Bath’s economy is set for a boost this summer when 100 individually decorated owl sculptures descend on the city in its third – and most ambitious – public arts sculpture trail. Minerva’s Owls of Bath 2018 will be brought to the area by the same team behind the enormously popular King Bladud’s Pigs in...
Bath’s ethical organisations have just two days left to submit their entries to the region’s Fairtrade Business Awards. Applications for the prestigious contest – now in its sixth year – close at midnight on Sunday. The awards recognise the contribution that businesses, organisations and institutes in the region make in support of Fairtrade by...
The BBC has renewed its contract with SCISYS, the Chippenham-headquartered specialised software and IT services firm, for its world-leading radio technology. The deal extends the BBC’s use of SCISYS Media & Broadcast division’s dira! media asset management platform, pictured, for up to 10 years. The bespoke version of dira! is used by the BBC...
The UK’s first app-only energy brand Pure Planet has relocated to Bath from Bristol as it prepares for a period of rapid growth. The firm, which was launched in Bristol last spring by some of the UK mobile telecoms industry’s most experienced executives, said it was attracted to Bath by the city’s “dynamic tech...
Small and medium-sized businesses in the Bath area can benefit from research and development grants of up £75,000 under the University of the West of England’s (UWE Bristol) relaunched Innovation 4 Growth (I4G) grant funding programme. The popular initiative, which recently opened for the fifth time, pledges a total of £650,000 in funding. ...
Future, the Bath-based global media group, has appointed the former chief financial officer of YouGov as a non-executive director. Alan Newman, who spent nine years at the international internet-based market research and data analytics firm, brings with him significant media and plc experience. His previous roles were at accountants Ernst & Young (now EY)...
Cambridge House, the upmarket Bath city centre serviced office, has reached 90% occupancy just six months after opening. The 13,000sq ft centre, pictured, on Henry Street is operator Clarendon’s first outside its heartland of London and the South East – and has proved among its most successful. Now it is planning a...
Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King has strengthened its business development and marketing team with three senior hires as it seeks to increase its profile and revenues through a new strategy based on industry sectors. The arrival of Kevin Peake as director of business development, marketing and communications, along with Michael Cracknell as...
The West of England’s largest business organisation this week warned the government that its approach to Brexit was “positively damaging” firms in the region. Business West, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, backed an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) calling for clarity on the government’s...
Bath-based customer relationship marketing agency Armadillo CRM, which works with brands such as McDonald’s, hotels.com and Disney, is looking to double in size following a management buy-out (MBO). The firm, which celebrated 25th anniversary last year, has been acquired by chief executive officer James Ray, executive chairman Chris Thurling and chief financial officer...
