs to reach its £20,000 crowdfunding target by this Sunday to ensure it...
US tech giant Oracle has teamed up with Bristol’s SETsquared incubator to officially launch its next-generation Startup Cloud Accelerator programme in the UK. Oracle, which has a cloud development centre in the Bristol, announced plans in January for its second accelerator programme in January. It describes the scheme as...
The restoration and conversion of Bristol’s former General Hospital has landed a major property award before it is finished. Called The General, the project by Essex-based specialist developer City & Country, pictured, topped the Building Conservation category at last night’s 2017 RICS Awards, South West. The scheme, which has...
The cream of Bristol’s tech and digital cluster have just a week left to submit their nominations for The 2017 SPARKies, the awards showcasing the region’s best start-ups, founders, entrepreneurs and mentors. West of England tech sector group TechSPARK, which stages the awards, has also revealed the line-up of...
Newly elected West of England Metro Mayor Tim Bowles has said more must be done to ensure job opportunities are created for everyone in the region. Speaking at his swearing-in on Monday, Mr Bowles, pictured, said the West of England had many dynamic new businesses and high-quality jobs in...
Bristol business figures dominate the nominations for the prestigious Institute of Directors (IoD) South West regional Director of the Year Awards with seven names on the shortlist. They will join other directors from around the region at the awards ceremony later this month to celebrate outstanding business people and focus UK-wide...
Bristol-based independent public relations and communications agency AMBITIOUS has appointed experienced PR professional Sarah Woodhouse as director following a period of significant growth. Sarah, pictured, who also becomes a joint partner in the business, has two decades of industry experience and a strong track record in managing and growing successful...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week John Cullum, chair of Bristol-based communications consultancy JBP, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Revenant depicting what drives a person...
An innovative bicycle sharing scheme which offers an hour’s ride for just a pound has chosen Bristol as its European launchpad. YoBike promises to be unlike existing bike sharing schemes as it does not require docking stations – bikes can be picked up from and left in safe, legal...
