Join us at The Square Club on Thursday 23rd April from 12.30-2pm. BCI’s members’ lunches are the perfect opportunity to catch up with fellow members and the BCI team and, as some of our lunches are now in person again, you can enjoy a delicious Mediterranean buffet lunch too!
That was genuinely the best networking event I’ve ever been to! So many very useful connections made from the moment I walked through the door. Lovely food, relaxed atmosphere and plenty of time and space to get to know people. An all round wonderful experience, thank you BCI team for organising such a fantastic event. ~ Danie Stinchcombe, Marketing Director @ Gather Round
There’ll be plenty of opportunities to catch up with old friends and meet some new faces too. Everyone will have a 3 min slot to introduce themselves and tell the others a little about who they are and what they do and share any news and/or challenges. You don’t need to fill the three minutes but we do set a timer to make sure everyone has time to talk! We usually find some common themes emerge which we can discuss over the course of the session. It’s all very informal with no need to stand up and present slides!
The members’ lunch is much more than just pitching; it’s a shared space for connecting with your peers to discuss challenges and opportunities for collaboration, and generally celebrating the wonderfully eclectic mix of creative businesses in the region.
We see businesses of all shapes and sizes during the session. From the managing director of an established 50+ person agency to founders of innovative startups, each month we encourage a variety of members to attend. You’re more likely to meet potential partners or referrers than competitors.
If you’d like to attend email BCI’s membership manager Alli Nicholas at [email protected]. The members’ lunches tend to fill up quickly so if you miss out on this one, you’ll be top of the list for the next!
Not a member? Sign up today so you can join the lunch!
Please note, our members’ lunches are for active business and freelance members but not for student members.
Between Takes is running its first ‘Working Well in Film and TV : Training Day’, on Wednesday 25th March.
It’s a full day covering Access & Inclusion, Mental Health & Wellbeing, and workplace rights and responsibilities in production. Sessions are practical and discussion-based, led by experienced trainers and designed to give you tools you can use in your day-to-day on production.
This training day was built on feedback from industry professionals about what’s needed to navigate production environments with greater confidence, clarity and care. The day puts your learning at the centre and the feedback you provide will help develop the programme for future crews.
It is aimed at those with 2+ years experience in the Film and TV industry who want to improve how they lead, collaborate and navigate complex production environments.
Go to https://lnkd.in/ejP9vnNV for more details and to apply for a place! Applications close at 6pm on Sunday 15th March 2026.
Meet 16 TV professionals who have turned their broadcast storytelling expertise into branded production. Join us Wednesday 11th March, 3–6pm at Arnolfini for a show-and-tell of the work they’ve produced over the last nine weeks for briefs from UWE partners. Drinks and nibbles included.
Maya Angelou’s timeless words resonate: “People forget what you said, they forget what you did, but they never forget how you made them feel.” As we navigate important presentations and tricky interactions, leaving a lasting impact is key. Every encounter is an opportunity to influence and connect.
Join Ben Nathan, a former actor turned executive coach and facilitator, on a taster journey on the art of making a strong impression. We will explore the core elements of presence – your voice, your body language, and the power of your mind. Learn how to command attention, appear confident (even if you don’t feel it!) and inspire your audience.
Bristol Creative Industries members can register here
This webinar is exclusively for BCI members. It’s one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
This taster workshop is for leaders, founders, and freelancers who find themselves in the spotlight, presenting to audiences where making a lasting impression makes the difference, whether pitching to investors, delivering an important message, or captivating important stakeholders.
Ben is an experienced and highly skilled facilitator, executive coach and speaker. His background as an actor gives him a unique and engaging style, helping clients with self-confidence, building better relationships and leading with impact.
Ben typically supports people and teams with leadership skills, presenting with impact, challenging conversations, transitioning into senior roles, managing competing priorities, inheriting new teams, navigating organisational change, self- confidence and work life balance.
His understanding of executive presence together with his storytelling and influencing skills helps leaders develop their authentic self, inspiring self-confidence in others.
Clients say Ben’s style is engaging and energising, rooted in honesty and empathy.
