A Saturday start-up clinic is to be held for the first time to allow more would-be entrepreneurs across Bath and North East Somerset to access free expert advice on launching their own business. The Business Start-up programme provides free training and support to help people see if their idea are viable and, if...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed former Somerset defence electronics industry executive Steve Hill as the new chair of its South West region. Steve, pictured, has been vice-chair since July and succeeds Muir Macdonald following the completion of his three-year term as chair. In his new role Steve will be the voice for South...
If Covid has taught us anything, it is the importance of relationships. It has made us re-evaluate who we see, how we are perceived and how we care for others. This is true of our personal relationships but equally true of the working relationships we have with clients, partners and employees. The current recruitment...
Half Moon Bay, the Bath-based licensed giftware wholesaler, has relocated its warehouse for the second time in three years. The firm, which sells products licensed from many of the world’s top entertainment brands such as Disney, Harry Potter, Superman, Doctor Who and Star Wars, has agreed a nine-year lease for a modern refurbished...
A powerful symbol of the need for urgent action on the climate emergency has appeared in the River Avon next to Bath’s Pulteney Weir – the result of collaboration between a pair of city-based businesses, an artist and the council. The 5.5m by 3.5m wooden house appears to be sinking in the water...
A popular Christmas market is returning to its home on a historic town centre site ahead of its redevelopment into a much-needed mixed-use property scheme. Trowbridge Christmas Market will take place from Friday November 19 to Sunday 21 November on the town’s Innox Mills site. Organised by the site’s owners in partnership with The Anonymous...
Strong trading has continued at Inspecs, the Bath-based glasses designer and manufacturer, with sales rising by nearly $60m (£43.5m) over the past three months as it carries on bedding in two major acquisitions made last year. In a third-quarter trading update to shareholders, the firm said unaudited revenues for the nine months to...
Bath businesses have turned out to support one of city’s longest-running charity events – Julian House’s annual corporate fundraising Brain of Bath quiz. Eighteen enthusiastic teams from 10 Bath organisations put their mental mettle to the test at the historic Assembly Rooms to see who would be crowned with the prestigious title while...
Bath video production company Octopus Films has teamed up with the University of Bath to make a special documentary for the COP26 conference featuring young people urging world leaders to take action over climate change. More than 140 young people from 32 countries took part in ActNowFilm,which is due to be screened...
Business West, the region’s largest business group, said many firms would “remain muted in their enthusiasm” for a Budget that failed to address the scale of the post-Covid challenges they face. The organisation, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, also claimed the West of England had again missed out when it came to government...
