Bath media group Future hailed the past 12 months as a “transformative year” as it revealed a 189% leap in annual pre-tax profits. The highly acquisitive group, which has made a spate of takeovers in the past few years, earned the £12.7m pre-tax profits on sales up 70% at £221.5m in the year to September...
Bath tourist attractions and hospitality venues swept the board against rivals from across Bristol and Somerset in a major awards scheme last night. The Roman Baths & Pump Room won a hat-trick of Golds in the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism, International Tourism an Large Visitor Attraction of the Year categories while the Assembly Rooms...
A groundbreaking £6.5m project aiming to expand the use of creative technologies across the South West is seeking 24 people to explore the frontiers of data. The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) is recruiting ‘data fellows’ to ask questions about the current state of data in the region and look at the challenges...
Organisations that are addressing diversity challenges in the South West’s tech sector have been highlighted in a unique project. For the past two years DisruptSW has showcased the most-innovative companies in the region with the 25 named in each list recognising firms taking a new approach to existing problems. They demonstrated this by showing...
Bath-based PR agency Highlight’s campaign for last year’s successful Minerva’s Owls of Bath public arts trail has landed it three Gold awards at a prestigious ceremony to celebrate the South of England’s public relations industry. The agency landed the hat-trick at the regional Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards – going one...
Some of Bath’s biggest tourist attractions will go head to head this evening with others from across Bristol and Somerset in a major awards scheme. They are among a record 82 finalists aiming for gold, silver or bronze in this year’s Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards. A further 15 companies will receive Commended...
The tough UK retail market has again pushed Somerset-based luxury fashion brand Mulberry, best known for its designer bags, into the red. But the firm, which has its global headquarters and a factory at Chilcompton, said it expects to be profitable again next year as ongoing investment in its international operations pay off. Mulberry...
SETsquared, the unique enterprise partnership backed by the University of Bath, has been named as the world’s number one university business incubator for the third consecutive time. It beat off challenges from more than 1,500 incubators and accelerator programmes in 78 countries across the globe to claim the title once more in the contest...
The value of tourism to Bath and North East Somerset’s economy has increased to almost half a billion pounds over the past two years, according to new figures. But while efforts to attract more staying visitors – rather than day trippers – appear to be paying off, one in four tourists to the area...
Fast-growing Bath media group Future has made its largest acquisition yet, buying Country Life and Chat publisher TI Media in a £140m deal. The takeover takes Future, whose titles already span hobbies, home entertainment and gadgets, into new areas such as the wine, golf, equestrian, TV listings and gardening while strengthening its position in...
