The economic slowdown is taking its toll on Bath's hotels with room occupancy declining 4.1% to 72.4% in November. This meant that despite a 2.2% rise in room rate to £88.69 compared to a year earlier, overall, room yields fell 2% from £65.50 a year ago to £64.21 in November. But compared to the...
Free business expertise is to be offered to Bath’s advanced engineering companies under a link-up between UWE Bristol’s MBA programme and the South West’s advanced engineering and aerospace iNet (AAE iNet). Firms will benefit by working with highly-experienced postgraduates on the MBA programme across a number of specialist areas such as marketing, HR and...
Development of the second phase of Bath’s long-awaited Western Riverside scheme is to go ahead thanks to a kick-start grant from the Homes and Communities Agency as part of the Government’s £420m Get Britain Building programme. The scheme being developed by Crest Nicholson totals 2,000 units, including retail/commercial and recreational public provision, The first phase...
One of Bath’s oldest hotels, The Abbey, is to be transformed into a mid-market boutique hotel under a three-year modernisation programme by its new owners. Husband-and-wife team Ian and Christa Taylor, both experienced hoteliers, bought the 60-bedroom, 3-star hotel in North Parade from small, independent hotel group Compass, which successfully ran it for 23...
Top travel writer Simon Calder has urged Bath tourist businesses to respond quickly to negative comments travellers made on key sites, such as Trip Advisor. These should be used as an opportunity to improve services he said in an entertaining speech to key tourism industry figures in the city on Tuesday which also tackled...
All roads lead to Swindon today as the town’s successful Business Show returns for a second year. Bath Business News' sister publication Swindon Business News is exhibiting at the show, which takes place at STEAM museum at Churchward, and will be reporting on the day’s events. The show, organised by GWE Business West, will...
Novia, the Bath firm providing wealth management platforms for investment advisers and their clients, has achieved an increase in its financial strength rating from independent actuarial company AKG. The rating, which has risen from B-minus to B, depicts a ‘strong’ financial position according to AKG – a rare achievement for an independent business which launched...
The value of tourism to Bath could reach £400m by 2014 according to a new marketing strategy launched by Bath Tourism Plus (BTP) at its annual tourism forum today. BTP has developed the strategy as a destination-wide plan and will collaborate with businesses in and around Bath to achieve its goals with BTP providing...
Bath law firm Stone King’s managing partner Steven Greenwood has been recognised by specialist legal publication The Lawyer, which has included him in its Hot 100 ranking of high-achieving individuals from law firms from across the UK. Steven was recognised for delivering a strategic focus within a consolidating legal marketplace and making appropriate lateral...
The National Trust’s Bath properties have presented the prizes in a draw which celebrated the charity’s first ever Walking Festival – a nationwide campaign to encourage more people to venture outdoors. The competition, which boasted an outdoor theme and prizes courtesy of sports footwear brand Hi-Tec, attracted no shortage of entries from visitors who...
