Bath-headquartered spectacles designer and manufacturer Inspecs has continued to recover from a difficult 2022 by focussing on driving sales and improving operational efficiencies, its CEO said this week. Revenue at the group, which produces a wide range of spectacle frames and lenses, including sunglasses and safety glasses, for markets across the world, increased by 6%...
This year’s TEDxBath is shaping up to be the best yet, according to its organisers as they prepare to announce 2023’s line-up. Taking place at The Forum on Saturday 14 October, will feature six speakers and two acts and, according to the team behind it, generate unlimited ideas. TEDx events, which are held across...
Unlimited Potential, the Bath networking group for young professionals, celebrated its first birthday with a party at Japanese restaurant Robun. The group was set up by Bath Unlimited, the organisation that celebrates the city’s most dynamic, successful, world-class companies and their talented employees, to bring together under-35s who are contributing to Bath’s development as a...
The founder of charity One Water has visited Bristol Airport’s World Duty Free shop to raise awareness of the millions of people around the world without access to clean drinking water. The event was part of Duncan Goose’s round-Britain motorbike tour to visit World Duty Free outlets in airports to also thank their staff...
Private wealth lawyers in three of Bath’s top legal firms have been included in a prestigious annual guide in recognition of their commitment to their clients. Chambers High Net Worth Guide, which is published every July, ranks the top performing lawyers in the field based on interviews with clients and the quality of work. The...
Creating a new magazine from scratch for legal marketing executives has won Gold for digital marketing consultancy Transform CDE at the prestigious London Design Awards. The agency, based in Mells, near Frome, topped the Communication Design – Printed Publication of 2023 category with senior graphic designer Georgine Tucker’s design of Legal Marketing World. The magazine was...
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A calculator that will enable construction firms to estimate the amount of carbon embodied in their buildings and projects is to be developed with the help of University of Bath academics – helping solve a key challenge as the sector targets net zero. The university is working on the Carbon Calculation Engine with specialist...
Three new trustees have been appointed to the board of Bath Preservation Trust (BPT), the heritage campaign group that owns four museums in and around the city. Annabel Thomas MacGregor, Donna Speed and Julian Gooding have joined the trust, which owns No. 1 Royal Crescent, the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy...
Bath-based Andrew Brownsword Hotels, which owns 13 properties around the UK including The Bath Priory, has appointed its first chief commercial officer. Anthony Potts, pictured, joins in the newly created role after 23 years with British Airways, where he held senior roles in key global markets including Hong Kong, San Francisco and New York. His...
