Broadband provider Truespeed has appointed Alex Huscroft as head of customer as it expands its full fibre service into its home city of Bath, Wells and other underserved areas of the South West. Alex is an experienced, multi-award winning customer service leader with a 20-year track record of delivering exceptional customer service. He joins Truespeed...
Bath’s HR professionals will be able to hear from a leading expert based in the city on how they can change their workplace culture to meet the new, post-pandemic environment at a webinar next week. The event, the latest staged by Bath HR Network, the group dedicated to collaborative HR knowledge and expertise among employers in the city,...
A Bath-based marketing consultancy has been launched to support virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) businesses better communicate with their audiences about the power of immersive content. Set up by Dr Matthew Freeman, Reader in Multiplatform Media at Bath Spa University, Immersive Promotion Design builds on pioneering work in the West of England...
Pioneering Bath software firm Living Map has secured a £750,000 loan to help fast track its technology that allows people to use their mobile phones to guide them through airports, hospitals and other indoor spaces. The loan, from government agency Innovate UK, will allow the smart city digital mapping software to be integrated more...
Cyber technology, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy and the green economy should be harnessed to drive recovery and growth in the Western Gateway, the regional powerhouse that includes Bath, the West of England and South Wales. The recommendation comes in an independent report published this week which also suggests the region should focus on raising productivity...
Bath has again been named as one of the UK’s top places to live, this time in a report ranking locations for their green credentials, quality of life and health. The annual Vitality Index, compiled by property agency Lambert Smith Hampton, places Bath in third place in a table of the UK’s top 10 best...
Bath specialist marketing agency Dialect has teamed up with a Bristol consultancy to power-up its offering to clients in the gaming, tech and entertainment sectors. Dialect and Fourth Floor have both experienced significant growth over the past year due to new client wins and from digital audiences, who have consumed more content than ever...
Businesses across Bath and North East Somerset seeking to cut their carbon emissions and reduce their environmental impact are being urged to take part in a special webinar to find out about the support available. The event will give details of measures they can take along with examples of the funding they can access. ...
Regional law firm Michelmores has launched its Property Awards for 2021, which celebrate the best projects from the South West real estate and construction sectors during the year. The awards, now in their 19th year, have become a fixture of the region’s business calendar and attract applications from a broad range of innovative schemes across 10...
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) welcomed an extra £4.1m investment announced in the Budget to support its efforts to reduce car usage and improve air quality by getting more people to walk, cycle and use public transport. This new money, for the year 2021-22, comes as WECA continues to develop its West of England Recovery Plan,...
