Outstanding business leaders and entrepreneurs from the Bath area are being urged to enter the region’s top awards recognising excellence in the boardroom. Launched this week, the Institute of Directors South West Director of the Year Awards 2018 showcase the wealth of executive talent and leadership across the region. New categories have been added...
ITV chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette highlighted the importance of the UK’s creative industries during an inaugural lecture at the launch of Bath Spa University’s new Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries. Speaking to 60 members of staff and students from the university, the former president of the Royal Television Society and deputy chairman of...
The future shape of the festival and events sector will come under the spotlight when a heavyweight panel of creative industry leaders – including Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis – gathers at Bath Spa University next month. The event will be a chance for festival industry professionals – as well as those just starting...
Members of Bath’s business community have heard how they can support the Bath Half Marathon, the city’s biggest annual fundraising event. More than 40 businesses attended a networking breakfast organised by the Half Marathon team in the Pump Room to find out more about the opportunities linked to the race. Many firms use the...
Glassware designer Phaedra Politis is now exhibiting her colourful creations in a US art gallery after seeking free business advice from growth consultancy Cool Ventures. Phaedra, founder of Phaedra Glass, specialises in making kiln fired glassware and gifts at her art studio in Wingfield near Trowbridge and at the Owl Gallery in Frome. Her...
Do you react the same way as I do to patronising and homespun New Year messages about people’s hopes for the future? Probably the same way I usually feel about round robin festive letters – and don’t even get me started on electronic Christmas cards! So I am not going to fall into that...
Bath firms considering doing business in China this year – or those already trading there – are being urged to take part in the region’s largest Chinese New Year reception and banquet. Organised by the Bristol & West of England China Bureau, the event brings together business leaders, key figures from the Chinese business...
Thousands of businesses across Bath & North East Somerset are to be connected to an ultrafast full-fibre broadband network that promises some of the UK’s fastest speeds. The project is the result of a £10.3m investment deal signed by publicly funded body Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) with Oxfordshire-based ultrafast broadband provider Gigaclear. It...
Award-winning Bath animation and design studio A Large Evil Corporation has been taken over by major US pop-culture products firm Funko in a $4m (£2.98m) deal. A Large Evil Corporation – also known as Evilcorp – was launched in 2006 and has created animated commercials for brands such as Gu, Greenpeace, Now TV and...
