Communications agency McCann Bristol struck Gold and Silver at this year’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards for its work on two major national awareness campaigns. The agency’s PR team claimed the top award in the Consumer Relations Campaign category for its educational campaign on behalf of...
West of England firms that go the extra mile to make transport and travel more sustainable for their staff or customers have been recognised. The Travelwest Sustainable Travel Business Awards, now in their fourth year, are co-ordinated by the four Travelwest authorities – North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City...
Wapping Wharf, Bristol’s newest Harbourside quarter, has signed up Small Street Espresso as its first retailer – paving the way for the creation of a new residential, cultural and leisure hub. Described by Time Out as being at the forefront of Bristol’s coffee revolution when it opened in 2012,...
A video produced by Bristol creative agency Workbrands to show the benefits of carbon offsetting has been launched at the Paris climate change talks. The video, made for the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), features nine business leaders explaining why offset strategies make good business sense. They...
The corporate deals market has bounced back in the South West and is on course for its strongest year since 2010, according to an analysis of recent mergers and acquisitions published by accountancy firm Grant Thornton. Some 142 deals – ranging from acquisitions to management buyouts and flotations –...
Bristol-based property consultancy Alder King is to donate a Christmas tree inspired by Bristol’s year as European Green Capital to St Mary Redcliffe Church’s second annual Treefest event. Alder King’s tree will be festooned with natural decorations including flowers, fruits, twigs and berries and will take its place among...
Cyclists from Bristol are on their way to Paris to present the city’s manifesto for action on climate change at next week’s COP21 summit. The four-day ride, backed by a hugely successful Crowdfunder campaign, has been organised by Love The Future, the not-for-profit social and environmental behaviour change organisation....
SunLife’s social media and outreach manager Sam Gillies has been named Young Marketeer of the Year while the Bristol-based insurer also beat off stiff competition from Aviva and others to win the Content Marketing prize in the Financial Services Forum Awards. SunLife created an entertaining content marketing campaign which...
Bristol-based video marketing agency Hurricane has won a third award for its animation for charity Together for Short Lives. The team picked up a regional Media Innovation Award last night for its short film We’re Having a Baby in the animation category. The accolade follows a Digital Entrepreneur Award...
Bristol-based exhibition stand design and build firm Clip has invested £120,000 in new machinery as the final stage in an ambitious two-year project to replace of all of its printing devices and position the company at the cutting edge of digital technology. Its new Durst Omega 2 digital printing...
SETsquared, the University of Bristol-backed innovation partnership, has been named as the best in the world after creating 9,000 jobs and contributing £3.8bn to the UK economy. From its launch 13 years ago, SETsquared – which has its Bristol base at the city’s Engine Shed innovation hub – has...
The CBI welcomed the spending review’s commitment to longer-term investment in the economy but said there was a sting in the tail in the size and scope of the £3m apprenticeship levy. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said: “Businesses will be pleased to see the Chancellor staying the course on deficit...
Bristol business experts have given a broadly upbeat reaction to this week’s Autumn Statement and Spending Review. James Durie, pictured below, chief executive of Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative – part of Business West – said it contained some positive news for the city-region. “Once again the ‘builder’...
