Aspiring fashion designers can kick start their careers by entering a competition staged by Bath interior design firm Eton Design to create a red carpet dress. The contest forms part of Bath in Fashion 2013 – the week-long festival that brings celebrities from the world of fashion to the city with talks, exhibitions, workshops...
BAMM, the Bath-based media makeup specialist, is reaching out to anyone interested in working as a media makeup artist in film, theatre or TV. The academy in Julian Road is opening its doors on the March 6 and 7 to potential students who want to either take their first step towards a career as...
Bath Rugby and Bath Tourism Plus (BTP) have kicked off their joint marketing scheme which aims to boost ticket sales by selling them to visitors at the Visitor Information Centre by Bath Abbey. Players Mark McMillan, Dan Hipkiss, Guy Mercer and Nick Koster were in the recently-revamped Visitor Information Centre on Saturday to meet...
Accountancy and business advisory firm Grant Thornton is joining forces with the South West CBI this month to host an event aimed at helping businesses raise finance. The Access To Growth Capital breakfast workshop takes place in Bristol on February 26 and is part of the CBI’s M Club initiative, which aims to help medium-sized...
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Time is running out for businesses to bid for a share of the latest Regional Growth Fund (RGF) as the March 20 deadline for bids looms. The RGF, the Government’s flagship economic stimulus package, aims to ease the dependency on public sector jobs in certain parts of the country by boosting employment and driving...
Sainsbury’s has submitted proposals to regenerate Bath Western Riverside East with a development that could create around 1,000 jobs and includes a new foodstore, creative employment and office workspace, around 280 apartments and townhouses, and a revitalised river frontage. The supermarket group says the plans will bring a wide range of economic and social...
Bath Business News’ weekly Expert Panel continues with Iain Fox, employee benefits director of growing Bath financial services firm Fidelius, explaining how the art of clear communication can yield benefits to both your firm and your staff If your department or company has particular goals, then conveying those goals clearly and consistently is absolutely...
British Bag Makers, the fast-growing Radstock-based company, will create unique handbags from a pop-up workshop at this year’s Bath in Fashion event – showing how British manufacturing continues to lead the world in luxury leather bag-making. Fashion celebrities such as milliner Stephen Jones, interiors expert Nina Campbell, supermodel Jade Parfitt, fashion writer Iain R...
The University of Bath has secured a £1.2m grant to develop a state-of-the art gas turbine laboratory. The University’s Gas Turbine Research Unit is carrying out a new programme of research with industrial giant Siemens focused on its range of gas turbines. The funding was secured from the funding from the Engineering and Physical...
