Plans to develop a world-class creative quarter in central Bath should be extended into a more ambitious masterplan for the whole city, including improving its transport, commercial viability and sustainability. The argument, put forward by Bath Preservation Trust – the charity set up in 1934 to safeguard the city’s unique historic setting – follows...
Communications agency founder Natalie Sherman has been named as one of the South West’s top entrepreneurs in a respected national awards scheme after being selected from more than 5,000 hopefuls. Natalie, pictured, who launched Corsham-based social-first consultancy Naturally Social seven years ago, is a finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The specialist agency...
Bath firms are to get the opportunity to have their say the city’s future as a vibrant and innovative hub for business at a major event later this year. The Bath Business Conference, which is being staged by the Bath Business Improvement District (BID) on 20 September, is designed to bring businesses together to...
Bath Unlimited, the organisation helping promote the city’s sustainable growth and future success, has hosted its first Young Professionals Network meeting. Called Unlimited Potential, the networking group aims to bring together under-35s based in Bath who are contributing to its development as a centre for innovation – or intend to in the future. The...
Bristol Airport has launched a campaign to crack down on disruptive passengers as its busy summer season takes off. The airport, which prior to the pandemic was handling more than 9m passengers a year, has launched a Get On Board awareness campaign as a reminder of the serious consequences of disruptive activity. Passengers will...
Bath’s tech pioneers are being urged to enter one of the UK’s top awards schemes for the sector as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Over the past quarter of a century the Technology Fast 50 Awards, staged by accountancy group Deloitte, have showcased 13 of the most innovative Bath businesses. The awards rank and recognise...
A luxury hotel in a highly sensitive landscape setting on Bath’s outskirts has secured planning consent for an expansion. The proposals for Homewood Hotel and Spa at Freshford, drawn up by Bath-based Aaron Evans Architects, include six new luxury guest suites each with their own private terraces and a small meeting and events space....
Peter Chmiel, director at Bath-based international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates, has been appointed as one of just six new Fellow members nationally to the Landscape Institute. Fellowship of the Landscape Institute is the highest form of Chartered membership and is awarded to the foremost innovators, leaders and ambassadors across the landscape architecture profession. It...
Bath Spa University is to support the post-war recovery of Ukraine’s higher education system under a scheme twinning it a university in the west of the conflict-ravaged country. Bath Spa, which has just over 7,000 students and specialises in arts, sciences, education, social science and business courses, will work with Academician Stepan Demianchuk International...
Iconic Somerset-based fashion business Mulberry is looking to its factories in the county to help make it one of the world’s most sustainable luxury brands. The manufacturing sites at Chilcompton, south of Bath, and in Bridgwater – which between them produce more than half of all Mulberry’s output – have been carbon neutral since...
