Bristol Business Profile: Friska are feel good foodies with big plans

Ed Brown, one half of the youthful management team, took a well-earned break to share his thoughts on how to survive and grow in a competitive business environment

Ed Brown, one half of the youthful management team, took a well-earned break to share his thoughts on how to survive and grow in a competitive business environment

Bristol is home to some extraordinary niche businesses, and they don’t come much more specialised than greatbear analogue and digital media ltd.

Search engine marketing is often seen as a dark art but Dan Fallon, head of the search, analytics and conversion optimisation agency Search Star, adopts a very simple philosophy to a complex business

You live and learn. Pricing of jobs is a classic thing many start-ups get wrong, I know I did. Under-pricing to win work is just not worth it, and it’s bad for the industry

The Family Travel Centre in Brislington offers a range of new and pre-owned campervans and motorhomes, a retail shop and an on-site workshop for servicing or maintenance.
A young Bristol entrepreneur has secured more than £200,000 worth of bookings through his new online holiday bookings service in only 10 days.

Phil Terrett has long-standing beef about the support and training people get for their business. It stems from a 2002 meeting with a Welsh Assembly Government business mentor. At the end of the hour-long session it was clear Phil knew more about setting up a new enterprise then the mentor.

Think Productive has developed a series of workshops that will help people manage the complexity and stress of today’s time-poor work environment. The Think Productive approach can help people become more effective and happy in work and at home.

By Mick Dickinson, founder at BuzzedUp Bristolians living within shouting distance of Gloucester Road just got lucky. A wonderful French patisserie – L’artisan – has opened at number 303. Now you get to enjoy genuine hand-made French cakes every day. Jealous, moi? I popped in to L’artisan the other day to interview Lyonnais owners Salima and Mohamed [...]

Tom Bugs took his interest in ‘electronics, randomness and chance’ and turned it into a £70,000 business that sells to customers worldwide.
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