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Spring Budget preview: Ned Dorbin, investor, BGF. The region’s tech and creative sectors need a helping hand to kick-start growth

March 10, 2023
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Spring Budget preview: Ned Dorbin, investor, BGF. The region’s tech and creative sectors need a helping hand to kick-start growth

The tech and creative sectors in Bath and the West of England are rich and varied. They are also critical to the strength of the region’s economy. Both will be keeping a close eye on next Wednesday’s Spring Budget, when it is hoped Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will provide some help for their ongoing success.  At the...

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More work to be done on gender equity in business, International Women’s Day panel event hears

March 10, 2023
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More work to be done on gender equity in business, International Women’s Day panel event hears

Businesses have come far in terms of gender equity in recent years, a panel discussion on the key topic heard, but there is still a long way to go in achieving it both in and outside of the workplace. The event, staged by Business West – the organisation that run Bristol Chamber of commerce...

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ReBalance Bath festival to return next year after its success in putting city on wellness tourism map

March 10, 2023
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ReBalance Bath festival to return next year after its success in putting city on wellness tourism map

The runaway success of Bath’s inaugural ReBalance wellbeing festival means it will be repeated next year, organisers have said – with more businesses being invited to take part. More than 150 events and activities were staged as part of the three-week programme, with 70-plus businesses and wellness practitioners taking part.  These attracted in excess...

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Search is on for female-founded micro business to join creative incubator hub

March 9, 2023
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Search is on for female-founded micro business to join creative incubator hub

A competition to find a women-owned micro business from the West of England with exceptional growth potential has been launched by a creative business as part of its incubator hub programme. The winner will receive rent-free office space for up to four people for six months at Istoria Group’s Bristol base, along with a free...

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Opportunities for Bath firms in Hong Kong’s tech sector to be showcased on trade mission

March 9, 2023
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Opportunities for Bath firms in Hong Kong’s tech sector to be showcased on trade mission

Bath technology firm founders and investors are being invited to join a trade mission later this year to explore opportunities in Hong Kong’s burgeoning tech sector. Taking place between 13 and 17 November, the visit is open to firms with export-ready technologies in areas such as cleantech, healthtech, fintech, AI, robotics, regtech and smartcity tech. ...

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New chair and board members for Bristol & Bath Regional Capital as it targets further expansion

March 8, 2023
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Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, the West of England’s first home-grown, place-based impact investor, has appointed a new chair and two new board members to support its ambitious growth. Investment industry leader Mark Mansley has joined as deputy chair and solicitor Richard Leeming as a non-executive director.  Existing board member Ruth Foreman, who has...

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Growth in annual South West venture capital investment outpaces national trend

March 6, 2023
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Growth in annual South West venture capital investment outpaces national trend

The South West ’s strength in burgeoning sectors such as cleantech, fintech and AI (artificial intelligence) helped push up venture capital investment in the region last year by 9%, outperforming the national picture. Firms in these sectors, along with manufacturers, attracted some of the largest investments out of the annual total of £455m across 124 deals,...

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Council plans action over long-vacant listed building as it looks to transform Bath’s Milsom Quarter

March 3, 2023
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Council plans action over long-vacant listed building as it looks to transform Bath’s Milsom Quarter

A compulsory purchase order could be issued on in Bath’s King Edward’s School Building, which has been left empty for nearly four decades, under plans to revitalise the Milsom Quarter area of the city centre. The Grade II listed building on Broad Street, pictured, which dates from 1752, closed as a school in 1986....

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Most successful ever Christmas Market boosts Bath’s economy by more than £50m

March 2, 2023
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Most successful ever Christmas Market boosts Bath’s economy by more than £50m

Bath’s 2022 Christmas Market delivered a £50m-plus boost to the city’s economy – a 61% increase on the last time it was held in 2019 and making it the most successful in its 20-year history – according to latest figures. Last month official visitor statistics revealed that total footfall during the 18-day event was...

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Former BT director of consumer IT joins Truespeed to spearhead its further expansion

March 2, 2023
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Former BT director of consumer IT joins Truespeed to spearhead its further expansion

Bath-based full fibre broadband provider Truespeed has taken on a vastly experienced chief information officer to play a pivotal role in its continued growth. Robert Purdy, pictured, has a background spanning 38 years in technology and telecommunications joins from BT, where he was director of consumer IT responsible for delivering the BT, EE and Plusnet...

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