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...
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...
