Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo has today been named among the finalists of the region’s most prestigious business awards. Curo, along with Corsham-based pharmaceutical manufacturing company Bath ASU, line up against some of the South West’s top firms in the accountants PwC’s annual West of England Business of the Year Awards. The coveted...
Bath-based advanced engineering group Rotork today said a spate of recent acquisitions and more favourable exchange rates had lifted first-quarter revenues as it hit the takeover trail again. The group, which makes highly specialised valves for the international oil and gas industries, said its order intake and revenue edged ahead by 2.5% and 0.7%...
The successful Business Showcase South West returns next week to again celebrate the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise. The event, the largest of its kind in the South West, this year takes place at the newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, meaning it will be even bigger. Delegates from Bath and...
Chippenham-based specialist IT firm SciSys has landed a £1.55m contract to supply the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) with its world-beating ‘cloud-hosted’ radio technology. The two-and-a-half year contract is the latest secured by the firm as it continues to bounce back from serious problems with a major fixed-price contract last year. The crisis pushed...
Bath’s much-needed innovation and digital campus is to come a step closer as Bath & North East Somerset Council prepares to sign a partnership agreement with design, engineering and risk management consultancy BMT and regeneration specialists TCN. The council said the agreement would help it secure an anchor tenant for the city’s new central...
The number of staff applying for Shared Parental Leave is expected to rise substantially over the next 12 months, according to a survey of Bath employers. Almost two-thirds said they expect employees to apply for time off under the law this year as it becomes better known. Just 39% said they did not expect...
West firms and business organisations need to collaborate more and embrace innovation to help nurture the region’s talent pool, according to the regional president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Speaking to more than 500 delegates at the ICAEW annual dinner in Bristol last night, Rick Sturge said firms needed...
Unemployment has continued to fall in the South West, bucking the national trend and pointing to a brighter outlook for the region’s businesses. But Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, warned the national rise signalled a slowing economy and could impact on firms in the Bath area if the Government did not take...
Virtual reality will have a major impact on nearly all aspects of our lives – from working and resting to playing and learning, according to a new survey commissioned to ensure the West of England stays at the leading edge of the VR revolution. While three quarters of the 2,000 people taking part in...
A University of Bath researcher has been awarded a grant to develop an innovation with the potential to boost Britain’s crisis-hit steel industry. The ‘Shell-Thick’ project will assess a key stage of steel production, improving quality, safety, productivity, costs and – ultimately – competitiveness of the UK and EU steel industries at a time...
