Barbara Davies, chief executive of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), says that collaborative working between business and education are essential to maintain growth and productivity in the longer term. Businesses in the West of England continue to face the challenge of a skills gap, impacting on growth and stifling productivity and...
Figures released today show that South West exporters out performed the national picture last year, increasing the volume of overseas sales by 10.6% compared to a national decrease of 2.7%. The data released by HM Revenue and Customs found that the total value of South West exports in 2015 was £15.2bn, an increase of...
Mr B & Friends, the Bath-based brand consultancy, has created a new identity for the Principality Building Society as it emphasises its purpose of helping people prosper in their own homes. The society, Wales’s largest mutual, was established in 1860 and now has more than 500,000 members. But it recognised that consumer needs were changing...
Radstock-based print and post services firm CFH Docmail has been named as the UK’s fastest-growing hybrid mail company in the influential Print Week ‘Top 500’ league table, which acts as a bellwether report on the UK print industry. The firm achieved year-on-year sales growth of 37.25% with net profit rising by 163% and staff...
Bath-based communications agency Creatrix PR has added new clients and taken on another member of staff as it enjoys a busy start to the year. The firm has increased its client portfolio by around a third since November, signalling another strong 12 months ahead as it enters its 16th year in business. Established in...
One of the largest business exhibitions in the region – The Bath Business Expo 2016 – is preparing to open its doors next week. The Expo on Thursday March 17 is supported by Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) and will act as a local and regional meeting hub for business advice, seminars,...
SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has landed a £2m contract to supply groundbreaking radio technology to a major UK radio broadcaster. SciSys’ dira! system incorporates next-generation technology to enable ‘cloud-hosted’ local radio production and infrastructure. It includes virtualised studios which only require the bare minimum of equipment installed locally to produce and broadcast....
Bath communications firm AgencyUK has continued its growth by winning contracts with three elite sports-related businesses ahead of this year’s Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. The agency has been developing its expertise with performance sports brands since 2014 and will soon announce more Olympic-related contracts. The first three brands – Ride Smart, Jon Pitts...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has again called on the Government to do more to tackle youth joblessness and the skills crisis following another fall in unemployment. Figures released earlier this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show unemployment in the South West is now the lowest in the country after...
Bath business leaders are being urged to enter one of the top business awards schemes recognising excellence and enterprise in the region’s boardrooms. The annual Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards showcase outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Over recent years the awards have become...
