Work on Bath’s long-awaited Quays South office development has been given a boost with financial support from a government scheme aimed at getting Britain building in the post-Covid era. The scheme, pictured, which will bring 90,000 sq ft of much-needed grade A and creative office space to the city, is included on a seven-strong list of...
A boutique communications consultancy with a mission to make a positive difference has opened in Bath. Founded by seasoned PR and communications professional Ben Veal MCIPR, Second Mountain Communications will specialise in supporting ethical and purpose-led businesses. Ben, pictured below, has 15 years’ industry experience, the last seven spent in senior account roles at...
Bath-based media group Future has launched three new digital brands to capitalise on the top emerging trends from lockdown – gardening, keep fit and binge-watching TV. Future said it had brought the new websites to market at speed in response to growing consumer interest in areas previously seen as niche. The brands – Gardeningetc.com,...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) has made two appointments to its growing team while also saying farewell to Brian Steer, one of its longest-standing employees, who has retired. Nicki Kimberley has joined as start-up loans officer, a role that involves supporting applicants to the Start Up Loans scheme and helping...
Two Bath visitor attractions and one of the area’s top hotels have been named among the country’s best in the finals of the VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence. The Roman Baths & Pump Room are shortlisted in two categories - Large Visitor Attraction of the Year and International Tourism category – while the city’s Herschel...
Hotels should build an emotional attachment with potential visitors in their marketing to attract them rather than promote their post Covid-19 cleanliness, University of Bath research has found. The study, which also involved researchers from two other universities, showed that crisis communications emphasising shared emotional responses to risks enabled tourists to ‘humanise’ the hotel. This...
Tourism chiefs have insisted Bath will bounce back from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as the city’s hospitality, leisure and retail industries reel from the cancellation of this year’s Christmas market and the closure of its visitor information centre. Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing organisation (DMO), announced yesterday that public safety concerns...
Medical cannabis company Sativa, the firm behind the Goodbody Wellness retail chain, is to launch a new CBD (cannabinoid) and vitamin D product range after achieving record sales last month. The firm, based at Beckington, near Frome, said the brand positioning had been strengthened following publication of a report commissioned by the government that...
Bath’s investment-hungry tech start-ups can find out how to get the attention of potential funders in a webinar featuring experts from the city next week. Staged by Bristol-based tech investment bank ICON Corporate Finance in association with Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon, the free event aims to show how fledgling tech firms can...
A company that started out providing electronic access to library databases from its Bath headquarters and is now a world-leading identity and access management specialist is celebrating its 25th anniversary. OpenAthens was launched to commercially exploit single sign-on software originally developed by the IT department of the University of Bath. The team working on the...
