Strong growth and a track record of innovation at the parent company of Bath Ales has earned it the prestigious title of 2017 PwC West of England Business of Year. Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery was presented with the award at a gala dinner staged on Wednesday. Judges praised its diversification, investment in new products and...
Hotel Indigo Bath, the boutique hotel due to open next year, has become an official business partner of Bath Racecourse in a deal that runs to December 2018. The partnership includes a named race on next year’s Ladies Day in 2018 and a ‘best dressed’ contest at the meeting where the winner will be...
Bath City FC and Bath Ales kick off a new partnership tomorrow which encompasses sponsorship, beer supply and charitable giving. Bath Ales has teamed up with the community-owned club to be its official supplier of beers, including its flagship ale Gem, as well as providing Carlsberg lager and Thatchers cider to the bars...
Bath-headquartered employment agency Juice Recruitment has launched an office in Swindon as it continues its expansion across the region. Juice, which already has bases in Bristol, Cheltenham and Trowbridge as well as Bath, said it will use the new Swindon office to offer its services to businesses and candidates across the Wiltshire, Berkshire...
The Makery, the Bath workshop and party business that teaches crafts and creativity, has launched a creative experiential agency to help brands stage innovative events. MakeryLIVE’s 35-strong team of creative professionals around the UK offers businesses the chance to tap into the ‘power of making’ through highly memorable experiences. It has already worked with an impressive list...
Organisers of The Downs Festival, which returns to Bristol tomorrow, are offering businesses the chance to snap up VIP tickets – with access to its backstage bar – for the same price of a normal ticket. The all-day festival, which was staged for the first time last year with Massive Attack, is this year...
Tens of thousands of EU workers in the South West could leave the UK over the next few years, potentially triggering a major skills headache for the region’s firms, according to a new survey. Some 28% of all EU nationals working in the region say they are considering quitting their jobs, while 4% have...
The outlook for the global economy is “highly uncertain”, a top Bank of England official has warned West business leaders, but he insisted that Britain’s financial services industry is in far better shape to cope with any sudden shocks than it was ahead of the last recession. China’s huge debt problem, Brexit and complacency...
Branding, exporting and the challenges of being a woman boss in the male-dominated world of professional football are among the issues that will be showcased at this year’s Festival of Female Entrepreneurs in Bristol. The event, staged by small business support group Enterprise Nation on October 20, has become the largest of its kind...
Annova, the German mediatech firm acquired by specialist IT group SCISYS earlier this year, has landed its second major contract in just over two weeks. Chippenham-based SCISYS paid €11.35m (£10.45m) upfront in cash for Munich-based Annova in January. Earlier this month it secured a €2.5m deal involving the complete renewal of an unnamed German broadcaster’s...
