A ‘live lounge’ where Bristol’s creative sector can brainstorm design ideas for cutting-edge exhibition stands has been opened by Clip Display, the international leader in the industry. It has invested thousands of pounds in the 13,000 sq ft facility in Pucklechurch, close to its head office in Wick. The...
South West tech firms are poised to grow at four times the rate of the economy this year, according to new research. Some 58% of the firms quizzed as part of Barclays’ Fast Growth Tech survey said they expect their business to grow by up to 10%, with 19%...
Warmley-based brewery Bath Ales has won another trophy for its beer – this time taking home silver from the national Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Winter Beer of Britain awards this week for its Festivity porter. Coming second only to the overall Supreme Champion winner, Festivity was awarded the...
Some of Bristol’s biggest businesses have joined forces with seven Rotary Clubs across the city to support a campaign to immunise 125,000 children against polio. The 11 firms are backing Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign, part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) which is looking to eradicate polio...
Firms in the Bristol area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in...
THE LAST WORD Each week Bristol Business News lets a prominent member of the area’s business community have the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Fiona Francombe, site director at The Bottle Yard Studios, answers our 10 questions: What was the LAST: Film you watched? Sliding Doors...
The innovative smart city initiative Bristol Is Open has received unanimous support from the city council cabinet, enabling the University of Bristol’s research and council-owned infrastructure to come together for the first time. As report by Bristol Business News last week, Bristol Is Open will manage the Open Programmable City...
Bristol businesses can find out how they can get involved with the city’s year as European Capital year and benefit from the increased support and activity that is on offer at the launch of a new initiative next Tuesday. Low Carbon South West and regional business organisation Business West...
The Bristol & Bath area has been named as the UK’s most important centre for the fast-growing digital industry outside of London. A major new report – called Powering a Digital Economy 2015 – says the area is home to a globally-significant cluster of innovative businesses and a hotbed...
TV and movie stars filming at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios will be chauffeured to and from the centre under a new partnership with eco-friendly firm Studio Cars. The firm is the latest to open a base at highly-successful studio complex in Hengrove, where filming has taken place for productions...
Leading players in the fast-growing virtual reality industry will gather in Bristol next month to show how it is shaking up the global entertainments sector. Oculus, the company behind the most talked-about virtual reality hardware, the Oculus Rift head-mounted display, is part of the line-up due to gather for...
An event looking at how to improve diversity in the creative sector is taking place on Monday as part of this year’s Digital Bristol Week. Staged at BBC Bristol in Whiteladies Road, the event promises to be an open and honest discussion on the challenges and barriers which prevent...
The apple orchards and cider pubs of the West Country may seem a million miles away from Chicago’s skyscrapers but the Windy City is about to hear how British cider leads the world. Thatchers Cider managing director Martin Thatcher has been invited to give a keynote speech at this year’s...
