2021 was due to be Bath Christmas Market’s 20th anniversary. Whether you love it or hate it, the late cancellation of Bath’s biggest event will have huge financial consequences for the city’s businesses, both big and small. As a local hamper company, we at Taste of Bath can appreciate first-hand the consequences for the...
Quartet, the community foundation covering Bath and the West of England, has launched its annual Surviving Winter appeal with a warning that this year it will be needed more than ever. With many households already struggling to make ends meet, sharply rising fuel and food prices rise and a squeeze on incomes means they...
A Bath marketing agency specialising in consumer brand samples is to relocate to Bristol after being acquired by mail and logistics group Whistl. Relish was formerly part of Kin + Carta, the international marketing and design group that also includes Bath-based multi-services agency Edit. It was launched in 2011 and works with brands...
Bath PR agency Clearly has become the second firm in the city to achieve the B Corporation certification in recognition of its rigorous standards of social and environmental performance. B Corp accreditation is regarded as being to the corporate world what Fairtrade is to bananas or coffee. Businesses gaining it must meet the...
Bath’s innovators, inventors, artists and designers are to get free help to protect their intellectual property (IP) under a new scheme offering expert support and advice. The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) scheme will run until December 17 and offer advice on copyright, patents and trade marks. Successful applicants will be able to...
A boutique hotel near Bath has become the first British venue to join the recently launched WorldHotels Crafted Collection. The Rudloe Arms in Corsham, owned by acclaimed chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White, is one of just eight venues in the prestigious group of luxury hotels. The collection, launched earlier this year, aims...
Bath firms thinking of exporting or taking their international expansion to the next level can sign up to a week of special events hosted by experts. The Department for International Trade (DIT) will stage the first International Trade Week next week, with events – most of them virtual – including business and sector-led activities,...
Two-thirds of small firms in the South West have no active plan to reduce their impact on the environment, according to a new survey, with many arguing they should receive tax breaks, grants or low interest loans to help them go green. The report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – issued to...
The University of Bath, Bath Spa University and Bath College are teaming up to support TEDxBath’s Inter-Connected 2021 event, which seeks to explore how communities can thrive through the endless possibilities of local and global inter-connections. Inter-Connected, which takes place on November 18 and 19, will discuss topics ranging from range from healthcare...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Ben Veal, founder and director of purpose-driven PR firm Second Mountain Comms, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Boss Baby 2: Family Business. The first instalment proved to...
