The West’s small to medium-sized manufacturers are encouragingly positive in their outlook with nearly two thirds (64%) expecting to increase turnover over the next six months, according to the latest Barometer survey by the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS). This confidence – a rise of 23% from the same quarter last year – is further...
The Institute of Directors has moved its South West regional headquarters to the Bristol & Bath Science Park. IoD director general Simon Walker visited the new offices where he met regional IoD representatives including South West chairman Richard Ayre, South West director Simon Face and regional staff, along with the Bristol & Bath Science...
Two family law experts from Bath have become the first in the city to qualify as family arbitrators. John Brownrigg and Jon Toogood, partners at Bath law firms Stone King and Withy King respectively, will become members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and two of a select band of 75 family arbitrators nationwide....
Bath Business News is to launch the area’s first Innovation Awards to showcase the creativity and enterprise in its pioneering sectors. The Bath Innovation Awards will be a far cry from the traditional business awards in the city as they will truly reflect its dynamism and pioneering spirit. Categories will include Innovation of the...
SETsquared, the partnership between Bath and four other leading universities, has joined forces with professional services firm Deloitte for the annual Student Business Pitch Competition. The event is led by Enterprise Bath as part of the University of Bath’s Business Plan Competition. It has expanded in the past two years to bring together the...
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Venues in Bath and North East Somerset are being asked to give a musical gift to help a range of local good causes. Councillor Rob Appleyard, chairman of B&NES Council, is hoping organisers of events taking place over the next few months will help with donations to boost the Chairman’s Quartet Charity Fund. The...
Embrace digital media but don’t ignore print when promoting your business advises Linda Donaldson, director at Bath-based Geometry PR, in the latest of Bath Business News’ weekly Expert Panel series. While a meaningful communication campaign requires a targeted message at a correctly-targeted audience, it also requires communicating through the right channel. Campaigns maybe aimed...
Bath Business News’ Expert Panel is to hold its first Expert Panel Breakfast next month, giving readers a chance to meet the people behind the weekly articles. Taking place at Bath Racecourse on March 7, the event will hear from panel members Geometry PR, Mogers, Fidelius and Bath Racecourse. Among topics already planned...
Unique Venues of Bath, the group bringing together 10 of the city’s historic buildings, is staging a networking event on March 5 at the Assembly Rooms. The event, which is being promoted to businesses in Bath, Bristol and Swindon, is the second of its kind and aims to show the breadth of Bath’s offering...
