Bath Balloons, one of the region’s longest-established hot air ballooning companies, has appointed Tony Rees to market the brand, part of the Bristol-based company Ballooning Network. Tony, an experienced marketer, joins from English Heritage where he held several positions, most recently marketing historic properties in Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. Ballooning Network managing director Nic...
Former regional director of Arts & Business and one-time front of house and marketing assistant at Theatre Royal Bath has joined Bristol’s ground-breaking media centre and café/bar Watershed as general manager. James Taljaard, pictured, takes on the new senior position to focus on further developing the venue’s award-winning conference and events service. Bath-educated James...
What value should a business place on its corporation reputation? In the latest of Bath Business News’ weekly Expert Panel series, Linda Donaldson, director at Bath-based Geometry PR, provides the answer. Having a good reputation is something every business craves. Being known for providing a quality service or product is one thing, but building...
Businesses that go the extra mile to support the arts in the South West are being recognised today at a reception staged by Arts & Business (A&B), the organisation that brings together the cultural and corporate worlds. The Business Cultural Champions programme – a sister initiative of A&B’s successful Cultural Champions scheme – will publicly acknowledge...
Bath law firm Mogers has given the gift of light to the city’s Holburne Museum this Christmas by supporting a new major installation. Circuit: A Light Labyrinth, a new artwork by Martin Richman and Charlie Kerr, is unique to the museum and follows the success of Bruce Munro’s Field of Light installation last year....
Fast-growing Bath advertising firm The Agency has been appointed by Superfast Cornwall – the pioneering broadband partnership between the EU, BT and Cornwall Council – to handle its latest advertising campaign. The Agency has planned, created and is now delivering the £132m initiative’s integrated press and online advertising campaign. Superfast Cornwall aims to make...
Bath-based brand and design agency Mytton Williams has won two awards for its work with the West of England Design Forum (WEDF), the voice of the design industry in the region and a network for creatives. The company won the Branding award in the regional Media Innovation Awards (MIA) and a bronze at the...
Bath Chronicle owner Northcliffe Media, the regional publishing arm of the Daily Mail group (DMGT), has been sold to a consortium led by former Mirror Group boss David Montgomery. New owner Local World said it “intends to transform regional publishing to create a one-stop shop for local content to serve the community and business...
Bath Business News travel writer Anne Gorringe has been named as one of the winners of the prestigious Business Travel Awards, collecting her trophy last week at a glittering ceremony in the heart of London. Anne, pictured, scooped the Best Newcomer title for two articles which appeared on Bath Business News and its sister...
Bath PR firms Geometry and Media Safari are celebrating after scooping seven awards between them at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ West of England PRide Awards. The hotly-contested awards recognise the best work of the region’s top public relations and communications professionals over the past 12 months. Media Safari, which specialises in tech...
