The Bath area’s reputation as a centre for creativity and innovation has been recognised through a new technology partnership in the Middle East’s equivalent of Silicon Valley. The UK Jordan Tech Hub was launched in Amman this week to help drive economic growth through a technology and innovation partnership between the two countries. The...
Some of the South West’s most illustrious chefs cooked together to produce a Michelin star-studded celebration in recognition of a successful second year for industry charity Hospitality Action. The six culinary superstars, all members of the Chef’s Forum, came together at the Bath Priory to conjure up the six-course lunch to showcase the region’s...
The £34m regeneration project that will transform Keynsham town centre reached a key stage today with a topping-out ceremony to mark the highest point of its buildings. The project, a partnership between Bath & North East Somerset Council and construction, and national property development group Willmott Dixon, is now around one year from completion....
GreenSquare, the social housing group with an office in Chippenham, has been named as one of the UK’s top 10 social landlords in a list compiled by leading industry magazine 24housing and the Housing Quality Network (HQN). 24Housing and the HQN launched a quest last month to find the UK’s top social housing landlords...
The chances of young people finding employment in Bath’s burgeoning hospitality industry have been boosted with pledges of more than 350 jobs, apprenticeships and work experience placements. They were made when the British Hospitality Association’s (BHA) nationwide Big Hospitality Conversation tour stopped in the city. The tour aims to find quality apprenticeships and job...
A revolutionary online service which delivers food from upmarket restaurants direct to customer’s homes is launching in Bath following a year of success in Bristol. meals.co.uk uses cutting-edge technology, a sophisticated user-friendly website and delivery logistics to allow customers to place orders from their favourite restaurant and have it delivered direct to their door....
Mobile banking apps built by Bath-based IT consultancy IPL has put the firm among the contenders for one of Britain's computer industry’s top awards. The company is a finalist in the Innovative Mobile App of the Year category of the British Computer Society (BCS) & Computing UK IT Industry Awards. The nomination is for...
TechRadar, the UK’s most popular consumer technology website and part of Bath-based media group Future’s portfolio, has appointed Desire Athow as editor of TechRadar Pro, its dedicated channel which provides IT news and insights for small and medium-sized business. Desire, pictured, joins from ITProPortal where he served as editor for nearly eight years. Prior...
Bath law firm Withy King has further boosted its growing private client practice with the arrival of Edward Vidnes as a senior associate. Edward, pictured, joins from rival Bath firm Burningham & Brown, where he worked for more than10 years. He has a special interest in elderly people and incapacity issues as well as...
Superior, the fast-growing design, print and fulfilment group, has secured a £1m investment from its long-term bankers Barclays to support further expansion. The funding comes a year after Barclays supplied £2m to fund a purpose-built design studio and increase printing capacity at Superior’s Melksham headquarters. Superior, which has doubled its turnover to £15m in...
