Bristol Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the city’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Bristol Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday,...
Bristol Business News is to launch GAMECHANGERS – a unique and highly innovative project to identify the 50 individuals shaping the future of Bristol’s economy. These inspirational people are helping make Bristol the UK’s most exciting city through their innovation, enterprise and creativity. Some will be well known, others...
Global building consultancy group Arcadis is to relocate its two Bristol offices to the £40m, 2 Glass Wharf flagship office scheme at Temple Quay in the largest city centre office deal of the year. The move has also prompted the 100,000 sq ft building’s owners Salmon Harvester and NFUM...
Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Patrick Hart, TV & radio broadcaster & CEO of E-Com media, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Straight Outta Compton –...
Neighbourly, the innovative community-business connector based in Bristol, has launched a service which aims to help tackle head-on the UK’s 15m tonnes-a-year waste food crisis. Social platform Neighbourly Food will assist in re-distributing surplus food, especially local fresh produce, to local charities, food banks and surplus recycling operations. At...
Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub celebrates its two-year anniversary by inviting guests to the launch of Boxworks, a custom-designed workspace in 20 re-imagined shipping containers for the creative, digital and hi-tech industries. Boxworks expands the Engine Shed by 30% – enough space for around 120 entrepreneurs – and will provide much-needed...
Small business network Enterprise Nation’s first panel event in Bristol takes place on Monday with a focus on business promotion. Called How to sell yourself and promote your business, the event next Monday evening will look at three essential techniques – sales, photography and marketing. The panel features serial...
Some of Bristol’s top employers have taken part in a day-long ‘Seeing is Believing’ visit designed to show them first-hand the key role businesses in the city can play to support people who face barriers into employment. Creating meaningful employment is one of the most significant ways that businesses contribute...
More than 300 people from Bristol’s creative and digital sectors came together to mark Bristol Media 10th birthday – with the party acting as a celebration and showcase of the city’s rich vein of talent. Some of the best work produced in Bristol over the past decade was captured...
Partnerships between schools and businesses, a key issue for firms across Bristol, can have significant benefits, according to the results of a national survey of education chiefs and company bosses. Some 3,500 teaching staff and business leaders took part in the research run by the British Chambers of Commerce...
BRAVE Enterprise, the independent, not-for-profit business advice organisation based in Bristol, stages a comprehensive programme of training courses and workshops. Promote your business with PR Presenter: Paul Mullins Date: Thursday February 11 Time: 10am – 1pm Cost: £42 (inc VAT) per workshop This workshop is for anyone who wants...
Bristol tech businesses are to have access to a £10m specialist investment fund launched in the city this week. Great Western Ventures will back small, fast-growth tech firms with seed funding – so plugging a widely acknowledged gap in the city’s otherwise high-quality business support ‘eco-system’. The fund, backed...
Changes to the plans for Bristol’s long-awaited arena – including road closures and extra trains for major events – have been announced. The revised plans were this week submitted to Bristol City Council for approval following public consultation. The council said there was strong support for the 12,000-capacity arena...
