Bath brand agency The House has helped South Devon hospice Rowcroft develop a new strategy to unlock more support and donations by encouraging people to look at hospices in a new light. Rowcroft cares for more than 2,200 people each year – yet many of South Devon’s 270,000-strong population were unaware of its work....
UK food distributor Bidvest Foodservice has appointed Bath-based boutique PR agency The Splash Partnership after a competitive five-way pitch. With 20 years’ experience, The Splash Partnership is the UK’s leading PR agency specialising in hospitality and foodservice, listing Nestlé Professional, apetito, HIT Training, Eau De Vie, The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO), Dine Contract Catering...
SETsquared, the University of Bath-backed innovation partnership, has been named the best in Europe at helping new businesses for the third year running. The recognition came in the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, which ranks Europe’s best performing university business incubators. SETsquared, a partnership of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey,...
Kelly Pepworth, managing partner, business and corporate, at Bristol PR firm Speed Communications, has been appointed as the South West and Wales chairman of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA). Kelly, pictured, who has worked for a number of PR agencies across the West of England, brings more than 20 years’ experience to her...
By Matt Cross, head of inward investment, Invest Bristol and Bath. Business leaders, students, visitors and residents are the most powerful, passionate and authentic advocates of any town or city. People who live and breathe Bristol and Bath get the message across better than any other form of advertising or promotion. Why is that?...
Bath firms are to be given the chance to explore doing business in more than 70 countries worldwide when an international delegation visits the region next month. ExploreExport 2015 is aimed at all companies keen to expand overseas and is staged against a backdrop of rising exports from the South West. Latest figures show that...
Local World, the London-based owner of the Bath Chronicle, has been taken over in a £220m deal – triggering fears of “identikit newspapers” and another round of job cuts among journalists. Local World’s acquisition by Trinity Mirror – also based in London – means the enlarged group is now the biggest regional newspaper publisher...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs attracted hundreds of start-ups, established firms and potential small business owners to the Colston Hall in Bristol for a packed programme of expert speakers and advice as well as a great opportunity for networking. All photos by Jon Craig JonCraig.co.uk
The world’s leading wooden jigsaw puzzle firm, Wentworth Wooden Puzzles, has appointed Bath-based integrated marketing firm AgencyUK to help it win new customers and launch its Christmas advertising campaign. AgencyUK, which rebranded recently from The Agency, was taken on following a three-way pitch that included a high-level strategic approach for scaling the company’s domestic...
Bath-based brand agency The House has been appointed by sustainability compliance consultancy ecosurety to drive its growth and increase awareness of the organisation. Bristol-based ecosurety has been empowering businesses to manage resources efficiently since 2003. The £25m turnover firm works with more than 800 blue-chip clients such as Innocent drinks, Pentax and Fujifilm, and...
