Fiona Francombe is Site Director of The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, which offers studios and space to television, film and media companies. She began her career in theatre (including Manchester Royal Exchange and the Royal Shakespeare Company), then joined the BBC’s Drama department in London to work on their high-profile drama productions. Several years later she moved to Bristol to became a freelance Location Manager,spending 14 years working in Bristol, Bath and the West Country. Fiona was instrumental in establishing The Bottle Yard Studios and has managed the 7 acre site since the Bristol City Council initiative opened in 2010. She has built it into a thriving production hub, well-established as a major competitor on the UK studios scene, with a proven track record of accommodating high calibre, big budget titles from the UK and overseas. She sits on the Board for The Production Guild, on the Royal Television Society West committee, and on other strategic boards and panels both within the television industry and in Bristol itself, including the BBC Partnership Talent Group.