Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King has recruited Stephanie Rees as marketing & business development executive to strengthen its private wealth offering. Stephanie, pictured, has joined from the world’s leading auction house Christie’s, where she was global marketing manager and led on a number of high-value international luxury campaigns. In her new role...
Bath’s visitor economy has received a double boost this week with launch of the UK’s largest integrated rail and bus ticket scheme and the latest Rough Guide travel book. Great Western Railway has joined forces with a host of bus providers to unveil its Great West Way Discoverer pass, which can be used by...
Boutique hotel The Bird, Bath, has launched its latest pop-up for the summer season, The Nook Garden, following the success of last year’s beach bar. Open throughout the summer, the south-facing garden is full of flamboyant touches in keeping with the Pulteney Road hotel’s eclectic character. Features include creative planting to life-size sculptures and...
Fast-growing rural broadband provider TrueSpeed is stressing its community benefits through a new brand identity and website. Keynsham-based TrueSpeed was launched five years ago by three investors fed up with poor broadband in their homes. It has since grown exponentially and connected its 2,000th household earlier this year. Bristol-based marketing agency Mr B &...
The National Trust is to take over the running of Bath’s iconic Assembly Rooms from Bath & North East Somerset Council after invoking a break clause in the building’s lease. The 18th century building has been owned by the National Trust since 1931 and is currently leased to the council to house the Fashion...
Specialist IT group SCISYS has said its action to avoid the impact of Brexit on its European space business was continuing to pay off with a strong order book. The Chippenham-headquartered group moved its parent company from the UK to Ireland last year to protect its EU-funded work. At its AGM yesterday, the group...
Businesses are being invited to exercise their collective grey matter and enter the 2019 Brain of Bath. Now in its 20th year, the annual Julian House Brain of Bath Quiz has become a key date in the city’s business calendar and a fun-yet-competitive way to entertain clients and reward staff. The inaugural quiz night was...
Bath Financial Forum, the group aiming to raise the city’s profile as a centre of excellence for financial services, returns for its second meeting next month with an in-depth look at how the wider economy is impacting on this ambition. Guest speaker will be Donna Kehoe, the Bank of England’s agent for South West,...
Two Bath area firms are heading to the US this weekend as part of a high-powered regional delegation promoting the West of England and seeking potential business deals. Scanning Pens, the world’s leading supplier of pen scanners, and Chipside, a specialist software development company working with around a quarter of local and regional government...
Bath e-commerce agency blubolt has raised nearly £9,000 for Bowel Cancer UK with feats ranging from skydives and pub quizzes to cake sales and obstacle courses. The agency, which works with blue-chip brands such as Seasalt, Hush, Teapigs and Route One, has had a strong and ongoing commitment to the charity since losing its...
