The colourful lives of some of the world’s top video gamers are explored in a new documentary series made by Bath-based media group Future’s factual production company Barcroft Studios. The short-form documentary series Totally Game promises to uncover unique stories of the lives changed through video gaming. It features players who have overcome adversity or...
Bath Ales’ head brewer Georgina Young has been promoted to the role of brewing director for parent group St Austell. In her new role Georgina, pictured, will oversee brewing and operations at both St Austell Brewery in Cornwall and Bath Ales Hare Brewery at Warmley, between Bath and Bristol. Georgina joined the group in...
Plans for an innovative new training centre in Bath focussed on digital skills and careers – thought to be the first of its kind in the UK – been given a £300,000 boost. I-START, to be based on Bath College’s City Centre campus, will help local people gain new skills and re-train for roles...
Inspecs Group, the Bath-based eyewear design house and manufacturer, has bought historic UK spectacle lens company Norville for £2.4m after it fell into administration earlier this month. The acquisition of the Gloucester-based firm, which had been in business for more than 120 years, means Inspecs now owns the country’s two oldest and most- respected...
Bumper sales of its cannabinoid (CBD) hand sanitiser helped give medical cannabis company Sativa, the firm behind the Goodbody Wellness retail chain, a record month for revenues in June. The firm, based at Beckington, near Frome, shrugged off the high street meltdown caused by the coronavirus lockdown as consumers and corporate buyers snapped up...
Bath charity Julian House is calling on the city’s businesses to join it in stepping out and standing up against homelessness at its annual Circuit of Bath Walk. Taking place on Sunday September 27, the sponsored circular walk will be the only fundraising event that Julian House, Bath’s main homeless help charity, stages this...
The CBI said Chancellor Rishi Sunak was “absolutely right” to prioritise jobs in his summer statement on Wednesday. Director-general Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, pictured, said: “Flattening the daunting unemployment curve about to hit our country could not be more important. Joblessness scars lives and hits the young and most disadvantaged hardest. “The jobs plan is an important step...
Measures to address the huge economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic announced this week by Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been welcomed by Business West, the region’s largest business group. Matt Griffith, director of policy at Business West – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – described them as impressive but also added that the...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his economic statement in the Commons on Wednesday by saying the government would do all it could to help prevent job losses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The main points were: Government will pay £1,000 to businesses for each furloughed employee they bring back and retain until January....
Bath is to stage its first virtual business festival to help firms in the city start to bounce back from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Taking place on July 22, Bath Business Festival (BBF) will celebrate the city’s business offering as well as giving its firms a unique chance to meet, learn, share,...
