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Introduction We at GWS Media love Bristol, and we’re proud to call it home. It’s a vibrant city which is home to some absolutely huge names in...
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5 Businesses and Brands that Started in Bristol

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A brief history of local newspapers in Bristol, England from 1701 to 2022 Are you familiar with the Bristol Post or the Bristol Cable? Do you enjoy...
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Bristol’s Newspapers

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Part 1: Local and Regional Business Networking Groups Women Mean Biz Women Mean Biz is a regional business networking group for women in the South...
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Business Networking Groups in Bristol

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Reviews Build Brand Awareness The reputation of a business can make the difference between whether it can maintain longevity and success over its...
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The Importance of Google Reviews

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We celebrated our recent office move to 7 Lilymead Avenue after 9 years at Queen Charlotte Street by throwing a party, with the very capable...
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GWS Media Office Party October 2019

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In this second part of our article, we explore ten more common types of website, including many that are not strictly business-related.   11....
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20 Different Types of Websites - Part 2

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This afternoon, we were pleased to be visited in the GWS offices by Lesley Rolls. Lesley was among the many visitors to our stand at Business...
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Business Showcase SW Prize Winner Collects Her Port

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Business Showcase SouthWest October 2017: Review We welcomed a throng of visitors to our stand at the Business Showcase South West on Wednesday 11th...
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Business Showcase South West October 2017 Review

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5 of our favourite high-tech companies in Bristol Bristol and the South-West of England have become home to a significant concentration of modern...
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5 of our favourite high-tech companies in Bristol

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On 31st October, our creative director David Graves delivered the following speech at a Bristol business seminar event that we co-hosted with...
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How future developments in marketing will transform business

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We enjoyed exhibiting our social robot Pepper at Business Showcase SW at the Ashton Court Stadium, Bristol on Wednesday, October 5th, 2016. Now in...
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Pepper on Parade

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We are excited to announce that with Peninsula Group we will be co-hosting and presenting at an exclusive health & safety seminar for Bristol...
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Health Check for Your Business Website - October 31st Event

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We had a brilliant day at Colston Hall, meeting lots of lovely business owners and basking in the sun on the roomy balcony at the Bristol Business...
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Bristol Business Growth Show Roundup

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We had a brilliant time at the Business Showcase Southwest at Ashton Gate on May 17th. The event was designed to allow exhibitors and delegates to...
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Business Showcase South West Round Up

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This time next week, GWS Media and a variety of other local businesses will be exhibiting at the Sterling Integrity business show! This year the...
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GWS Media is exhibiting at the Sterling Integrity business...

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At GWS, we’re lucky enough to be within waving distance (more or less) of three great Bristol-culture institutions: the Old Vic, Watershed and...
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In praise of some marvellous neighbours

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17 March 2015 @ The Mshed (10:00am - 3:00pm) We are excited to announce we will be at the Bristol Business Exhibition next week on Stand 35. Due to...
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See GWS @ Bristol Business Exhibition

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  Our designer, Ian, is running the Bristol 10k for the charity National Eye Research Centre. Ian has been aware of the Charity through GWS for many...
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Ian from GWS Media is running the Bristol 10k for NERC...

It comes as no surprise to us that Bristol arts and creative initiatives have been praised in Parliament, as Bristol Culture recently reported....
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Weekly Round-Up: Banksy and Gromits in Bristol, Google+ and...

Gromit being carried into town, via Bristol Culture   We have been enjoying the summery feel to this week, and long may it continue! With...
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Weekly Round-Up: 34 Bristols, Twitter Media and Umbrella...

The view from Bristol Bridge, Winter 2013   With the long winter finally behind us, last weekend was the perfect start to a summer of...
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Weekly Round-Up: Eat Drink Bristol Fashion, Viral Content...

Gloucester Road in 1925 and today, via Bristol Culture   We've enjoyed the Spring sunshine this week and seeing Bristol's outdoor scene...
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Weekly Round-Up: Bristol Then and Now, 'Snackable...

The Easton Arts Trail in June this year   We're happy to see that Spring is finally blossoming and Bristol has a whole season of outdoor...
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Weekly Round-Up: Bristol Festivals, Video Apps and a Qwerty...

The GWS team in the Bristol Post this week   Bristol Guide App Spring is not quite in the air yet, but it is tantalisingly around the corner as we...
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Weekly Round-up: Bristol App Publicity, Content Marketing...

Moscow State Circus by Rictor Norton & David Allen   We were very impressed with all the fit and determined runners who took part in the...
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Weekly Round-Up: Social media statistics, blogging '...

A member of the GWS team braving the T-Rex   September has been such a vibrant month in Bristol! Last weekend, one of our designers explored...
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Weekly round-up: Hashtags, Pinterest and 3D art.

