WellBoring, the Chippenham-based charity that drills boreholes for clean, secure water supplies at schools and communities in developing countries, is staging a fund-raising abseil down the Avon Gorge in Bristol later this month. The charity has teamed up with the Rotary Club of Bristol Breakfast Club to organise the event. It has 100 spaces...
Business Secretary Vince Cable is to meet West business leaders on a high-profile visit to the region later this month to discuss the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). The event will look at the impact of LEPs and their standing in the business community since they were launched in 2011. West of England...
Bath Building Society has appointed Tiffany Hardie-Evans to the newly-created position of PR & Communications Manager. Tiffany will work with the chief executive Dick Jenkins and the senior management team to create and develop the society’s PR, marketing and corporate & social responsibility (CSR) strategy. Tiffany was most recently PR & communications manager at...
West manufacturers are calling for significantly increased investment in roads, regional airports and port capacity as part of a radical overhaul of the approach to the UK’s transport infrastructure. The call is made on the back of a survey, published, by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation showing the potential threat from the UK’s stretched infrastructure...
Frankfurt become the latest German city on Bristol Airport’s destination map earlier today when bmi regional started its six-times a week service to the major European finance centre. The first flight just after midday marked the return of a direct link between the two major cities after a gap of almost four years. German...
Bath-based publisher Future is to sell its UK rock magazines Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and associated brand extensions for £10.2m as it continues to concentrate on digital titles. Future is selling the magazines to Team Rock, a recently-launched Glasgow and London-based business led by former GMG Radio bosses John Myers and Billy Anderson. As...
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With the Government promising to tackle long-term problems in the housing market, Maeve England, Bath-based law firm Mogers’ head of construction and commercial dispute resolution, explores the issue in the latest Bath Business News Expert Panel article and asks whether enough homes are being built. Even before the Budget, the Government had committed to...
The very best of the Bath region’s tech and digital industry have been celebrated at The SPARKies awards. Taking place at Komedia Bath and acting as the climax of Bath Digital Festival, the awards showcased the companies and individuals that are setting the pace in the region. Now in their second year, the awards...
The Roman Baths have reached the finals of the Visit England awards and will now be challenging for the coveted title of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year. The Baths reached the final after being among the winners in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards held last month. These regional winners were then pitted...
