Friska, the café group started by two University of Bath graduates, has been named Regional Growth Business of the Year in the Food and Drink Federation Awards. The win comes hot on the heels of a successful fund-raising round in the summer when Friska raised £3m from Yorkshire Fund Managers (YFM). It also...
Logistics group Wincanton today announced the sudden death of its chairman Steve Marshall. Mr Marshall, pictured, had been non-executive chairman of Chippenham-headquartered Wincanton since December 2011. In a message to the London Stock Exchange this morning the group said he had “brought a wealth of the most senior business experience and wisdom to the...
Bath’s five-star Gainsborough hotel has won the UK hospitality industry’s top award while its restaurant has been confirmed as among the best in England. The £35m, 99-room hotel – which opened two years ago – was named Hotel of the Year (England) at the 2017 AA Hospitality Awards, staged earlier this week at...
The CBI has appointed Ben Rhodes as its new assistant regional director in the South West. Ben, pictured, joins from the Devon and Cornwall Business Council, where he was chief executive for five-and-a-half years. His responsibilities in the newly created role will include promoting the South West as a great place to invest and...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week David Newton, chief executive of Bath-based property developer Kersfield, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The 1949 film The Third Man, often cited as the best British...
The future of Bath’s architecture, art and housing – and how they shape its economy – will come under the spotlight at the first major conference of its kind to be held in the city. Speakers will include internationally acclaimed architects, designers and heritage experts along with award-winning Bath-based film director Ken Loach, who...
Small and medium-sized enterprises from across the South West are being invited to the preview in Bath of a unique programme aimed at supporting and investing in the business leaders of the future. Productivity through People is a collaboration between four world-class organisations with the University of Bath School of Management, which has co-designed...
Chippenham-headquartered logistics group Wincanton has appointed former John Lewis and Co-operative Group marketing director Gill Barr as an independent non-executive director. Ms Barr, whose new role becomes effective from today, will also sit on the company’s audit, nomination and remuneration committees. She is also a non-executive director of PayPoint and a trustee director of...
Bath businesses have just a few weeks left to comment on a new economic blueprint for the West of England which aims to make it a “beacon of growth and innovation”. The draft strategy was launched in July by West of England Mayor Tim Bowles and interim chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)...
The search is on to find Britain’s female start-up of the Year – with the winner following in the footsteps of two West of England-based businesswomen. The successful entrant will be crowned in Bristol next month following a live pitching session on stage at the annual Festival of Female Entrepreneurs, which returns to the...
