Self-storage firm Vanguard has installed a meticulously restored vintage jet fighter plane in its new Bath branch months before its launch early in 2025. The De Haviland Vampire T11 takes pride of place in the building on the former Regency Laundry site on Lower Bristol Road which was snapped up by Vanguard two-and-a-half years...
A University of Bath spin-out has been awarded funding to explore new ways of targeting tough-to-treat childhood cancers. The £552,000 investment will enable Revolver Therapeutics to develop a potential new type of cancer treatment. It is looking to do this by harnessing the ability to inhibit previously ‘undruggable’ transcription factors – proteins that help...
Bath Rugby have teamed up with city-based full-fibre broadband provider Truespeed to upgrade connectivity at The Rec, giving fans a much better online experience on match days. Under the multi-year strategic partnership, Truespeed has become the club’s official broadband and public wi-fi provider and will now offer ultrafast wi-fi all around the iconic stadium...
Bath legal and financial planning firm Mogers Drewett has strengthened its commitment to help struggling families this Christmas by stepping up its support for local foodbanks. The firm, which also has offices in Wells, Sherborne and Frome, is again accepting donations of non-perishable food items at all its offices. These much-needed donations will go...
Bath-headquartered specialist funder Time Finance has promoted Mike Freebury to head of sales within its invoice finance division in the South West and Wales. The move marks a key milestone in Time Finance’s growth journey as the business, which provides asset, loan and invoice finance products to more than 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises...
A national competition to find Britain’s best-loved office dog has been launched by Bath-based workplace design company Interaction. Dog owners from across the UK can nominate their canine colleagues and share a photo of their pets at work – with a winner being chosen every month next year. Interaction, which has been designing award-winning...
Monday December 2 Final: SRT Marine Systems Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday December 3 Finals: SSP Group, On The Beach Group, Greencore Group, Gooch & Housego, Marston’s, Paragon Banking Group, Diales Interims: DiscoverIE Group, System1 Group, Mind Gym, Ondo Insurtech Wednesday December 4 Finals: Tritax Eurobox, Treatt, Ixico, Skinbiotherapeutics Interims: SCDL Energy Efficiency Income Trust, XP Factory Economic announcements: PMI...
Bristol Airport has unveiled a new masterplan to increase its capacity from 12m passengers a year to 15m while adding direct flights to the East Coast of America and the Middle East. Airport bosses insist the current restriction on passenger numbers – set just two years ago – is too low and can be...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. HMRC clarifies BiK reporting requirements New benefits-in-kind payroll rules starting April 2026. Click here for more details. 17% rise in scams targeting taxpayers HMRC urges vigilance against phishing ahead of deadline. To find out more, click here
With temperatures falling, it’s easy to stay at home in the warm. But with so much to do this winter close to Bath, it would be a shame not to brave the great outdoors. Here Bath Business News travel editor Anne Gorringe shares 10 tempting trips to persuade us to pull on our hats and gloves...
