National business leaders welcomed a number of moves in this afternoon’s Budget, particularly those aimed at helping small firms. But there was concern over how the Chancellor will meet his deficit reduction target. The CBI called it a “stable Budget” for business facing global stormy waters. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said: “The Chancellor has listened...
Measures to help small firms in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget this afternoon were immediately welcomed by Bath’s business community and business advisors. Phil Smith, pictured right, managing director of Business West – the organisation that runs the Bath Chamber of Commerce - said the Chancellor had delivered what will be remembered as a “thin...
Chancellor started speaking at 12:34 He opened by saying he will report on an economy growing faster than any other major economy and a deficit falling each year and on course for a budget surplus. Economy was strong because he did not support short-term fixes. But he warned world economy is weak. "In this...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week: Adam Carwardine, managing director of Colour Studios, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Spotlight. The film follows The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, the oldest continuously operating...
Pioneering Bath specialist technical content marketing firm Publitek has been sold to a major UK digital communications group in a £6.2m deal. The firm, founded by Bath entrepreneur Bob Jones, builds content platforms, creates and optimises content, and manages on and offline communities for more than 40 companies in the global semiconductor and electronic...
Bath’s outstanding entrepreneurs and business leaders have less a week to enter the region’s top awards scheme that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The annual Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards showcase the wealth of executive talent in the region. Bath Business News is once again backing the...
Bath’s start-ups and young entrepreneurial businesses can book themselves onto a flight path for growth across the UK and into Europe under a new scheme launched this week offering free airline tickets. Seats for Start Ups – a partnership between bmi regional, UK Trade & Investment and the Engine Shed innovation hub in Bristol...
Go Green, a business initiative to drive sustainability in the workplace, has been launched in Bath after its success in Bristol as part of its year as European Green Capital. A collaboration between business leadership organisations Business West and Low Carbon South West, it signposts organisations to resources that can help them be greener....
Bath-based communications agency Highlight PR has unveiled a new brand identity and website as it gears up for further growth following a record year in 2015. The firm moved to larger offices in the city centre last year to accommodate its expansion, which has included the appointment of two account directors and the expansion...
Tickets for this year’s Bath Boules tournament go on sale next Thursday – but companies wishing to take part will have to be quick as last year they sold out in just six minutes. The event raises big sums for Bath charities and this year promises to be even more of a party. Queen...