He builds rapport quickly, and provides a safe space to talk, think and create meaningful actions.
Ben has worked with leaders and managers at Clean Growth Fund, EY, the NHS, Hodge Banking, FGS Global and TLT LLP.
> Connect with Ben on LinkedIn
> See Ben’s BCI profile here
The online sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, and allow BCI members to share their knowledge with fellow members.
The webinars are a 15/20 minute presentation followed by a 10/15 minute Q&A. The sessions are a mix of expert tips and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
The webinars are exclusively for BCI members. They are one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
Please get in touch with Dan if you’re a BCI member and you’re interested in presenting on a future webinar.
“64% of the world’s population use social media, for an average of 2h21m per day and across an average of 6.8 platforms per month.”
Social is the beating heart of global connections – but ‘social first’ is about much more than social media. As brands look to develop the conversations they have with their audiences – and unlock the potential that those connections can bring – this webinar examines the foundations for success in an endlessly evolving landscape.
We’ll be looking at the platforms and pitfalls, context and content, the message and the messenger as we explore some key approaches to shaping culture and building communities online.
Your agency has been growing, revenue is up, and the team is bigger, yet you are busier than ever! Why does it feel like you’re taking home the same or less than when you were smaller?
This is the profit paradox that hits most agencies when they scale to £1M in turnover and beyond.
Growth doesn’t automatically mean profit, and somewhere between winning the work and delivering it, your margin is disappearing.
In the second workshop of our 3-part series for agency founders, we will walk you through the 4 places profit typically disappears in growing agencies. These are the same patterns we’ve seen in almost every agency we’ve worked with.
We won’t just explain the theory, but we will walk you through our framework to help you identify what this looks like for YOUR agency.
In this session, I’ll show you:
The uncomfortable truth, why growing agencies often see their margins shrink.
Where profit typically disappears.
Share our exclusive framework on how we diagnose which areas are costing you.
Benchmarks: what your team structure, utilisation rates and margins should look like at your size agency with a clear starting point to fix your biggest leak.
What you’ll leave with:
A clear understanding of where profit is leaking in your agency.
What the optimum team structure should look like for an agency of your size.
Utilisation and capacity targets you should be aiming for.
A 30-day action plan to start recovering margin, today.
Exclusive tools, templates and watch live BONUS.
Who it’s for:
Founders and leaders of marketing, digital, PR, creative and communication agencies with a £750k-£2M+ turnover who want to understand why their profit is not growing and want to do something about it.
Brought to you by Rocksteady Finance – we’ve worked alongside 40+ agency finance functions and know exactly what it takes to successfully scale.
The creative industries continue to grow at pace but employer demand for skills is outstripping supply. At the same time, many businesses overlook an entire pipeline of emerging talent: young people aged 16–18 who are already gaining industry relevant skills, technical expertise, and real world project experience.
In this webinar, Chrissandra Boxley from Weston College will demystify the post-16 education landscape and explain what today’s creative pathways actually look like. She’ll explore how young people are learning differently, the industry aligned skills they are developing, and what the next generation expects from employers.
She’ll also address some of the biggest myths around 16–18 learners; including the common assumption that graduate level talent is always the best or only option.
This session is designed to give creative employers a clearer understanding of how to connect with and benefit from this pipeline, whether through work experience, live briefs, industry projects, or early talent engagement.
Expect practical insights, up to date trends, and real examples of how creative businesses are already benefitting from engaging earlier with young talent.
Bristol Creative Industries members can register here
This webinar is exclusively for BCI members. It’s one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
This session is ideal for:
As head of creative arts at Weston College, Chrissandra leads on FE/HE/part time and apprenticeship creative programmes designed in collaboration with industry. Holding a BA (Hons) in fashion and textile design, a PGCE, and an MA in sustainable fashion, Chrissandra is able to combine creative practice with educational leadership.
Chrissandra works extensively with employers to co-create curriculum pathways that respond directly to skills gaps and sector needs, and is passionate about developing future-ready talent, advocating for stronger connections between education and the creative industries to build a resilient and diverse workforce.
