A new regional Prince’s Trust development committee has been set up by a group of leading business figures to help the organisation raise vital funds to support young people. The committee aims is to raise more than £1m during 2016-17 to go directly towards The Prince’s Trust in the region and help bring to...
Business leaders from Bath and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar, attracting hundreds of senior businessmen...
Bath City Football Club is being transformed into a community-owned football club following the success of the Big Bath City Bid campaign in achieving its goal of raising £300,000. The Bath City FC Supporters Society, which organised the bid, announced its triumph more than a day before the deadline. The campaign, which was backed by...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Simon Tapscott, MD of specialist marketing consultancy Do Good Things and a member of the Big Bath City Bid team, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The...
The campaign to turn Bath City FC into a community-owned football club is within touching distance of hitting its £300,000 goal. The Bath City FC Supporters Society, which is organising the Big Bath City Bid, has until next Wednesday to come up with the funds. This morning around £34,000 remained to be raised after...
Bath-based brand, creative and digital agency Mr B & Friends has unveiled a new brand identity for UKCloud in a move that coincided with it topping a prestigious tech league table and losing a legal battle with media giant Sky. Mr B & Friends was tasked with rebranding the business formerly known as Skyscape...
Bath College is setting up a business academy to give students valuable industry experience at top companies across the region. More than 30 companies have been invited to attend the launch of the Bath Academy of Business at Bath College next Thursday (Sept 29). The evening will bring together potential partners and students who...
Bath Business Show has announced its full seminar programme offering a wealth of invaluable advice and inspirational support for the city’s entrepreneurs. All the show’s seminars are free to attend and places can now be booked online. The speakers have been chosen to inspire as well as deliver wisdom. Among them is James Buckley...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England next month for its fifth year, with a jam-packed programme featuring amazing entrepreneurs and inspirational start-ups. Among those taking part will be Julie Deane of The Cambridge Satchel Company, tech entrepreneur Alex Depledge and Oliver Bonas founder Oliver Tress. Panels will cover subjects...
Bath businesses are teaming up to back the Big Bath City Bid – the campaign to turn Bath City FC into a community-owned club. Firms gathered in Queen Square on Tuesday to sign a pledge board and encourage others to back Bath City FC Supporters Society – which is spearheading the campaign – to...
