The Bath Priory, part of former Bath Rugby owner Andrew Brownsword’s hotel group, has retained its Michelin star for a third consecutive year. Executive Chef Sam Moody, who joined The Bath Priory in 2009, was awarded the accolade for the first time in 2013 aged just 28. The country house hotel’s third star coincides...
Bath-based creative agency Mr B & Friends has completed a major branding and design exercise for highly-acclaimed London craft brewery Fourpure, whose beers now appear in some of the capital’s top restaurants. The agency worked on a complete naming, brand strategy, packaging design and website design-and-build for the start-up brewery, which was launched by brothers...
Bath Rugby Foundation’s successful Stickability literacy programme, which is sponsored by Trowbridge-based The Consortium, is to continue for a further two years. The programme gives young people aged between nine and 10 the opportunities and support to develop learning skills and confidence. It is delivered in primary schools throughout Bath & North East Somerset...
A Bath charity that has been helping disadvantaged people in the city since 1174 wants to hear from social enterprises and other charities that could benefit from a new £4m lending fund. The St John’s Hospital Social Investment programme is designed to support growth and development of social enterprises and charitable organisations with social,...
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 Esther McMorris, founder of Bath-based change management consultancy Nine Feet Tall, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I started watching the Bourne Identity the other night...
Sales expert Alison Edgar has travelled to New York as part of a national business mission for small and medium-sized firms to explore trade opportunities. Alison, pictured, managing director of Chippenham-based Sales Coaching Solutions, has joined more than 60 UK-based small businesses to meet entrepreneurs who are successful in the Big Apple. During the...
Estate agency Andrews has appointed Will Newell as its new head of IT as a demonstration of its commitment to leading the field in its use of technology. Will, pictured, takes up the role having previously led all IT services at Gloucester City Council. He is based at Andrews’ group headquarters in Keynsham. Will’s...
The University of Bath’s pioneering research centre to test the energy efficiency of new building materials has been officially opened by Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex. Acting in his role as chancellor of the university, Prince Edward toured the ground-breaking research facility at the Building Research Park at Wroughton Airfield, near Swindon, and...
Managing director of Bath-based specialist engineering group BMT Defence Services, Muir Macdonald, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Election to the Academy is by invitation only and about 50 Fellows are elected each year in recognition of their outstanding and continuing contributions to engineering. Mr Macdonald, pictured, joins...
Businesses will be shown how to save money on print hardware and supplies by rolling them into a managed service at a free event staged next week by Bechtle, the leading IT provider for businesses and public-sector customers. The event, which takes place on Thursday at Bechtle’s office at Methuen Park, Chippenham, be an...
