Six Bath hi-tech firms have received investment totalling nearly £400,000 from a regional growth fund to help them develop their pioneering products. The businesses – Neighbourly, Clean Energy, Citeab, Tivarri, Envolve Technologies and CloudFind – are based at the city’s SETsquared centre, which supports small, fast-growing innovative businesses, mainly in the hi-tech sector. Centre...
Bath-based media group Future is predicting double-digit earnings growth this year as its digital products continue to perform strongly. The group, whose titles span the tech, gaming, leisure and music markets, said digital and diversified revenues were up by 9% in the period from 1 October to Monday of this week. Revenues in its...
Actor Robert Powell, best known for the title role in Jesus of Nazareth, played a starring role of a different kind when he re-opened top jewellery designer Nicholas Wylde’s Bath shop. Nicholas, one of Bath’s best known independent retailers, had been working from temporary locations around the city after a fire caused by an...
Bath-based international media group Future has acquired a 35% stake in Handpicked Media, which represents more than 500 independent websites and blogs, reaching more than 3.5m unique users a month in the UK and 6m globally. The link-up provides Future with access to London-based Handpicked’s roster of influential blogs and independent sites across a...
Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected companies, including Dyson, MITIE and...
The latest attraction at a massive park on reclaimed land in central Singapore has opened to the public – the result of a major contract by Bath-based landscape architects Grant Associates. The Children’s Garden is a one-hectare site with play experiences for all ages, including water play, rainforest tree houses, ridge top trails and...
Bath-based digital media and publishing business Future has launched a dedicated design and development team for mobile applications as it strives to lead the market for innovation in the fast-growing sector. The firm, whose titles include Total Film and Xbox: The Official Magazine, is already one of the world’s leading tablet publishers and the...
Two projects by Bath-based built environment design practice Nash Partnership have been shortlisted in a prestigious national awards scheme. The St Paul’s project in Cheltenham – a consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes – is competing in the ‘regeneration’ category of the Placemaking Awards while the Kingston Mills scheme in Bradford on Avon is...
Ideas on the best way to create sustainable jobs and growth across the West of England are being invited from Bath firms. The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) today launches a six-week public consultation on its Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) – a blueprint for growth over the next six years. The Government has challenged England’s...
A recently-opened waterfront park in South Shields designed by Bath-based landscape architects Grant Associates has achieved a major national accolade. The CEEQUAL award recognises the £2.3m Harton Quays Park’s high environmental and social performance. CEEQUAL awards are presented to innovative civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and public realm projects. Harton Quays Park stretches along the River...
