It’s seen as the most important meal of the day and for many famous entrepreneurs it sets them up nicely for long hours of doing business. But is there right or wrong food to eat for breakfast for the busy boss or owner-manager? Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson is said to enjoy fresh fruit...
A call has gone out to Bath firms to support a unique photo competition which focuses on a day in the life of Bristol. The annual 24-hour photo-marathon returns next month for its fourth year and is open to anyone with a smartphone or camera. In previous years it has attracted hundreds of amateur...
More than 100 businesses from across the South West heard how to grow their export potential at the recent CBI Global Growth Conference. The event, held in partnership with UK Trade and Investment, was aimed at businesses that want to explore overseas markets. The conference at the UWE Conference Centre in Bristol was opened...
Volunteers are being sought from Bath businesses to support schools careers and enterprise strategies across the West of England. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is taking part in the first wave of a new government-led national programme to unlock the potential of young people aged between 12 and 18. The LEP,...
Bath’s go-ahead firms are being encouraged to follow in the tracks of skateboard distributor Shiner and show the benefits of creating a great workplace culture. Bristol-based Shiner collected the top prize in last year’s inaugural South West Happiest Workplace competition, attributing its success to being “laid back with no egos”. The third-generation family firm,...
Future, the Bath-based specialist media group, has strengthened its senior commercial sales team with the appointment of Matt Downs and John Burke, who join as director of agency sales and head of tech partnership respectively. Matt Downs arrives from Time Inc where over 16 years he held multiple senior positions, most recently as group...
Bath and Bristol’s world-class capabilities in virtual reality are being seen by millions of international business travellers in a new advertising campaign at Heathrow Airport. The campaign has been launched by West of England inward investment agency Invest Bristol & Bath (IBB). The advert, part of a £500,000 campaign paid for by Heathrow, will...
Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget included a number of important measures for the South West, including New mayoral devolution deal for the West of England (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset), giving it “significant” new powers over improved transport, planning, skills and employment. This area will also receive control of...
More than twice as many West businesses want the UK to stay in the EU as leave, according to the hotly anticipated results of a major regional survey. Some 57% of business people said they will vote to remain part of the EU, compared to 26% who say they will back the leave campaign....
The long-awaited devolution deal giving the West of England a £1bn boost for investment in infrastructure and skills has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. The move would represent a major change, transferring decisions on transport, investment, funding, skills training, business support, housing and strategic planning from Westminster. But the package of measures, which...
