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...
The Roman Baths & Pump Room and Lucknam Park Hotel have each nabbed a hat-trick of accolades at the region’s top tourism industry awards. And with fine dining restaurant Menu Gordon Jones, specialist travel firm Foot Trails and the American Museum in Britain also among the medal winners, it was a highly successful...
Chippenham-based specialist manufacturer Fascia Graphics has been acquired by the UK design arm of CCL Industries, the world’s largest label maker, in a $9.3m (£6.58m) deal. Fascia has grown into the UK’s leading supplier of screen printed labels, membrane keypads and graphic overlays since it was established in 1994. It operates from a...
Bath-based workspace design firm Interaction has developed a highly creative headquarters for innovative robot developer Reach as it prepares for further growth. Interaction, which works with businesses in sectors spanning banking, finance and professional services to marketing, tech and engineering, worked with Bristol-based Reach to come up with a space that combines practical...
Staff from Bath PR agency Creatrix are hitting the road to get super-fit as they prepare for a team effort in the Bath Half Marathon in support of a local charity. Four of Creatrix’s five employees will take part in the event on March 4 to raise much-needed funds for Age UK B&NES, an...
Bath businesses have been urged to engage with their local communities to create programmes that help disadvantaged jobseekers into employment. The call to action came from a meeting of some of the South West’s most influential executives hosted by Business in the Community (BITC). The event drew on existing programmes that support inclusive employment...
