International healthcare group Alliance Pharma has said new product development and increased marketing will lead to growth in the medium term as it seeks to draw a line under a troubled period. Shares in the Chippenham-headquartered firm, which owns a portfolio of products ranging from anti-dandruff shampoo to stomach ulcer treatments, have fallen by...
Two Bath youth charities are inviting businesses based in the area to get involved in a new outdoor fundraising challenge. The Big BaNES 100k runs until 27 September to support life-changing young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing services delivered by Mentoring Plus and Off The Record Bath & North East Somerset. The challenge invites fundraisers...
The Bath Business Conference is to return for a third year in October with the theme of ‘better business in Bath'. Organiser Bath BID (Business Improvement District) describes the event as being a great opportunity for businesses in the city to come together and “share the challenges of becoming part of a cleaner, greener,...
A spin-out company from the University of Bath is looking to plug into a new form of sustainable power by creating a battery that recharges itself when placed in soil. Start-up Bactery has developed bacteria-powered batteries – or ‘Bacteries’ – which harvest green energy by taking advantage of natural processes that occur in soil-based microorganisms. As...
Shares in Bath-headquartered eyewear firm Inspecs remained under pressure today after its warning last week of a fall in revenue and earnings. The group, which designs and makes a wide range of spectacles, lenses and frames for worldwide sale, said its financial results for the first half of its current financial year would trail...
Low-cost airline easyJet has launched its largest-ever flight schedule from Bristol Airport after adding another aircraft to its fleet based there. The airline, already the largest operator from Bristol, now has 18 aircraft based permanently at the airport serving 72 routes in 26 countries. Later this month easyJet will launch flights for the first time...
Senior figures from the worlds of business, sport and charity will share their perspectives on leading with integrity and purpose at an event hosted by the University of Bath’s School of Management. Taking place in The Forum in central Bath on Wednesday 3 July, Leadership Dialogues @Bath is organised by world-renowned leadership experts Dr Margaret Heffernan...
Scientists working at the University of Bath have developed a soft and highly flexible touch screen with the potential to radically change the way people use their digital devices for shopping, banking, health and gaming. The screen becomes softer or stiffer in direct response to the user’s touch, pictured – so before buying online,...
Tim Cobbold, a non-executive director of Rotork, the Bath-based specialist manufacturing group, is to step down in December. Mr Cobbold was appointed to the board of the group, a world-leader in the design and manufacture of specialist valves for the oil and gas industry, in 2018. He has since served as designated non-executive for workforce...
With the general election now taking place on 4 July, Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – has issued a 10-point plan for the long-term prosperity of the West of England. Through its Quarterly Economic Survey, which acts as a barometer of business sentiment across the region, coupled with its ongoing conversations...
