Bath brand and digital agency Mr B & Friends has developed a refreshed identity and e-commerce site for employee benefits provider TechBenefits, which is also based in the city. TechBenefits allows businesses’ employees to select what tech they want from an online shop, including laptops, speakers, headphones and TVs. Employees can then pay monthly...
Bath firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart of their business are being invited to enter the South West Fairtrade Business Awards. Now in their fifth year, the coveted awards champion businesses that demonstrate commitment to using and promoting fairtrade and supporting fair and ethical business practices. Bath organisations have traditionally been among...
Bath media group Future has snapped up music magazines Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog for £800,000 – less than four years after selling them for more than £10m. Future bought the magazines from the administrators of debt-ridden publisher Team Rock, which collapsed shortly before Christmas. Glasgow and London-based Team Rock, which was founded...
Specialist IT group SCISYS has completed the acquisition of German media software firm Annova Systems in a move that it called a “step-change” in its growth prospects. Chippenham-based SCISYS, which has an established media & broadcasting division, paid €11.35m (£9.64m) upfront in cash for Munich-headquartered Annova. The firm, which had earnings of €1.1m on €7.5m...
By Phil Smith, managing director, Business West It’s always difficult making predictions about what the next 12 months will have in store for businesses, and for sure the forecasts for 2016 would have been way off beam! But if one thing’s for certain about 2017, it presages a new era in the UK economy,...
Specialist print firm Integrity Print is giving all its staff the chance to toast its centenary by teaming up with a micro-brewery to produce a special beer. All 328 people working for the Midsomer Norton-based firm are to receive a gift pack containing a bottle of the unique beer, pictured, which has been made...
Green utility Good Energy has won a major award for installing a spectacular rainforest display inside its Chippenham head office to mark the launch of a new eco product. Staff and visitors to the office were stunned when set designers transformed the building into a rainforest on the day the firm unveiled its eco-friendly...
Business confidence has bounced back after being hit by the Brexit referendum result, according to the latest Business Barometer from regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming. However, 56% of business owners remain doubtful about the year ahead and half have no plans to take on additional staff next year. In another sign of an impending...
Bath-based web design firm Zonkey Solutions has created an online advent calendar for Age UK Bath & North East Somerset to support its Christmas campaign. The charity aims to raise £5,000 during December to support its work with older people across the area. Zonkey Solutions, which also specialises in search engine optimisation, graphic designers,...
Bath-based sex toy retailer Lovehoney is predicting more international expansion next year after achieving a 68% rise in annual pre-tax profits. The firm, which gained a Queen’s Award for International Trade earlier this year, said strong website growth in the UK and in export markets was behind the increase in pre-tax profits to £5.1m...
