Creative businesses across Bristol are feeling the squeeze. Budgets are tightening, client expectations are rising, and retaining great people has never been harder. Yet many agencies and studios are unknowingly spending money on employee benefits their teams barely use.
In this practical session, Andrew Woolnough will show how a simple benefits audit can help creative organisations save money, improve wellbeing support, and strengthen their employer brand — without increasing costs.
You’ll learn:
Andrew will also share real examples from creative SMEs who have reshaped their benefits for today’s market and seen engagement rise as a result.
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 webinar is designed for:
Andrew is an employee benefits, wellbeing and engagement specialist and is passionate about building highly motivated and productive teams in both start-ups and larger organisations.
He has previously worked for Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Equiniti, running global benefits, payroll and fintech organisations and is currently undertaking freelance assignments under his own brand, Un:fade.
> See Andrew’s BCI profile
> Connect with Andrew 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.
Carbon reporting for digital agencies – An actionable crash course
Carbon reporting is becoming part of agency life, not because agencies are ‘big emitters’, but because you feed into the carbon reporting requirements that your bigger clients need to meet.
Increasingly, agencies are being asked for carbon information in pre-qualification, tenders, supplier onboarding assessments like EcoVadis, and sustainability certifications like B Corp.
In this practical session, Seedling co-founder Aimée Tennant will cover:
• What carbon footprinting actually involves (in plain English)
• The typical agency carbon footprint, and how to reduce it
• How to communicate your impact credibly
• Where it becomes commercially relevant – from client requests to B Corp requirements to public sector tenders
You’ll leave with simple next steps to get started quickly, plus a few comms do’s/don’ts to help you avoid accidental greenwashing, and respond to client questions with more confidence.
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 webinar is for digital agencies (agency ops/finance/bid managers) who are:
• Getting more climate questions in pitches and renewals
• Working towards (or maintaining) B Corp
• Bidding into public sector work where carbon reporting is increasingly expected
Aimée Tennant is the co-founder of Seedling, a Bath-based carbon accounting platform that helps growing businesses measure, reduce and report emissions in a way that’s clear, credible, and manageable. She regularly works with teams to build GHG-Protocol-aligned footprints and practical reduction plans, and shares plain-English guidance on carbon reporting and climate comms.
> Connect Aimée with on LinkedIn
> See Seedling’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.
A 60-minute workshop for agency founders who want stronger margins and smarter pricing. If you run a marketing, PR, digital, or creative agency, chances are pricing has been on your mind.
You’re busy, your team is stretched, and yet margins aren’t where they should be. And deep down, you know your pricing hasn’t kept pace with your costs, your positioning, or the value you deliver. This workshop shows you how to take pricing seriously, understand the real cost of delivery, and build a more confident, profitable pricing approach.
What you’ll learn:
– The 5 pricing mistakes that quietly destroy agency margins
– Why outdated pricing is costing you more than you think
– The cost factors you must understand before setting your rates
– How to move beyond guesswork and build a pricing model that makes sense
– The simple framework we use with clients to build confident, profitable pricing.
What you’ll leave with:
– Clear insight into why your margins feel tight
– A better understanding of what your pricing should be
– Identified areas where you’re leaking profit
– Practical steps to improve pricing and financial clarity
– A deeper understanding of what proper financial leadership looks like in an agency
Who it’s for: Founders and leaders of marketing, digital, PR, creative and comms agencies who want to improve profitability, strengthen financial control and build a commercially mature business.
This is a straightforward, practical session – no fluff, no jargon – designed specifically for agency founders.
Can’t attend live? Register anyway – all registrants will receive the full recording, even if they can’t join on the day.
Join HUM4NS for a night of connection and inspiring talks over drinks in our cosy cocktail bar.
HUM4NS began life as a series of talks among entrepreneurs, providing them with a platform to step out from behind ‘what they do’ and venture into the ‘who I am, what holds me back and how I moved forward’.
HUM4NS provided a platform for ordinary people to share Honest, Uplifting, Motivational, Aspirational, Nourishment for the Soul, inspiring others to take action and build towards achieving their own dreams.
Stepping into a brave new world and opening ourselves up to a new audience, HUM4NS has a simple but important quest; to help the world be a happier, healthier, smarter and kinder place, by providing a place for people to learn, grow and develop.
Rebel Meetups is a Rebellious Co initiative – an impact organisation supporting entrepreneurs & business leaders since 2013.
Come along to Rebel Meetups Bristol, one of many free-to-attend meetups in a global network of events run by Rebellious Co. Designed as a safe space to connect, learn and share with fellow professional rebels, this is a place where founders, freelancers, creators, creatives, inventors and investors alike can come together.
Their low-agenda format often includes fireside chats from local business legends, but leaves most of the space for connecting with others.
As part of our membership network, we have 300 freelancers working within the creative industries. Life can sometimes feel a bit lonely as a freelancer so a networking event like this is an opportunity to meet others in the same position. It’s the perfect chance to catch up with old friends and meet plenty of new faces too!
