A pie factory built in a disused quarry near Wells has been named Building of the Year in the region’s top architectural awards. The 85,000 sq ft factory, pictured above, at Dulcote for independent food brand Charlie Bigham’s gained the coveted title at the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) South West Awards....
Bath-based film and theatre director Malachi Bogdanov has launched an online gallery to make great art accessible to all – with help from business growth consultancy Cool Ventures. Malachi, a former associate director of the English Shakespeare Company, set up The Apple Gallery to represent up-and-coming artists, as well as more established painters. The...
The managing director of the West of England’s largest business group this week joined more than 50 other chamber of commerce leaders to urge the Prime Minister to take radical action and ‘fix the fundamentals’ of the UK economy. Phil Smith from Business West – the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce – was...
A programme to enable some of the UK’s best tech scale-up companies become the sector giants of tomorrow has been launched by the University of Bath. The programme, part of a national project, is supported by £5m of government money through Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund. It will enable 240 of the most innovative...
Businesses in the Bath area are to be helped prepare for the challenges and opportunities that Brexit will bring when an Export for Growth roadshow tours the region later this month. The day-long Trade Horizons events are to be staged by Business West – the region’s largest business advice group, which also runs...
Bath-based creative agency Ready has unveiled a fresh positioning and launched a new sub-division as it looks to clarify its offering to new and existing clients. The agency will focus on what it calls ‘breakthrough’ promotional and tactical campaigns for consumer brands. According to co-founder Shane Carnell-Xu, this means original tactical ideas that cut...
Bath businesses, IT experts and digital pioneers will be taking a step into the future when the city’s Digital Festival returns later this year. After the success of 2017’s event, plans are already in the pipeline for another exciting five days of talks, activities, workshops and more as the World Heritage City is taken...
Shares in Bath-based global media group Future leapt above the 500p mark yesterday for the first time in the company’s history after it reported strong sales and profits growth for the half year to the end of March. Pre-tax profits at the highly acquisitive publisher more than doubled to £7m compared to the same...
Bath-based online wedding gift list group Prezola is looking to unwrap further expansion after receiving an innovation loan from Barclays. The group has grown rapidly since it was founded in 2010 by husband-and-wife team Dom and Ali Beaven and now employs 50 people. In 2016 it acquired Getting Married – the UK’s most popular wedding...
A former Google industry head and the founder of a childcare business are flying the flag for Bath in one of the region’s top award schemes for boardroom excellence. The Institute of Directors (IoD) has named the shortlist for its annual South West Director of the Year Awards having received the highest-ever number of nominations...