> Connect with Chrissandra on LinkedIn
The online sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, and allow BCI members to share their knowledge with fellow members.
The webinars are a 15/20 minute presentation followed by a 10/15 minute Q&A. The sessions are a mix of expert tips and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
The webinars are exclusively for BCI members. They are one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
Please get in touch with Dan if you’re a BCI member and you’re interested in presenting on a future webinar.
When you’re leading a team, it’s easy to default to information.
Updates. Targets. Timelines. Strategy. Slides.
It feels professional. It feels safe.
But information alone rarely builds trust – and when leaders hide behind it, teams can feel disconnected.
In this practical webinar, spoken word artist and leadership storytelling specialist Oliver Davy will explore how to turn information into connection when you speak.
You’ll learn:
During the session, you’ll be guided through a short writing exercise to help you shape a brief story from your own experience – something real, grounded, and relevant that you could use in your next team meeting.
If you regularly stand up in front of your team and want your words to connect, not just inform, this session is for you.
Bristol Creative Industries members can register here
This webinar is exclusively for BCI members. It’s one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
Creative founders, directors and team leads who speak to their teams regularly and want to build trust, clarity and connection – without sounding corporate or rehearsed.
Olly is a spoken word artist, leadership storytelling specialist and public speaking coach.
For 11 years, he worked as a copywriter and brand language strategist, helping organisations clarify their message and connect with their audiences. Today, he works with leaders and teams to help them find the words – and the courage – for moments that matter.
Combining experience on stage with deep expertise in storytelling and communication, Olly supports leaders to move beyond information-heavy presentations and speak with clarity, authenticity and impact.
> Connect with Olly on LinkedIn
> See Olly’s BCI profile here
The online sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, and allow BCI members to share their knowledge with fellow members.
The webinars are a 15/20 minute presentation followed by a 10/15 minute Q&A. The sessions are a mix of expert tips and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
The webinars are exclusively for BCI members. They are one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
Please get in touch with Dan if you’re a BCI member and you’re interested in presenting on a future webinar.
Many businesses and individuals underestimate when they create intellectual property (IP), and when their freelancers, suppliers and collaborators create it.
This can lead to a minefield of lost opportunities, diluted rights ownership and worse still – breach of third party rights.
In this webinar, business lawyer Jessica Bent, Partner at Keystone Law, will discuss the legal issues to ensure your intellectual property ownership and rights are clear and protected across all the relationships your business relies on. It will help you identify when IP comes into existence and what you need to protect, own and monetise it.
Bristol Creative Industries members can register here
This webinar is exclusively for BCI members. It’s one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
This session will be useful for any creative business to ensure they are aware of the intellectual property and legal issues when using freelancers, suppliers or collaborating with others. It will equally be useful for individuals that are freelancers in the creative industries.
Jessica is an intellectual property and technology specialist and Partner at Keystone Law. She deals with IP, technology and contracts for creative and tech businesses .
Jessica’s experience includes advising businesses on all types of IP and IT contracts such as rights agreements, licensing, R&D and collaborations as well as data protection issues.
Her expertise on IP matters includes brand management and trade mark registrations, copyright matters including clearance and advice on infringement, patents and know-how including R&D and collaboration agreements.
Jessica regularly delivers workshops and lectures to businesses and universities on IP and technology matters.
> Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn
> See Jessica’s BCI profile here
The online sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, and allow BCI members to share their knowledge with fellow members.
The webinars are a 15/20 minute presentation followed by a 10/15 minute Q&A. The sessions are a mix of expert tips and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
The webinars are exclusively for BCI members. They are one of many benefits you get by joining the community. Not a BCI member? Read more about the benefits and join here.
Please get in touch with Dan if you’re a BCI member and you’re interested in presenting on a future webinar.
Join our website migration experts as they discuss the top reasons website projects fail to get off the ground.
Learn to choose the right CMS, avoid common mistakes, and simplify the process.
What you’ll learn:
– Why website projects stall (from people who learnt the hard way)
– When’s the best time to migrate
– How to choose and get buy-in for a new CMS
– How to streamline and simplify website migration
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