Bath Preservation Trust, the organisation that operates four visitor attractions in the city, including No.1 Royal Crescent, has created an online guide to low carbon living for residents of older homes. From using old blankets and duvets to improve loft and underfloor insulation, to harvesting rainwater for outside cleaning jobs, regularly bleeding radiators...
A BSc Management student at the University of Bath has become the 1,000th to receive business innovation skills training in a pioneering scheme run by SETsquared, the world-leading tech incubator. The Intrapreneurial Knowledge Exchange Enterprise Pathway (IKEEP) was set up nearly a year ago by SETsquared, which is backed by a group of six...
The sale price of one of the top country house hotels in the Bath area has been reduced by more than £3m - with property agents now marketing the closed-down venue for £6m. Grade I listed, four-star Ston Easton Park near Shepton Mallet, which has 20 individually styled bedroom suites and seven reception...
Bath-based specialist media group Future has launched a strategy to build a more sustainable future for its “communities and planet”, taking in issues ranging from mentoring disadvantaged young people widening the diversity of its workforce to creating a safe internet and aiming for net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The firm, whose content reaches...
Bath-based glasses designer and manufacturer Inspecs Group has made its third acquisition in 18 months, snapping up a German spectacle frame distributor for €1.76m (£1.51m). Inspecs said buying BoDe Design Vertriebs, which also distributes Inspecs products in Holland, Austria and Switzerland, further reinforced its strategy of developing strategic distribution of its products to...
The co-founder and CEO of Bath-based broadband provider Truespeed has stepped down from his role with immediate effect. Evan Wienburg, pictured, who was one of the three original investors in the business when it launched in 2014, said he will now be pursuing a new challenge. He said he felt now was the...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed four ambassadors for the South West to ensure its members remain at the heart of its operations in the region. The quartet of experienced business leaders – Katherine Piper, Alex Chikhani, Peter Doyle and John Rotherford – will enable greater connectivity between IoD South West’s 1,200 members...
Bath’s hospitality and catering businesses are being given a new weapon in the fight against food waste while also helping them become more sustainable. Visit West, the destination management organisation that covers the city through its Visit Bath brand, has teamed up with with Too Good To Go to launch the service. The Too...
Shares in Bath-based specialist media group Future soared by nearly 16% this morning after it revealed a 107% increase in pre-tax profits on the back of a strong performance in the US and a string of takeovers. It also forecast further solid growth next year as its reaps the rewards of these deals. ...
Some of Bath’s most historic buildings are to get fresh investment to attract more visitors under a government heritage scheme. Bath Preservation Trust, which operates four visitor attractions including No.1 Royal Crescent, pictured, has received just under £445,000 from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage to help it face the ongoing challenges...
