What tourism brings to Bath & North East Somerset each year: 973,000 staying visitor trips 2,779,000 staying visitor nights £178,637,000 staying visitor spend 3,683,000 day visits £179,355,000 day visitor spend £357,992,000 direct visitor spend £15,689,000 other related spend £373,681,000 total visitor-related spending 8,348 estimated actual employment 6,060 FTE employment 10% proportion of all employment...
The importance of Bath’s tourist industry is to be highlighted during English Tourism Week, which starts this Saturday. Bath Tourism Plus, the official destination marketing organisation for the city and surrounding area, is to use the week to demonstrate the raise the profile of the industry and demonstrate its value to the economy. Latest...
GCI Telecom Group, one of the UK’s fastest-growing corporate IT and communications providers, has secured a £22m facility with Barclays Corporate to support its acquisition strategy. The Lincoln-based group, which has office in Westbury as a result of its 2010 acquisition of IT firm Invomo, provides phone and data services to medium-sized and small...
Accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton have won the contract to perform work for the public sector across the South West now carried out by the Audit Commission. The five-year contract, awarded on the basis of audit quality and value, will begin in September. The Government is dismantling the Audit Commission – the body...
KFraser Textiles, an independent business celebrating traditional British craftsmanship, officially opened its new shop in Bath’s Milsom Place this week. The business is the brainchild of hand weaver Katherine Fraser who creates modern contemporary fabrics using traditional weaving looms and yarns. Katherine’s work is known for its stunning colour combinations and beautiful feel against...
Bath and Bristol are working together for the first time to raise their international profile at MIPIM, Europe’s largest property fair taking place in Cannes this week. The West of England’s four local authorities will run a large stand to showcase the area as a world-class location for creativity and technology to an international...
South West chairman of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Gerry Jones has urged Chancellor George Osborne to reform Air Passenger Duty (APD) in this month’s Budget to help regional airports like Bristol. He called on the Treasury to either freeze the rate of duty or introduce two-tier pricing and accused successive governments of ‘being...
Following its acquisition of Bath‘s Target Accountants in December, Bishop Fleming is growing fast and creating new jobs in the city. Managing partner Matthew Lee has spoken exclusively to Bath Business News about the firm’s plans for the office and its growth plans
Struggling specialist accident-claim handler Helphire today insisted it is on the road to recovery after plummeting into serious losses. The Bath-based group revealed a pre-tax loss of £3.6m in the second half of last year against a £1.1m profit in the equivalent period in 2010. Revenues halved to £112.9m as a result of the...
Designer resale website Fashion Bloodhound and London & Country Mortgages have won the business categories in this year’s Bath Life Awards. The prestigious awards – which celebrate the best of Bath’s culture, business, fashion and lifestyle – were presented at a gala dinner at the Assembly Rooms last week. Fashion Bloodhound collected the New...