Summer Festivals in Bristol While summer is not over yet and Bristol continues to entertain us with an array of exciting events, we would like to...
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Summer Round-up of Bristol Festivals

Bristol's Street Art Festival 'See No Evil' With Bristol's spectacular Street Art Festival ready to return in an explosion of colour and creativity...
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Bristol Street Art and See No Evil

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We are looking forward to all the festivals and events Bristol has in store for us throughout August, including the See No Evil Street Art Festival...
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Weekly Round-Up: Top blogging tools, the social media wave...

  Beautiful tree bookcase via Laughing Squid   Bristol has been buzzing with excitement and activity as the Big Green Week offers plenty to...
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Weekly Round-Up: Social Media in the Olympics, Tablets for...

  Part of the roof still has evidence of WW2 bombing   GWS staff took what may be the last opportunity to go behind the scenes at Bristol...
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GWS visits Bristol General Hospital

Every time we've had some news of our Bristol Unique Guide App, we've shared it here - new versions, or trips to new places to include - as well as...
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Bristol Unique Guide App - Android Version

This week, instead of our regular weekly round-up, we felt like getting festive. Last year we shared our Bristol Gift Guide; and this year, with...
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The GWS Festive Guide to Bristol

Something beautiful to start the day: photo by Delaney Allen (via The Fox is Black)   Bristol seems to finally be accepting that it's...
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Weekly Round-Up: Growing Facebook, Social Bookmarking and...

Weekly Round-Up: Google+, Banksy Sabotage & RIP Steve Jobs After a weekend of taking pictures for the Bristol Unique Guide App in glorious...
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Weekly Round-Up: Google+, Banksy Sabotage & RIP Steve...

via Mashable   While enjoying the late Indian Summer that snuck up on us this week, we've been busy attending the Best of Bristol Business...
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Weekly Round-Up: Facebook, Facebook and more Facebook

Lovely product concept design - write a bike   As we mentioned on the blog this week, last weekend we were pleased to see how our client,...
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Weekly Round-Up: Klout, Target Audiences & Bike Design

Above and Beyond and hospital staff   GWS staff were delighted to celebrate the opening of the newly refurbished Bristol Eye Hospital this...
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GWS visit Above and Beyond at the Bristol Eye Hospital Open...

  We thoroughly enjoyed experiencing all the wonderful flora at the Botanical Gardens   After the long weekend brought us into what is...
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Weekly Round-Up: Web Surfing & Productivity, Website...

We've seen some fantastic festivals and events in Bristol this year; it's been non-stop since the summer season began, whether cider or...
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Festivals and events in Bristol - Summer Round-Up

Ashton Court Estate   This week we’ve been finishing the website for a company that sells building maintenance materials and creating a new...
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Weekly Round Up: Facebook Messenger, Social Media...

We're very excited to have just launched the latest version of our Bristol guide for the iPhone, with plenty of new places and information about what...
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GWS News: Latest version of the Bristol Unique Guide App...

This week we've putting finishing touches to new site for a Benchmarking and Surveying Company, and also developing the new version of the e-...
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Weekly Round-Up: Facebook Apps, Location-based Marketing...

St Paul's Carnival is a Bristol institution - running every August now for over 40 years as a fantastic community project. The Carnival attracts...
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St Paul's Carnival 2011

As we mentioned last week, the hard work has paid off and the new version of our Bristol Unique Guide App has gone live. We really enjoyed all the...
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Bristol Unique Guide App: What You've Said

A fairly common Bristol sight: Casualty filming near our offices this week   This week we've been hard at work finishing the latest version...
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Weekly Round-Up: YouTube, Banksy Watch & TV BAFTAs

The popular destination @Bristol is featured in the next version of our Bristol App for the iPhone and iPad. Here are some photos we took today: @...
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Bristol Unique Guide App: Sneak Peek

After a white Christmas and a chilly start to the New Year the GWS team have had a productive first week back in the office.  We’ve recently gone...
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Weekly round-up: blogging, eBooks and synthetic choirs

In our last app-related post on why your business should create an app we discussed what applications are and their growing popularity, concluding...
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App Design

Bristol App from GWS: The Centre   There may be only a week to go before Christmas, but here at GWS Media we’re not letting our foot off the...
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Twitter Trends, Banksy and Untranslatable Words

Where to buy your Christmas presents in Bristol While many people will be looking to the internet for their Christmas Shopping, in an attempt to...
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The GWS Bristol Gift Guide

Now for news about a project we've been waiting to share with you all. The first version of the Bristol Unique Guide, an App for the iPhone / iPod...
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Breaking GWS news: Our Bristol Unique Guide App for iPhone

Last night GWS Media celebrated its tenth birthday here in our Bristol offices. A wonderful night, and we were so pleased to see so many friends and...
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Some things for Bristolians to think about- and a...

It's at times like these GWS feels proud to be Bristolian. We're lucky enough to live in a city where 250,000 people can see the New York City ballet...
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Bristol's Harbour Festival 2010: "Joyous" -...

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