Bath firms that go the extra mile to ensure their staff are cheerful and fulfilled are being invited to enter the annual South West Happiest Workplace Competition. The brainchild of workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the contest has successfully championed enlightened businesses since it was launched four years ago. This year it...
National luxury bedroom furniture brand Feather & Black has opened its first store in Bath, demonstrating the city’s continued ability to attract upmarket retailers despite widespread turmoil on UK high streets. Feather & Black has moved into a vacant store on Northumberland Place, pictured, previously occupied by fashion retailer JOY, transforming it into a...
A pie factory built in a disused quarry near Wells has been named Building of the Year in the region’s top architectural awards. The 85,000 sq ft factory, pictured above, at Dulcote for independent food brand Charlie Bigham’s gained the coveted title at the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) South West Awards....
Six very different companies from the Bath area have been named among 1,000 of the UK’s most inspiring small and medium-sized businesses. 1pm, AlertSystems, Francis Flower, Image Factory, London & Country Mortgages and Mirage Inks appear in the London Stock Exchange Group’s latest 1000 Companies list, which celebrates the most dynamic SMEs in the UK. ...
Five Bath area firms are today celebrating winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s most prestigious business accolade. The five very different businesses – Rocketmakers, Wessex Water Services, Wolf and Wild, Bath Ales (through its owner St Austell’s Brewery) and Coombe Castle International – are among 230 companies from across the UK to...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England for a seventh year in October with one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs already lined up as headline speaker. Emma Bridgewater, who has spent more than 30 years building up a successful pottery business, will share her experiences and give advice to businesswomen...
Bath’s pioneering sustainable technologies programme has attracted its second member company as it ramps up its role as the UK’s first business acceleration hub dedicated to the sector. Collecteco works with businesses and other organisations to donate reusable furniture, equipment and materials to good causes, including charities, schools, voluntary groups and other not for...
A tech-based project to improve humanitarian aid efforts in Africa has earned Bath‐based multi‐service marketing agency Edit recognition from IBM. Edit’s solution speeds up the mapping process so that teams can quickly provide humanitarian assistance and also address issues such as female genital mutilation, early marriage, and gender‐based violence that hold back some African...
A monthly meet-up has been launched in Bath by an award-winning personal development facilitator and life motivator to inspire and encourage the city’s businesswomen. Women Unmasked is the brainchild of Radstock-based Yvonne Bignall, who runs Yvonne B Ltd, a consultancy that supports women in business and helps them realise their potential. Yvonne, pictured, saw...
Around 50 Forward-thinking Bath businesses have signed up to the nationwide Refill tap water scheme that helps cut down on the use of single-use plastic bottles. The scheme, which grew out of a campaign in Bristol, aims to make refilling a water bottle as easy, convenient and cheap as possible by introducing refill...
