Etons of Bath, the specialist interior design practice, has appointed two new team members as it continues to grow. Kelly Parfitt joins as a senior interior designer and Caroline Kontas as a design assistant. Kelly, pictured right, has more than 12 years’ experience of residential, commercial and hotel interior design with a track record...
The number of businesses enrolled on the Bath & North East Somerset Business Support Programme, which offers free expert business advice to growing firms, has more than doubled in just six months. More than 250 firms have now joined the programme compared to 100 on the scheme back in March. Those taking part benefit...
Shares in Bath-based media group Future rose by more than 5% earlier this week as it said its financial performance will be better than expected thanks to successful campaigns linked to this summer’s World Cup and a string of new products. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange, the highly acquisitive group,...
Frome-based cosmetics manufacturer Acheson & Acheson has been taken over by fast-growing UK beauty and wellbeing firm The Hut Group in a deal reported to be worth up to £100m. Acheson & Acheson makes prestige beauty brands under contract, providing an all-in service to retail clients that includes packaging design, product testing and distribution. ...
A string of well-known Bath faces, including Olympians, rugby players, a chef and a comedian, star in a new promotional film that showcases the city in a new light. Commissioned by Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing organisation, and available on a number of social media channels, the light-hearted two-minute film challenges some traditional...
Bath is to stage its first TEDx, the globally recognised idea-sharing forum, next month with a wide-ranging line-up of speakers. The half-day event – which has the theme of ‘Light up the Future’ – is being backed by some of the city’s top firms as sponsors. TEDxs have proved extremely popular in hundreds of...
Two firms that moved onto an industrial estate earlier less than a year ago have found it fertile ground for growth and have already expanded to take more space. Site investigations and geotechnical services firm Topdrill, and The Paper Bag Company, which supplies plain and printed promotional bags to retailers, opened bases on the...
A project that identifies the 25 most disruptive firms in the South West is to return for a second year. Disrupt South West recognises innovative ventures with headquarters in the region which hold the greatest potential to influence, change or create new markets. While Bristol firms dominated the inaugural list last year – with...
Bath’s largest manufacturing firm is throwing open its doors to aspiring and professional photographers as part of a national competition organised by trade body EEF. Rotork, which makes highly specialised flow control products for customers across the world in sectors ranging from oil and gas to pharmaceutical and chemical, is among a number of...
If Bath were a dance I think it would be the waltz. Serene and smooth with the unfailing rhythm of slow, slow, quick, quick, slow. And the good news for business is that we seem to be moving into the “quick, quick” section of the dance, when we can hopefully see real strides forward. ...
