International architecture and building consultancy practice AHR has appointed Natasha Spooner as business development manager for the South West. Natasha, pictured, will work across the firm’s architecture and building consultancy practices, covering the South West, South Coast and South Wales. Natasha, who will be based in AHR’s Bristol office, brings more than 10 years’...
Fast-growing regional chartered accountancy firm Monahans has appointed Sinead O’Connor as business development manager in a new role that strengthens its marketing team. Sinead, pictured, has joined Monahans as it continues to expand. Over the past two years it has grown by around 40% and expanded its reach further into the South West with...
Bath-based media group Future’s shares soared by more than 13% to a new high this week after it said it is on course for strong profits growth this year. The group, which has been massively restructured over recent years, said a raft of recent acquisitions had bedded in and now contributing to growth while...
The acquisition of Bath Ales has helped St Austell Brewery achieve a record annual turnover of £153m and earn a place among the UK’s fastest-growing mid-market firms for the first time. Following the Bath Ales takeover in July last year, Cornwall-based St Austell’s sales powered ahead by 14%. The brewery, which was founded in...
Bristol Airport and VisitBritain, the UK’s national tourism agency, have formed a three-year partnership to promote the South West to international visitors. Campaigns promoting the South West will highlight its globally famous tourist attractions including Bath, along with Stonehenge, as well as its stunning countryside and coastline and Bristol’s vibrant street art scene....
Friska, the café group started by two University of Bath graduates, has been named Regional Growth Business of the Year in the Food and Drink Federation Awards. The win comes hot on the heels of a successful fund-raising round in the summer when Friska raised £3m from Yorkshire Fund Managers (YFM). It also...
Businesses that fail to monitor their outsourced recruitment could find themselves inadvertently employing victims of modern slavery, according to new research led by the University of Bath’s School of Management. Interviews with businesses, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), trade unions, law firms and the police found that while companies can increasingly trace where their products come...
The CBI has appointed Ben Rhodes as its new assistant regional director in the South West. Ben, pictured, joins from the Devon and Cornwall Business Council, where he was chief executive for five-and-a-half years. His responsibilities in the newly created role will include promoting the South West as a great place to invest and...
The future of Bath’s architecture, art and housing – and how they shape its economy – will come under the spotlight at the first major conference of its kind to be held in the city. Speakers will include internationally acclaimed architects, designers and heritage experts along with award-winning Bath-based film director Ken Loach, who...
Bath-based brand and design agency Mytton Williams has redesigned the acclaimed Time Out city guides following a complete review by publisher Crimson to upgrade everything from their content structure to the use of typographical features and imagery. Multi award-winning Mytton Williams changed the front end design to make it more magazine-like and also improved navigation...
