Preserving Bath’s independent retailers, securing the future of The Rec and Guildhall Market, and making Bathonians healthier were among the topics up for debate at the Ask the Panel session that concluded this week’s Bath City Conference. Taking place in the council chamber at the Guildhall, the session provided an opportunity for anyone to...
Digital agency Aerian Studios, based at Holt, near Trowbridge, has launched a website and branding exercise to support sales of a unique sunflower oil based moisturiser developed by NHS clinical scientists. For more than 20 years, doctors at a Salisbury hospital have prescribed the cream to patients recovering from burns and plastic surgery. It...
The potential for electric cars to be a realistic alternative to traditionally-fuelled vehicles provided food for thought at Monahans Chippenham Breakfast Club. The events continue to attract business people from right across Wiltshire, as well as from Bath and Bristol, and are rapidly becoming some of the must-attend business events in the region. Some...
Bath-based media group Future has been named Media Company of the Year at the British Media Awards. The victory follows accolades at the Association of Online Publishers and Professional Publishers Association awards for Consumer Digital Publisher of the Year, making Future the only media company to have held all three titles in one year....
Bath-based Zenith International, the world leading specialist food and drinks industry consultancy has appointed two new directors, both promotions from within its existing team. Esther Renfrew, market intelligence director since 2010, becomes a full board director with immediate effect. She manages a team of 20 market analysts as well as an international network of...
Santander Corporate & Commercial has appointed Sue Lewis as a new relationship director for the South West. Sue will specialise in working with businesses with annual turnovers of more than £2.5m in the education, healthcare and communities sectors and will be responsible for building new customer relationships as the bank looks to expand further...
Annual pre-tax profits fell by 4.5% to £2.2m at Bath Building Society last year as it was hit by continued tough market conditions. A stuttering economy, weak demand for housing finance, flat house prices and continued levels of record-low interest rates combined to create one of the most challenging periods in its 110-year history,...
The Elegance in the Afternoon Charity Fashion Show raised hundreds of pounds for the charities supported by the chairman of Bath and North East Somerset Council. Councillor Rob Appleyard hosted the event, which included a champagne reception, afternoon tea, fashion show, raffle and auction, in the Banqueting Room at Bath’s Guildhall for the Forever...
The House, the Bath-based branding agency, has created promotional material and a brand film for social landlord Curo to support it at the recent MIPIM international real estate event in Cannes. Curo, one of the largest landlords in the region with more than 12,000 homes across the West, hired The House to help it...
Action has been taken against dozens of businesses in Bath city centre in a crackdown on firms that ignore trade waste rules. Bath & North East Somerset Council has pledged to tackle firms flouting the rules in bid to reduce street litter in the city centre. Thirty-six businesses have been given final warnings, four...
