Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has presented his Autumn Statement. The main points were: Chancellor said priorities were stability, growth and public services and high inflation is the enemy. But he confirmed UK was in recession. GDP is forecast to shrink by 1.4% next year, before returning to growth in 2024. Top rate of tax will...
An empty shop on Twerton High Street is being transformed into a vibrant creative and exhibition space for local artists, students and the community. Creative Twerton is the result of a partnership between Bath Spa University, Bath creative tech studio Little Lost Robot, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Radstock-based arts group Creativity Works...
This will be our seventh year in the hamper business – and every Christmas is busier than the last! So this year, to keep up with ever-increasing demand, we’ve taken on fantastic local firm Blisters to help us with fulfilment. We have also employed a new salaried office manager to make sure we keep...
The value of many cryptoassets has fallen considerably as a result of the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. The failure of such a big platform and the potential loss of billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency value has rocked the confidence of the market. This has caused both well-known digital currencies such as...
The construction and engineering team at Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has been strengthened with the appointment of Patrick Duggan as a senior associate. Patrick, pictured, who joins from the Bath office of Top 60 law firm Taylor Rose, is a construction disputes specialist with a background in quantity surveying and has worked predominantly in...
Monday November 14 Interims: SRT Marine Systems, Totally Q3 results: Cablevision Holdings, S4 Capital, Telecom Egypt Tuesday November 15 Interims: Wincanton, Cropper (James), Adept Technology Group Q3 result: Grupo Clarin Trading announcement: Vodafone Economic announcements: Unemployment rate, Claimant count rate Wednesday November 16 Final: Sage Group Interims: CMC Markets, Castings, Schroder Real Estate, Premier Foods Economic announcements: Producer price index, Retail price index,...
West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris has urged the government to bring in a national policy on airport growth as campaigners against Bristol Airport’s expansion headed to the High Court to get it overturned. Mayor Norris, pictured, joined protestors against the expansion outside the court in Bristol as the hearing got under way, telling them the climate emergency needed...
Academics from Bath Spa University are to collaborate with a Frome-based firm that stages drone light shows on a world-leading project to develop spectacular tech-driven displays. Called Celestial Live, the scheme will create light shows that respond to performers in real-time, enabling them to express their music or dance through an immersive fusion...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Jo Cox, operations manager at Taste of Bath, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: The Banshees of Inisherin at The Little Theatre, Bath, one of my favourite...
Octopus Films, the Bath video production company, has partnered with the University of Bath for the second year running to make a hard-hitting documentary to coincide with the United Nations Climate Change Conference. ActNowFilm2 – like last year’s ActNowFilm – pulls no punches in showing the rapid escalation of climate impacts on people and...
