SETsquared, the University of Bath-backed innovation partnership, has been named the best in Europe at helping new businesses for the third year running. The recognition came in the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, which ranks Europe’s best performing university business incubators. SETsquared, a partnership of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey,...
By Matt Cross, head of inward investment, Invest Bristol and Bath. Business leaders, students, visitors and residents are the most powerful, passionate and authentic advocates of any town or city. People who live and breathe Bristol and Bath get the message across better than any other form of advertising or promotion. Why is that?...
Bath firms are to be given the chance to explore doing business in more than 70 countries worldwide when an international delegation visits the region next month. ExploreExport 2015 is aimed at all companies keen to expand overseas and is staged against a backdrop of rising exports from the South West. Latest figures show that...
Plans for Bath’s first underground home parking system have been approved in a move city-based firm Cardok UK hopes will drive a home parking revolution in the area. The pioneering system, featuring a space-saving Cardok hydraulic car lift, is included in plans for a new five-bedroom home in Hermitage Road which have been given...
Cheddar cheese producer Wyke Farms has won a prestigious award for its green approach to business. The family-owned business, based at Bruton, near Shepton Mallet, landed the Sustainable Future Award, sponsored by Unilever, at the recent IGD Awards. Wyke Farms was praised for its integrated green approach encompassing renewable energy, water recovery, green farming...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has backed the findings of a highly critical report into apprenticeships by education watchdog Ofsted. The report accused the Government of devaluing the “apprenticeship brand” by creating them in ever greater numbers, while the chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw said there were too many poor...
Bath-based brand agency The House has been appointed by sustainability compliance consultancy ecosurety to drive its growth and increase awareness of the organisation. Bristol-based ecosurety has been empowering businesses to manage resources efficiently since 2003. The £25m turnover firm works with more than 800 blue-chip clients such as Innocent drinks, Pentax and Fujifilm, and...
With just two days to go, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs is shaping up to be one of the biggest business events in the West this year. Hundreds of business owners – men and women – will descend on the Colston Hall in Bristol this Thursday for the one-day entrepreneurial extravaganza. Tickets to the keynote...
The need for Bath’s Business Improvement District (BID) to continue for another five years and for more powers to be devolved from London to the region were among the calls to action at an economic seminar and panel debate staged by Barclays. BID chief executive Andrew Cooper spoke at the event on the benefits...
A unique business knowledge hub to help Bath and the West of England’s small and medium-sized enterprises grow is to be launched next month. The West of England Growth Hub will offer users access to an extensive, connected network of business knowledge and skills partners. The platform, which is still in its final stages...
