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...
George Gill, commercial director of Corsham-based digital agency GG Media Resources, has been appointed to the board of the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the strategic organisation aiming to drive economic growth in the area. Mr Gill and Simon Patten, Swindon-based director of secure enterprise services at BT, join three new members...
More than half the businesses in the South West fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers for their future success, according to an alarming new report. The annual CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey – which gauged the views of 101 firms across the region – found that 68% say they...
Commercial law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, is advising the trade association for bookshops in its legal battle against what it sees as market abuse by online retail giant Amazon. The EU’s Competition Directorate (DGC) has launched a competition law investigation into Amazon's e-book distribution arrangements. But the Bookseller's Association...
The West of England’s ambitions to attract more inward investment and boost its level of exports were highlighted this week with the visit of trade and investment minister Lord Francis Maude. Lord Maude met a cross section of small and medium-sized firms and recent investors in the area along with representatives from engineering giant...
Neighbourly, the innovative Bath-based internet platform that connects community projects with companies wishing to make a difference, has raised more than £1m from angel investors. The funds – its third round of investment – will be used to grow the firm’s engineering team and accelerate its development and international launch. It is also being...
Engineers from Radstock-based exhibition and graphics firm Colour Studios have built a cardboard 3D pop-up display to help launch a Shaun the Sheep online sustainability game as part of Bristol’s year as European Green Capital. Colour Studios, which specialises in sustainable events and displays, was recruited by Bristol City Council’s design team to collaborate...
