Protestors gathered last night to demonstrate against the closure of Bath and Bristol listings magazine Venue and swingeing job cuts at its sister publication Bristol Evening Post. Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and supporters were outside the Galleries shopping centre in central Bristol where a low-key exhibition is taking place marking...
A rare glimpse of economic growth this summer has been signalled by a leap in the region’s businesses’ output expectations, according to the latest business trends report by accountants and business advisors BDO. But the recovery will still be long and slow. The firm’s Output Index, which points to business conditions three months ahead,...
Higher food prices pushed up inflation in March to 3.5% from 3.4% the previous month, according to figures today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It said the price of fruit, bread, cereals and meat had increased slightly while this time last year they were falling, triggering the slight rise in annual inflation....
Venue, the long-running listings magazine for Bristol and Bath is to be axed – just over a year after its owner, London-based newspaper group Northcliffe, claimed to have ‘saved’ it. The magazine, first published in 1982, is to become a ‘digital-only’ product. Hundreds of readers protested in February last year when Northcliffe, which also...
Most medium-sized West technology companies have no plans to invest in new overseas markets over the next year, despite major opportunities in the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies. New research from accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton shows domestic investment continues to be the number one priority for ICT businesses with...
The Roman Baths have been given the Royal Mail seal of approval as the heritage attraction features in a new collection of postage stamps. Bath is the only World Heritage Site to be featured in the second part of the Royal Mail’s A-Z of Great Britain stamp set; with a breath-taking image of early...
Net lending to businesses across the South West by its wholesale banking and markets division rose 18% last year, Lloyds Bank has said. Clive Hetherington, the bank’s area director, said the figure was encouraging news for the region’s larger firms. “After another challenging year, this result is a clear indication that South West businesses...
Calling all PAs – and their bosses. Bath Business News is looking for the PAs who go the extra mile in helping their organisations reach their potential, who make a real difference to their managers and who play key roles in delivering excellence in the workplace. Bath Business News and its partner websites Bristol...
Bath University has appointed former Sony marketing director Tim Kaner to the new post of director of marketing & communications. The role includes responsibility developing the university brand and managing its corporate communications, imaging design and print service, marketing and web services. Tim, who took up the post today, brings more than two decades’...
The cafe and bar chain behind Bath’s Cosy Club has secured a £16m investment to help more than double its outlets to 50 over the next three to five years. Loungers opened its first site in Bristol in 2002 and now has 20 Lounges – five in Bristol – and three Cosy Clubs in...
