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...
The CEO of regional airline Flybe is to be headline speaker at the IoD South West Director of the Year Awards next month. Christine Ourmières-Widener, pictured, who took up the role at the Devon-based carrier in January last year, will share her experiences in an interview with the event’s host, BBC Radio Devon’s Janet Kipling. The...
Nominations have opened for the SPARKies, the awards that showcase the best of the West of England’s tech sector. Now in their sixth year, the awards shine a light on the firms and individuals operating in areas as diverse as apps, touchless technology and healthcare. Two new categories – Best Scale-Up and Most Innovative...
The worlds of culture and football will come together next weekend as The Bath Festival joins forces for the first time with Bath City Football Club to kick off a day of activities and celebrity appearances. One of a number of special collaborations in this year’s ambitious Festival programme, the event on Saturday May...
Bath-based gift design firm Wild & Wolf has landed a prestigious national award for its 2017 Orla Kiely stationery collection. The collection beat off strong challenges from the likes of Kellogg’s, Nintendo & Discovery Science ranges to top the Best Brand Licensed Gifting Range category in the Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Awards. Better...
Ambitious Bath businesses with at least two years of sustained growth are being invited to apply for grants of £5,000 to accelerate their expansion. Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has £500,000 worth of funding available to aspiring scale-up businesses through its new High Impact Scale-Up Coaching Grants programme. Building on the success...
Skills and opportunities for up to 3,000 adults across Bath and the West of England are to be boosted under a new project. Future Bright is a £4m scheme being run by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), working with Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire councils. West of...
Future, the highly acquisitive Bath-based media group, has completed its takeover of four specialist consumer titles from rival Haymarket – but has decided not to buy its gadget review magazine Stuff. Future said the move followed initial discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). As a result, the £14m cost of the...
