A former Army officer who worked on peace-keeping missions with NATO in Kosovo and Iraq has launched a business to help resolve conflict on an altogether different battlefield – the workplace. Felix Spender, who also helped gain the release of over 100 hostages captured by Somalian pirates, knows the debilitating effects that change and...
Bath area businesses are helping the South West buck the national trend for exporting, with the value of overseas sales from the region rising while the national figure decreases. Data released yesterday by HM Revenue and Customs shows that the value of UK exports decreased by 2.6% to £285bn in the year to the...
Yurt and tipi manufacturer and hire firm Hearthworks is intent on more expansion following a year in which it has achieved strong growth. The Pilton-based firm, which started as a hobby in 1999 and has nearly doubled turnover every year, now attends 25 festivals a year, hiring out 115 yurts, more than 200 tipis...
Bath-based brand agency The House is helping increase the profile and visitor numbers of the city’s 13 museums by developing a new identity and communications material. The work follows a two-year project to explore the value of the venues working collaboratively in a number of activities. The museums invited The House to facilitate a...
Fans of crime drama will be able to read more about their favourite TV shows, films and novels in a new magazine to be launched by Bath-based media group Future. Crime Scene, which hits the shelves on September 15, will be published quarterly and will give readers a more in-depth insight into what they...
Bath-based Highlight PR has been appointed as the public relations agency for fast-growing luxury yarn brand Toft. Based on a farm in Warwickshire, Toft sells superior quality alpaca and wool yarns and kits. It was founded in 2006 by Kerry Lord, who grew up on the farm, and now employs 12 staff. This year...
Bath Ales’ flagship bitter Gem – the first beer produced by the brewery when it launched 20 years ago – has lost none of its thirst for awards, earning a silver medal at the International Beer Challenge. The trophy is the second in consecutive years scooped by Gem – last year it struck gold...
Bath-based brand consultancy Mr B & Friends has completed a repositioning and rebranding programme for Azzurri Communications, the £100m technology, communications and managed services company. The agency executed a brand positioning and corporate identity strategy under the unifying brand proposition ‘Beyond expectation’ that engages Azzurri’s internal and external audiences. It also created a new...
Zenith International, the Bath company that provides corporate information to the global food and drink industries, has acquired US news, data and conference company Beverage Digest. The New York-based firm publishes one of the industry’s most influential newsletters covering the non-alcoholic drinks industry and holds two conferences a year. Its newsletter was launched in...
Retail giant Marks & Spencer has appointed Neighbourly, the innovative Bath-based internet platform, to support its trailblazing Spark Something Good campaign. Neighbourly connects community projects with companies wishing to make a difference. The nationwide project, launched last week by Joanna Lumley and M&S chief executive Marc Bolland, aims to inspire the store group’s staff...
