Workforce issues, including pressure to increase wages, remain the biggest headache for business based in Bath and across the West of England, with many raising their prices to fund pay awards. Combined with wider concerns over inflation, this has led to a slump in confidence – with levels now lower than they were immediately...
Bath & North East Somerset Council has appointed Charlotte Somers to the newly created role of head of marketing, fundraising and supporter development. Charlotte, pictured, will help deliver the council’s plans to further develop its cultural and heritage sites, including the re-interpretation of its world-class Roman Baths, new education and community spaces at...
Fast-growing Bath digital marketing agency Social Shepherd has unveiled its new collaborative workplace created by city-based office design company Interaction to accommodate its future expansion. Founded by Zoe Stephenson and Jack Shepherd, who hired their first staff member just before the pandemic, Social Shepherd now employs 55 people. Having previously been based in serviced...
Three businesses from the Bath area have been named among Britain’s fastest-growing small private companies. The trio – Bath jewellery and accessories retailer Abbott Lyon, specialist digital advertising agency Network N, also based in Bath, and Chippenham-headquartered online retailer Furniturebox – appear in the latest annual ranking of rapid-growth firms with revenues of less...
The oldest known surviving crane built by historic Bath engineering company Stothert & Pitt has been officially handed over to Bath & North East Somerset Council. The 6-ton hand operated crane, which was built around 1864 and was used in quarries near Bath, has been restored and installed at Newark Works Yard in Bath...
Homewood hotel and spa has taken on Fernando Moreira as deputy general manager, its latest senior appointment as work is due to start soon on a £3m expansion. Fernando, pictured, brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role at the 31-bedroom luxury hotel in Freshford. He started his career in Madeira as an...
Renewable electricity provider Good Energy has made another strategic acquisition as it looks to move into complementary markets. The Chippenham-headquartered group is paying £2.5m for Wessex EcoEnergy, an established UK-based solar installation business. Good Energy said the acquisition represented a further milestone in delivering on its strategy to expand its capability in decentralised energy...
The University of Bath’s commitment to fostering innovation and enterprise in the city will step up a gear next week when it hosts a major business show. The two-day Bath & North East Somerset Business Show takes place in the university’s new School of Management next Tuesday and Wednesday, 27-28 June. will feature exhibitions, workshops,...
The government and the Bank of England must do more to curb interest rates and lower inflation to avoid firms in Bath being “pushed to the brink”, the area’s largest business organisation has said. Following the Bank’s decision yesterday to hike the base rate from 4.5% to 5% – its highest for 15 years...
Curo, the Bath-headquartered housing association and developer, has teamed up with a digital housing infrastructure specialist to make sure all residents in its multi-dwelling units have access to full-fibre internet. Around 4,700 of the 13,000 homes in Curo’s, portfolio across Bath, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire are multi-dwelling units, usually blocks of...
