Regional audit, accounting, tax, and advisory firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has been named among the best mid-size firms in its sector in a new ranking. The inaugural Mid-Tier Power Index has Bishop Fleming in fifth place nationally and the highest ranked in the South West. The index, launched Accountancy...
The government’s energy support scheme for firms has been welcomed by business groups in Bath as giving them vital breathing space in the face of soaring bills. But Business West, the region’s largest business group and the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, urged ministers to provide more details of longer-term protection for vulnerable firms beyond the...
Bath-headquartered global media group Future this week admitted that its CEO Zillah Byng-Thorne, who is widely regarded as the driving force behind its success in recent years, plans to step down. It made the move after its share price slumped by more than 16% on media reports of her intended departure. The group, which...
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Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Emma Wharton Love, a workplace strategist with Bath-based office design and build company Interaction, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I haven’t been to the cinema since...
The University of Bath has today been named the UK’s ‘University of the Year’ in a respected higher education guide, with its undergraduate experience and employability for its graduates scoring particularly strongly. The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, which has been published online today, also ranks Bath as the top university in the South...
Bath media group Future has appointed an experienced sector figure as chief operating officer to support its global expansion as it continues to reap the rewards of a raft of recent takeovers. Claire Blunt, pictured, currently chief advertising officer and CEO of international at Guardian Media Group, will take up her new role at...
The future of Bath as a vibrant business centre will go under the spotlight next Tuesday at a special conference in the city. The sell-out event, which is being staged by the Bath Business Improvement District (BID), will give firms the opportunity to have their say about the city’s future as an innovative hub...
The owner of a bid writing consultancy has been shortlisted in four categories of an awards scheme that showcases the UK’s best businesswomen. Pippa Birch, owner of Pipster Solutions, is in the running for the Best Boss, Best Businesswoman in Business Services, Most Inspiring Businesswoman and Best Business titles at this year’s Best Business Women...
Former BT chief customer officer Lisa Harrington has joined Bath-based full fibre broadband provider Truespeed as a non-executive director, bringing with her more than 25 years’ telecoms industry experience. Lisa, pictured, joins the Truespeed board as the company accelerates the rollout of ultrafast, ultra-reliable broadband across the South West. A diversity advocate as well...
