The number of visitors to The Roman Baths & Pump Room has leapt to record numbers, passing 1.3m for the first time last year and lifting it three places in the table of the UK’s most-visited attractions. Figures released today by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) show The Roman Baths, pictured, &...
Hundreds of Bath businesses were beating path to the city’s Assembly Rooms today as the Bath Business Expo got under way. More than 600 people registered to attend the high-profile event - one of the biggest of its kind between Bristol and Swindon. Organisers expect today’s expo to be bigger and better than...
Novia Financial, the Bath-based wealth management firm, has set up its own charity foundation to primarily support projects that aim to improve and help the lives of people in the city and its surroundings. The Novia Foundation, which has been accepted on the Register of Charities, was created to mark 10 years since...
Steel stockist and supplier Avon Steel, which was rescued from a cashflow crisis four months ago, has secured a £2m invoice finance facility as it looks to take advantage of an expected resurgence for the industry. Demand for UK steel is forecast to grow in the face of rising import prices. The government’s Industrial Strategy...
Andrews Property Group, the Keynsham-headquartered estate agency and housing business, has landed an independent seal of excellence in recognition of its customer service. The firm, which has nearly 60 estate agent offices across the South of England, earned the Feefo Trusted Service Award for its delivery of exceptional experiences, as rated by customers. Andrews...
IT support firm Systemagic has appointed Harriet Brooks as operations manager as it maintains the strong growth it achieved in 2017. Harriet, pictured, joins the Bradford on Avon-based firm with more than six years’ experience managing support teams. She arrives from Dyson’s Malmesbury head office, where she led its IT services desk team. She has also...
Alison Edgar – the sales and customer service trainer known as The Entrepreneur’s Godmother – has retained her crown as one of the country’s top 10 business advisers and gained a new title as the UK’s number one adviser in sales and marketing. Alison, pictured, who is also managing director of Chippenham-based Sales Coaching...
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Statement. A statement with few new announcements There were a number of updates on growth, borrowing and debt. Find out more here Consultations – business rates revaluation brought...
The board of Castle Combe Racing Club has been boosted with the appointment of presentation skills trainer, commentator and motorsports enthusiast Chris Dawes. Chris, pictured, runs Open Dawes Training – a company providing CPD (continuing professional development) accredited training in public speaking and presentation skills. A lifelong lover of the track near Chippenham...
A company that supplies paper and canvas shopping bags to leading retailers has relocated to larger premises to give it space to continue its growth and install the first digital printer of its kind in the UK. The Paper Bag Company has upped sticks from its base in the Oakfield Business Centre on the...
