Creative England has appointed Kate Buxton, formerly of the BBC, as its new head of communications and strategy. Kate, who took up her post in the Bristol office last month, will lead on strategy, marketing and communications. Kate has worked with the media, Government, Whitehall and opinion formers for public sector organisations including the British Council...
Bristol’s Oscar winners Wallace & Gromit will be back in their home city today in their latest starring roles – helping boost UK tourism. The Plasticine pair have been signed up by tourist board VisitEngland to front a new campaign to encourage Britons to holiday in their own country...
Seven Bristol firms have lent their hard-earned business insights to a new book aimed at passing down experiences of starting, running and growing creative companies. Called One Thing I Know, it is published by Creative England as a free book and website, and compiles advice from creative entrepreneurs in...
Why are public sector logos (and, by extension, their brands), so awful? The latest Brand Soup blog compares the likes of the Government’s Gangmasters Licensing Authority, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and Health & Safety Executive with private firms’ logos – and finds them sadly lacking. What should the...
A three-minute film dedicated to championing the unseen work of Bristol’s overnight train cleaning crews secured first prize for emerging filmmakers Bristol Sprout in the third 0117 Hour Digital Short Challenge. The Bristol Sprout team took the £1,000 prize for Behind the Journey, a beautifully-filmed documentary that went behind...
Bristol-based SACO (The Serviced Apartment Company) is to undertake a brand development programme to mark the next stage in its ambitious growth plans. The firm, is one of the world’s leading serviced apartment providers, has appointed Bath branding agency The House following a five-way agency chemistry and brand process...
West charities and not-for-profit organisations could win a year’s digital marketing support worth almost £10,000 in a competition staged by social media marketing company Noisy Little Monkey. Each organisation that enters the aptly-named Big Noise for a Good Cause gets its own ‘page’ on the Noisy Little Monkey website...
WellBoring, the West charity that drills boreholes for clean, secure water supplies at schools and communities in developing countries, is staging a fund-raising abseil down the Avon Gorge in Bristol later this month. The charity has teamed up with the Rotary Club of Bristol Breakfast Club to organise the...
Bristol-based PR firm Spirit has been appointed by Forestry Commission England to support its communications nationally and across the West and South West region, covering an area from Shropshire to Land’s End. In a departure for its communications activity, the Commission has brought in agencies to handle public relations...
Bristol kids’ ride-on suitcase brand Trunki has teamed up with the city’s best-known animators Aardman to launch a TV commercial for its new range of waterproof children’s backpacks. The advert for the PaddlePak range launched across a host of children’s TV channels today. The 30-second ad will establish the...
Bristol business woman Jaya Chakrabarti has been nominated in the Asian Women Achievement of 2013 awards. Jaya, founder and managing director of digital communication agency Nameless,pictured, has been shortlisted in the best entrepreneur category. Already known in business circles as a key figure in Bristol’s creative sector, she gained a...
The law and the media was the key theme of the University of Bristol’s Inaugural Law Conference. The event showcased some of the best academic, professional and student legal minds and the aim is now to host an annual world-leading conference that inspires debate among aspiring lawyers from across...
TLT, the Bristol-based law firm, has advised fashion chain Bonmarché on a strategically important deal with designer David Emanuel, best known for designing Princess Diana’s wedding dress. TLT drafted the new agreement between Bonmarché and Mr Emanuel for the designer to sell a range of clothing across the retailer’s...
