Businesses have been supporting the city’s Big Green Week as momentum grows ahead of Bristol’s role as European Green Capital next year. Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative, part of Business West, embraced the week by encouraging member firms to move sustainability up their agenda. And Low Carbon South...
West architects, design practices and planners will be thrust into the international spotlight next week as part of a national campaign to promote exporting. Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will get the chance to showcase their talents in a Living Cities Challenge – an interactive...
Jonathan Miles, who works for OCS Facilities at Bristol’s Cabot Circus shopping centre, has been recognised in the annual Responsible Business Awards staged by HRH The Prince of Wales’ national charity Business in the Community’s (BITC). He won the South West Employee Volunteer of the Year title for his...
West firms are being urged to visit the UK’s first Export Fair, which is being staged in Bristol next week, as a first step to doing business abroad. Organised by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and Business West, the Export Fair supports the recent International Festival of Business, which...
Ambitious West businesses are being invited to bid for a share of a £200m investment pot – the latest phase of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). Firms applying for round six of the RGF, launched this week by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, will be following in the...
Bristol’s growing reputation as a centre for TV production received a significant boost this week when Disney’s ABC Studios confirmed it is to film a major US series at the city’s Bottle Yard Studios. Pre-production on Galavant – described as a musical comedy fairytale of epic proportions – started...
The number of businesses expecting to recruit more staff has almost returned to the pre-recession levels of 2007 new figures released this week show. But while the data is welcome news for job seekers, some business analysts are warning that it could signal looming skills shortages. The latest Business...
Jaya Chakrabarti, the Bristol entrepreneur and co-founder of digital comms agency Nameless, has been awarded the MBE for services to the creative digital industries and the community in Bristol in the Queen's Birthday honours list. Jaya, pictured, who describes herself as a digital activist, is well known in the...
Bristol can be Europe’s most creative city if its burgeoning creative industries work together to lift its international profile, according to Mayor George Ferguson. Speaking at Creative Bristol, a gathering of representatives from the city’s creative industries, Mayor Ferguson, pictured, said the sector’s capacity to expand by 20% a...
Three Bristol directors have been recognised as among the best in the South West at the prestigious Institute of Directors’ annual regional awards. Nick Sturge, co-founder of enterprise hub The Engine Shed at Temple Meads, which houses the SETsquared innovation centre, won the Public Sector Director title. Julia Clarke,...
Bristol’s first international ambassador for music has been appointed to promote the city across the globe as a hotbed of musical talent with a vibrant and diverse music scene. Bristol-born jazz musician James Morton is officially appointed to the role today by Mayor George Ferguson – and his first...
West-based luxury brand Mulberry, best known for its £1,000-plus handbags, has promised to launch new products with slightly cheaper price tags after revealing that profits nearly halved in its last financial year. Chairman Godfrey Davis, who is leading a restructuring of the business to restore growth, said it had...
Seven directors running businesses based in and around Bristol will this evening find out if they have been successful in the prestigious South West Institute of Directors (IoD) awards. Competing for the awards, which celebrate excellence in the boardroom, are Nick Sturge, co-founder of the enterprise hub The Engine...
