The founder of a communications consultancy that specialises in promoting purpose-driven companies and charities has been named as one of the PR sector’s top practitioners. Ben Veal, pictured, launched Holt-based Second Mountain Comms during the first national lockdown with a mission to help good people to do good by sharing their values and accomplishments...
Bath’s independent hotels, guest houses, shops and cafes could benefit from around £50m in additional revenue if visitors booked direct rather than through major websites, according to tourist chiefs. They are spearheading a campaign to promote the city’s independent tourism and hospitality businesses while also making sure their own websites can compete against online...
The Roman Baths’ new state-of-the-art learning centre is to open next month – the second boost to the city’s visitor economy in as many months. Based in a former Victorian spa laundry building – along with an area of Roman remains beneath street level – the Roman Baths Clore Learning Centre will allow pre-booked school and...
Bath Spa University has achieved its best-ever results in a UK-wide assessment of the quality and impact of academic research. The Research Excellence Framework (REF) takes place every six or seven years. Since the previous assessment in 2014, the amount of Bath Spa’s research achieving the highest status of ‘world leading’ has increased by...
Digital learning and development company RTS Group is looking to accelerate its post-pandemic growth after securing financial support from regional alternative lender SWIG Finance. The agency, based at Notton, near Lacock, uses data insights to create bespoke learning and development services to enable businesses across the world upskill their workforces. Pre-pandemic, RTS typically...
Bath-based PR agency Clearly has bolstered its senior leadership team with the appointment of James Gwinnett as an associate director. James, pictured, joins after two years heading communications for 87% – a technology start-up with a mission to improve corporate mental health. Having helped guide 87% through the pandemic, he worked on a £1.5m...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Jessica Morgan, founder and owner of Marshfield-based PR agency Carnsight Communications, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? A Time to Die. I’m only a year late! I was holding out to...
Bath-headquartered media group Future this week said it was on track to achieving its aim of half of all Americans reading its online titles as it unveiled another set of soaring sales and profit figures. The group, which has been transformed over recent years through a raft of strategic acquisitions, said its US audience reach...
A Bath Spa University lecturer who produced a double BAFTA-winning TV drama has said she will use the experience when she teaches her students. Sophie Francis, pictured, a senior lecturer in film and media courses at the university, worked on the first and second series of BBC Three’s Wales-based coming of age drama series...
The future of publishing in a world where anyone with access to technology can do it was explored at a recent interactive event hosted by Bath Spa University and showcasing two innovative city-based firms. Bringing together academics, creatives, investors and techies, the event explored themes ranging from how innovative technologies can reach new audiences...
