UK tech industry figure Jim McKenna, who has helmed a number of Bath-based software firms, has been elected chair of the SS Great Britain Trust, the organisation that owns Brunel’s iconic ship on Bristol’s Harbourside. His appointment at the charitable trust’s AGM comes three months after it opened the £7.2m Being Brunel museum as...
Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing organisation, has appointed businessman Craig Jenkins as its new executive chairman, replacing Chamber of Commerce director Ian Bell, whose six-year term of office has now ended. Mr Jenkins, pictured, who has lived in central Bath for more than 25 years, has a number of business interests ranging...
Just one in 10 West of England businesses think the government will deliver a good deal on Brexit, according to the latest survey from the region’s largest business organisation. And half of the firms taking part said they felt ‘negative’ or ‘very negative’ over the government’s Brexit negotiations. When it comes to information...
Bath’s owner-managers should focus on their immediate business concerns and the challenges posed by the city’s infrastructure rather than hard-to-influence Brexit-related issues, the city’s third annual Economic Question Time heard. Bath Chamber of Commerce & Initiative executive director Ian Bell told attendees at the breakfast event that key local issues such as the...
The ‘winner of winners’ of the prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards was revealed at a celebratory dinner to mark their final year. Launched in 1988 by accountants PwC to showcase the region’s top large businesses, the awards have over three decades become the South West’s most-respected business accolades. To...
Two of the UK’s most influential chefs, Pierre Koffmann and Marco Pierre White, are to launch a restaurant in a Bath hotel. Pierre and Marco, pictured, who between them have amassed six Michelin stars, are working with The Abbey Hotel to finalise plans for the new venture, which is expected to open in...
Bath-based website design agency Storm Consultancy, the lead trainer at Mayden Academy and the co-founder of a fintech start-up were among the winners at the SPARKies – the awards showcasing the best of the West of England’s tech sector. Storm Consultancy, which works with clients such as the University of Bath, media group Future...
Bath-based magazine publisher and media group Future has appointed new editors for two of its guitar titles. Damian Fanelli now heads Guitar World while Christopher Scapelliti is at the helm of Guitar Player. Damian has been promoted from his role as online manager at Guitar World, where he boosted the brand’s Facebook following from...
An interactive evening of pop-up art talks, life drawing, hands-on demos and an art showcase is promised later today as Bath School of Art and Design hosts ‘Up Late: Drawn to the Holburne’. Students from the school, part of Bath Spa University, are taking over the Holburne Museum between 5pm and 9pm this evening,...
A cidermaker is looking to sell its Shepton Mallet-made drink in Argentina after taking part in an export advice event. Worley’s Cider, which already sells in the US, Canada, New Zealand and the Netherlands, was one of more than 80 West of England food and drink producers to meet prospective buyers from all over...