This event is open to freelancers as well as anyone who regularly engages with freelancers. It will allow you to widen networks, make new connections, discuss common problems, and discover potential opportunities for collaboration going forward. You’ll be sure to head home with a new contact.
The drinks will be held in the lower deck at The Square Club on Berkeley Square, and we’ll have use of the amazing outside terrace too if the weather is on our side! We’ll have a private bar to purchase drinks, plus the food menu will be available if anyone fancies something to eat.
Tickets for BCI members are FREE and include a drinks token for the bar. Tickets for non-members are £5 +VAT.
This event is held 5 times per year so do save the future dates for your diaries so you don’t miss them!
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this event, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
Click below to register your place!
As part of our membership network, we have 300 freelancers working within the creative industries. Life can sometimes feel a bit lonely as a freelancer so a networking event like this is an opportunity to meet others in the same position. It’s the perfect chance to catch up with old friends and meet plenty of new faces too!
This event is open to freelancers as well as anyone who regularly engages with freelancers. It will allow you to widen networks, make new connections, discuss common problems, and discover potential opportunities for collaboration going forward. You’ll be sure to head home with a new contact.
The drinks will be held in the lower deck at The Square Club on Berkeley Square. We’ll have a private bar to purchase drinks, plus the food menu will be available if anyone fancies something to eat.
Tickets for BCI members are FREE and include a drinks token for the bar. Tickets for non-members are £5 +VAT.
This event is held 5 times per year so do save the future dates for your diaries so you don’t miss them!
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this event, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
Click below to register your place!
BOOKED IN A DAY
Friday 23 January 2026, 10am – 4pm
Tobacco Factory, Bristol
7 spaces (Only FOUR left!)
Details + tix: https://bridiehinson.co.uk/bristol-pr-workshop
Designed for small business owners who want to dedicate a day to building lasting PR skills that will help you reach more people with your mission and message, build trust, and land new opportunities for your small business.
If you want to discover new ways to get in front of the right people (beyond constant content creation!) come learn about opportunities such as guest podcasts, guest workshops, speaking gigs, press features, collaborations, partnerships and more!
It’s a chance to learn how to position yourself, craft key messages and stories, and learn how to pitch for opportunities.
The day will be informative and interactive with time to action the learnings during the workshop itself, you’ll also get mini 1:1s with me and peer support in a small group
You’ll leave with:
clear on the topics, opinions and messages you can use for PR
exciting ideas to promote your business beyond social media
confidence to put yourself out there and pitch
I’ll also be adding a new section in for January 2026 all about planning PR into your upcoming business activity as we look at the year ahead. Including top tips for how to leverage PR to boost what you’re already doing, not add to your plate.
Kate said: “A brilliant, energising day packed with practical tools, inspiring ideas, and expert insight that made PR feel not just doable, but exciting. Bridie delivers the course with warmth and expertise. I left with a clear plan and much more confidence.”
Morin said: “Booked in a Day was transformative. It expanded my understanding of where my voice belongs and needs to be heard. Having my ideas and approach validated by a PR expert has completely shifted how I feel about pitching myself and my expertise from ‘ick’ to ‘yay!’”
The event takes place on the top floor of Tobacco Factory with a balcony and spectacular views
Step into the future of storytelling.
Our Broadcast to Branded Skills Bootcamp is a 9-week,fully funded industry-led journey designed for experienced TV and film freelancers ready to make their mark in branded content. Whether you come from editorial, craft, or production management, this programme gives you the confidence, skills, and insider know-how to transition into a fast-growing creative space.
Working in production teams, you’ll respond to a real client brief developing, producing, and delivering your own branded content piece to add to your portfolio and showcase your capabilities. Along the way, industry professionals from UWE Bristol, JonesMillbank, and Gritty Talent will guide you through every stage: from storytelling and pitching, to shooting, editing, and delivering client-ready work.
You’ll also sharpen essential soft skills – collaboration, inclusion, networking, and career strategy building not just technical expertise, but creative confidence. The course culminates in a showcase and networking event to launch you into your next chapter.
This Skills bootcamp isn’t just training, it’s a creative re-frame. Gain the tools to adapt, diversify, and thrive in branded content, and leave with a showreel-ready project and the confidence to take on new opportunities with impact.
Marketing teams are surrounded by more data than ever, yet so much of it is noisy, inconsistent or simply wrong. This webinar explores how data tracking issues can quietly creep into your analytics, mess up your dashboards and make it hard to understand what’s really working.
Varn’s data analytics expert Haris Alexandrou will unpack the most common problems that lead to messy or misleading data, explain why clean data is essential for smarter decision making, and show you how to set up tracking that gives you clarity and confidence from the outset.
The session will help you cut through the data chaos, track and spot what matters and build your marketing decisions on solid, trustworthy insights.
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.
Who is it for?
This session is perfect for marketeers, digital specialists and anyone who wants to rely on trusted data and reports to guide decision making, campaigns and strategy.
About Haris
Haris is an expert data, analytics and tracking manager at Varn, specialising in transforming complex or confusing datasets into clear insight. He works with brands to build accurate tracking foundations that support confident, effective marketing decisions, in an era of increasingly overwhelming information.
> Connect with Haris 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.
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