Bath brand agency The House is to support the South American expansion of the world’s fastest-growing manufacturer of precision dental drill bits. The House will work with Gloucester-based Prima Dental to produce Brazilian-Portuguese language marketing material, including a new website, market-specific materials for distributors, e-learning modules for travelling sales reps and promotional information for...
Bath-based social entrepreneur and former Big Issue boss Jeff Mitchell is publishing a book to show how long-term unemployed people can successfully find work. Jeff was managing director for The Big Issue nationally and in the South West from 1999-2007 before founding Clean Slate Training & Employment. For 10 years Bath-based Clean Slate...
The latest fall in unemployment – down a further 7,000 in the South West – has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce. But Business West, the region’s largest business group, has warned that low unemployment brings its own challenges – particularly skills shortages and rising wage costs –...
Business Showcase South West, the region’s largest free business event, returns for a third year in May following its huge success in 2014 and 2015. After two years at Bristol’s Colston Hall, this year’s Business Showcase (BSSW) will take place at the newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium in South Bristol on May 17. A...
Bath-based specialist creative campaign agency Xcetra Media has rebranded as Ready ahead of a five-year programme of planned growth under which it aims to more than triple in size. Ready, which specialises in subscription and membership marketing, was founded by brothers Jake Xu and Shane Carnell-Xu in 2007 and boasts a list of major...
Firms across Bath and the West of England ended 2015 on a positive note with higher domestic and international sales, according to the results of Business West’s latest survey. Almost two thirds also said they were confident for the year ahead. But with slightly fewer firms planning to recruit over the next three months,...
Bath Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the city’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Bath Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday, January 8.
Bath integrated marketing firm AgencyUK has called on the talents of local artist Kate Davies to create a unique interactive Christmas card with hidden clues to 25 festive songs. Illustrator and watercolourist Kate hand-painted the chaotic, snowy scene – based on the agency’s Beehive Yard location – to include intriguing and witty hints at...
Plans for 95 homes on former Royal High School land in the Landown area of Bath have been given outline approval. The site, known as The Chill, is next to the former MoD Ensleigh north site, which is itself being redeveloped for housing. Bath-based regeneration practice Nash Partnership has masterminded The Chill scheme to...
Bath businesses have supported the launch of a new book by local author and Homes under the Hammer presenter Martin Roberts to help vulnerable primary school children who may be suffering abuse or neglect. A free copy of Sadsville, written in support of the NSPCC Schools Programme, will go to every primary school child...
