Marshfield Bakery is celebrating a 155% increase in turnover and has launched 13 new products after developing an innovation strategy to capitalise on opportunities to enter new markets. The firm, which manufactures quality handmade cakes, snack bars, biscuits and seasonal goods, worked closely with the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) to develop a long-term project...
Teenagers are taking part in an innovative project sponsored by Bath lawyers Mogers to stage an event from scratch at the city’s Theatre Royal. They are the second group to become junior apprentices in the pioneering initiative which gives them an insight into the range of careers available at a major arts organisation. This...
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Bath-based communications firm The Agency is working with Start-Up Loans, the £112m initiative helping thousands of young people launch their own businesses, to advance and re-launch its CRM (customer relationship management) platform. The system has been designed to allow extensive and secure data sharing between Start-Up Loans, which is chaired by former Dragons’ Den...
Bath-based fast-growing solicitors’ chambers Rubric has appointed experienced family lawyer Magnus Mill. A highly-regarded family law specialist, Magnus will head a new family law serving clients across the South West. He will also continue to offer family law advice in London, where he is heading the firm’s new office in Fetter Lane. Prior to...
Award-winning journalist Felicity Green OBE, who first championed the Laura Ashley look more than 40 years ago, is to officially open the first major retrospective of the designer at Bath’s Fashion Museum. Ms Green, the Daily Mirror’s fashion editor as well as associate in 1970, described the Laura Ashley style as ‘soft-core femininity’ and ‘Victorian-type...
Seven Bath area charities and community groups are today sharing £5,500 from Bath Building Society’s annual charity awards scheme. A further three have have received pairs of Bath Building Society hot-air balloon tickets to use to raise funds. The awards, now in their seventh year, were established to support as many local initiatives as...
Ambitious plans aimed at safeguarding equestrian charity and visitor attraction HorseWorld have been drawn up by Bath architecture practice Stubbs Rich. The scheme would allow HorseWorld, the UK’s leading horse charity, to sell off part of its site, including its out-dated visitor centre, for housing – bringing in much-needed funds to secure its future...
The region’s economy has made further progress, but that there are still some risks at home and abroad that could derail the recovery, according to the latest Business West Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) released today. This survey, made up of responses from more than 400 businesses across the West, shows that most key indicators...
Business West’s Quarterly Economic Survey for the second quarter of this year suggests that the economy will continue to strengthen gradually over the next year, with growth slowly improving. Business confidence remains positive with 73% of respondents confident about their business prospects. Figures for exporting show a dramatic improvement on the first quarter with...
