More than 70 people heard how small can be beautiful at a special event organised by Bath-based international development charity Send a Cow. Guests – made up of local charity supporters and members of Bath’s business community – were invited to learn more about the power of smallholding farming in Africa and the benefits...
The search has started to find the South West’s happiest workplace – and staff working for Bath’s forward-looking businesses are being encouraged to take part. The contest, launched last year by workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde Interior Architecture, aims to show what separates a happy workplace from the humdrum, boring and run of...
Bath communications firm AgencyUK has been appointed by fellow city brand Norland College to look after PR campaigns including handling the media launch of a training programme to help children stay safe when online. Norland College, which has trained nannies and childcare professionals for more than 120 years, worked with Corsham Primary School to...
Bath risks losing more firms to Bristol unless new prime office developments in the city come onto the market quickly, property experts fear. A severe lack of quality employment space has already led to a number of Bath firms relocating along the A4. Yet no new office schemes – particularly those aimed at businesses...
Bath firms can get instant access to an extensive network of business knowledge and skills partners through a new growth hub launched by Business West. The region’s largest business group – and the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce – wants the portal to be the first port of call for businesses seeking any...
It may be a World Heritage Site famed for its Roman and Georgian architecture but Bath is about to be rebuilt – in a virtual world. A Minecraft version of the city based on the top-selling video game will take shape at this month’s Bath Digital Festival, showing how it could look in a...
The latest deal by BGF, the independent fund that backs small and medium-sized firms with strong growth potential, has taken its total investment in the South West past the £100m mark. The £4.43m equity funding in marketing technology software and service firm Adestra means BGF’s regional office has now invested in 17 fast-growing companies...
Bath specialist media group Future has appointed a new global editor-in-chief at its GamesRadar+ entertainment website. Daniel Dawkins has been promoted from group editor-in-chief, games UK, replacing Sophia Tong, who moves to a new role at Future working on creative brand strategy and business development within the global revenue team. GamesRadar+ is a global...
The House, the Bath-based brand agency, has been nominated for four European Transform awards in recognition of its rebranding work with three UK and international clients. Its work with Devizes-based agricultural machinery and vehicle supplier T H White has been nominated in both the Best Brand Consolidation and Best Visual Identity in the Industrial/Basic...
Bath’s top firms are being urged to enter the region’s most prestigious business competition – accountants PwC’s annual West of England Business of the Year Awards. The widely-respected awards are now in their 28th year and previous winners represent the cream of the region’s top companies. The unrivalled awards, which are being staged in...
