Drinkers in bars in Hong Kong are to get the chance to sample sparkling cider made by a small Somerset drinks firm in a traditional – and rarely used – method. Shepton Mallet-based Pilton Cider produces its cider through the artisan method of keeving, which means that no water or sugar is added. Instead,...
IT bootcamp Mayden Academy has launched a funding scheme to encourage more women to embark on careers in coding. The scheme will offer female students a 70% reduction in course fees on the academy’s Full Stack Track – an intensive 16-week training course for aspiring developers from non-tech backgrounds. The course is designed...
Three Bath area businesses have this week been celebrating winning a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of their contribution to the UK economy. Bath creative, branding and communications agency Emberson Group received the award for international trade for its “excellence and sustained growth in international trade”. Group managing director Clare Pratt said...
Bath-based eyewear design house INSPECS has been named as one of the 10 firms across the UK with exceptional growth potential. The firm, based in Bath’s old Gas Light and Coke building on Upper Bristol Road, was selected from a 30-strong shortlist to appear in the ‘Ones to Watch’ section of the prestigious Sunday...
Renewable power firm Good Energy has commissioned Bath-based office design and build experts Interaction to work on its new headquarters. Fast-growing Good Energy is to start construction work later this year on the 31,748 sq ft building in Chippenham, which will house its 300-plus workforce and have space for an additional 100 staff it...
Bath’s Abbey Hotel has unveiled the latest in a series of changes since it changed hands a year ago – the city’s first ‘cocktail gallery’. The 62-bedroom boutique hotel’s bar has been renovated and ‘redefined’ into the ArtBar – described as “an eclectic space of different lights, materials and textures”. The four-star hotel’s owners...
Confidence levels among West of England firms have dropped significantly – with orders and sales also down – according to the latest survey by Business West, with the region’s largest business organisation blaming Brexit uncertainty for the slump. All measures in the survey of around 500 firms were in the red. Export sales and...
Nominations have opened for The SPARKies, the coveted awards showcasing the best of the West of England’s tech sector. The awards, now in their seventh year, recognise the businesses and individuals who make Bath, Bristol and surroundings a tech powerhouse and shine a light on their amazing wealth of tech and creative talent. Nominations...
Bath-based marketing communications agency Edit is celebrating a year since it was created through the merger of three West of England-based businesses. The £32m-turnover agency, part of international marketing group Kin + Carta (formerly St Ives), employs 213 people working on customer relationship management and media, marketing technology and data science. The merger brought...
Bath-based property developer Rengen has secured a £30m deal that will complete one of the South West’s most creative regeneration schemes. The firm, a subsidiary of the Iesis Group, has acquired the fourth and final phase of the Paintworks mixed-use scheme in Bristol from London-based niche developer Verve Properties. Plans for the development were...
