Three Bath-based subsidiaries of international engineering consultancy BMT have gained national recognition for encouraging the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians in schools around the city. The firms – BMT Defence Services, BMT Hi-Q Sigma and BMT Isis – topped the Organisation of the Year category at the recent regional STEM (science,...
Bath Ales has leapt into a league table of the UK’s 50 fastest-growing food and drink firms at number 14 on the back of a 34% growth in compound annual sales over two years. The Fast 50, produced by analysts for The Grocer magazine, ranks independently-owned food and drink suppliers by their growth. Bath...
Another high-end London retailer has chosen Bath as the location for its first store outside the capital. Furniture specialist Sofa.com has opened in The Corridor following the success of its initial outlet in Chelsea. It describes itself as an omnichannel retailer – it started in 2006 as a website before adding a ‘bricks-and-mortar’ offering...
Jordan Whitehouse has joined Systemagic, the IT support specialists based at Monkton Combe and Trowbridge, as an IT technician. Jordan, pictured, completed his qualifications in IT at Merthyr Tydfil College in South Wales and went on to complete an apprenticeship at tyre firm Continental Teves in Ebbw Vale. Launched 15 years ago, Systemagic provides...
Investment raised by innovative firms based at SETsquared, the highly-successful business incubator backed by the University of Bath, has doubled over the past year to £60m – and is expected to rise again in the coming 12 months. Funding has come through a mixture of angel investors, venture capitalists and Government grants, according to...
West of England accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has a large office in Bath, has secured more than £53m in research and development tax credits for clients over the past year. The tax credits were introduced 14 years ago but take-up had been slow until recently – a fact many blame on the misapprehension...
Bath-based business travellers heading to the US from next year be able to fast-track through customs and border security to more cities by flying from Bristol Airport via Dublin. Irish airline Aer Lingus Regional, which has been operating the pre-clearance service to New York for more than a year, is to extend it to...
The contribution made by design in businesses and the public sector in Bath is to be analysed for the first time in new academic research. The project, which will also look at design in Bristol, brings together experts from Bath Spa University, the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol....
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Low-cost airline easyJet is to introduce direct flights from Bristol Airport to four destinations including Gibraltar next year, taking the number of destinations it serves from the airport to 50. The new destinations follow a five-year agreement between easyJet and Bristol Airport signed last winter to continue the airline’s growth at the airport. As...
