Unique visitors to websites owned by Bath-based media group Future have soared by 57% over the past year, taking the total to more than 23m and confirming the business as one of the UK’s leading digital publishers. The data is the first since Future acquired London-based TI Media for £140m in April, which added...
Firms in the South West are among the most pessimistic in the UK about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with many expecting to shed jobs when the government’s furlough scheme ends, according to a new survey. The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer, which takes the pulse of 1,200 firms across England every month, shows...
Major challenges for employers ranging from managing remote staff to changing the way entire organisations work post Covid-19 will be tackled head-on in a webinar to be staged next week by Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King. Called Workforce of the Future: The New Norm, the event will give insights from practical futurist and...
Doctor, broadcaster and comedian Phil Hammond has been appointed by Julian House, Bath’s main homeless charity, as its new patron. Dr Hammond, pictured, who works in a highly regarded NHS team for young people with chronic fatigue syndrome/ME, is also a regular guest on of TV shows including The One Show, Have I Got...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has welcomed the launch today of the government’s Kickstart scheme, which offers subsidised job placements to out-of-work young people. Under the £2bn programme, 16 to 24 year olds claiming Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment, will be able to gain six-month work placements. The government...
Bath tech and creative businesses seeking equity investment of between £100,000 and £2m are being invited to take part in the next Silicon Gorge showcase. Taking place on November 12 as part of Bristol Technology Festival, the event will give up to 12 start-ups or scale-ups the chance to pitch to a virtual room...
The coronavirus pandemic has hit profits at more than 60% of firms in the West of England – with nearly one-in-seven fearing they will never return to pre-Covid levels of activity, according to the largest business survey in the region. Just under a quarter of firms have, or plan to, axe jobs with a...
Bath Spa University’s Locksbrook Campus is in line to do the treble in regional property awards after being shortlisted for two more accolades. The former furniture factory, pictured, now a multi million-pound, state-of-the-art campus for the university’s art and design students, is in the running in two categories of the 2020 Michelmores Property Awards. The awards,...
The West of England is to be showcased as a national centre for legaltech by drawing on its strengths in both technology and law and promoting innovation in the fast-growing sector. The region is already acknowledged as having one of the UK’s fastest-growing legaltech sectors with many of its law firms undertaking pioneering work...
Two innovative Bath businesses are receiving online peer and mentoring support under a scheme to help creative firms across the West of England to help them respond to the impact of Covid-19. Funnel Music, which is pioneering a new way of creating and marketing music, pictured, and digital studio Moresoda are among 20 creative...
