Designer resale website Fashion Bloodhound and London & Country Mortgages have won the business categories in this year’s Bath Life Awards. The prestigious awards – which celebrate the best of Bath’s culture, business, fashion and lifestyle – were presented at a gala dinner at the Assembly Rooms last week. Fashion Bloodhound collected the New...
Bath-based specialist engineering firm Rotork is on the takeover trail again after achieving record revenues, profits and order intake last year. The group, which makes complex actuator valves for the global oil and gas industries, made six acquisitions last year as it racked up a 17% increase in pre-tax profits to £116.5m on revenues...
Some of Bath’s most famous venues are combining their resources today to promote their facilities and special brand of hospitality at a business show in Bristol. Called Unique Venues of Bath, the group includes Bath Rugby, the Theatre Royal, Thermae Bath Spa, Bath Racecourse and Bath’s Historic Buildings, which takes in venues such as...
Banking giant HSBC has become the latest member of The UK China Business Consortium, a South West-based group promoting British exports to China and supporting Chinese companies looking to invest in the UK. The Consortium was set up last year by trademark and IP specialists Haseltine Lake, commercial law firm Clark Holt, PR and...
Anticipation is growing ahead of the Rabbit 2012 business show with a growing number of businesses looking to take space. The exhibition, which takes place in Bristol and is free to delegates, has already caught the attention of hundreds of businesses in the region. Rabbit promises to be a whole new form of business...
Bristol & Bath Science Park chief executive Bonnie Dean has welcomed the Government’s commitment to manufacturing and the fact that the high-powered summit is being staged at the park. She said: “Today’s national conference showcases the region’s strengths by focusing on the South West’s businesses who have taken considerable commercial risk to turn original...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has used an official visit to the West to announce an extra £1bn for businesses seeking support to help them grow and create jobs. The cash, part of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), takes the total fund to £2.4bn and will be available to businesses and public/private partnerships with...
Bath Business News Travel Editor Anne Gorringe has won a prestigious award for the best on-line travel article of the year at a ceremony organised by the Italian State Tourist Board. Anne picked up her trophy at a glittering ceremony in London last night, placing her alongside winning journalists from titles such as The...
The CBI today urged Chancellor George Osborne to use next month’s Budget to give the UK economy and jobs a real boost with changes to the UK tax system which it believes could help persuade businesses to invest in the UK and further stimulate growth. In its Budget submission, the CBI also called for...
The cultural organisations that set the pace for promoting the arts and linking them with the business world in the region are to be celebrated at a high-profile event in Bath next month. The Arts & Business Cultural Champions awards takes place on March 2 at The Holburne Museum with Bath MP Don Foster...
