Somerset craft brewery The Wild Beer Co has raised almost twice its initial £1m crowdfunding target towards its new brewery and restaurant complex on the Bath & West Showground. The rapidly-expanding brewery has outgrown its current site on a dairy farm at Westcombe, near Shepton Mallet, and plans to develop a new, much-larger operation...
Thermae Bath Spa has boosted its offering to guests with the opening of its innovative new Wellness Suite to guests, which replaces its steam room pods. Owners YTL Hotels, part of the Malaysian YTL conglomerate that owns Wessex Water and the neighbouring Gainsborough Hotel, admitted last year that the pods were showing ‘wear and...
Bath area firms have reacted with alarm at the prospect of the UK leaving the single market and customs union, warning they face losing customers or even relocating away from the UK. Their comments are based on their responses to the latest survey conducted by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, and released...
Bath’s iconic Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases – better known as The Min – could be converted into a luxury hotel and apartment complex, according to the property agents who have just placed it on the market. The Grade II* listed building was designed by John Wood the Elder – the father of...
The clock is ticking for Bath directors to enter the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The deadline for the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 is March 31 and organisers are urging Bath’s top executives to get their skates on and submit...
Small business support group Enterprise Nation is to head west again to stage its flagship female-focused event, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs. The event, the largest of its kind in the UK, has been held in Bristol since it was launched six years ago. Taking place this year on October 20, it will attract...
Mulberry Park, the pioneering housing scheme on Bath’s outskirts being developed by city-based Curo, has received its second visit from a government minister in a week. Housing minister Gavin Barwell saw how local people are benefitting from skills and employment opportunities when he toured Mulberry Park, where housing association Curo is building 700 high-quality, energy-efficient...
The successful Bath Business Expo returns to the city on March 16, offering unrivalled exhibition and networking opportunities for firms across the West of England. One of the region’s largest general business exhibitions, it takes place on Thursday March 16 between 10am and 3pm in the Assembly Rooms. Visitors can attend for free. The...
Augmented reality, robotics and personalised health care are likely to be the big science trends of the next 12 months, according to the founder of SelectScience, the fast-growing Bath-based specialist publisher. The Corston-based global online publisher’s editorial team is made up almost exclusively of highly qualified scientists. That gives them unrivalled access to many...
