A Bath CleanTech spin-out business will be vying for investment of £1.5m at a high-profile event aimed at shaping the tech investment landscape. LabCycle will line up against 19 other firms at Investment Futures in London, which will also feature panel and roundtable discussions on a range of sector-related topics. The event is being staged...
Tax rises in the Budget aimed at companies could slow much-needed economic growth and undermine investment decisions, the region’s largest business organisation fears. Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, said it recognised that the Chancellor faced a tight fiscal position and had to make hard decisions. But it added that it was...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves started her Budget speech by saying the country voted for change on 4 July. As a result, the Labour government could now “fix the foundations”. The way to ensure growth was to “invest, invest, invest”, she added. In total, the Budget will raise taxes by £40bn. The key points from the Budget...
People against Poverty (PaP) has just held its 2023-24 AGM and annual celebration for supporters at which it presented a bold strategy for growth for 2025. Despite being small charity, PaP supports 18 projects across six countries – the UK, Haiti, India, Malawi, Romania and Tanzania – and has helped thousands of people on...
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 Tech4Good South West co-founder Annie Legge answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST Film you watched? The Outrun. I loved the emphasis on healing through nature – cold water swimming and the...
A spin-out business from the University of Bath has netted a £250,000 investment to help it deploy cutting-edge artificial intelligence that will revolutionise the way top sports stars train and perform. Forceteck is already using its physics-based AI to create video footage of football and rugby players in action – with the big advantage that no lab set-up...
Zapmap, the electric vehicle app and data provider part-owned by Good Energy, is powering up its aim of making EV charging hassle-free by partnering with energy-saving tech firm Hive. The link-up will allow Hive customers to make charging their EVs easier at, or away, from home. Under the first phase of the partnership starting next year,...
Small and medium-sized firms in the innovation hotspot of the West of England can tap into funding worth thousands of pounds to protect their intellectual property (IP), such as trademarks, patents and designs. Under the scheme, launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), businesses that meet a number of criteria can access...
A £300m investment vehicle to help create and grow the West of England’s next generation of innovative science and technology spin-out businesses has been launched with the backing of the University of Bath. The fund aims to drive a much-needed step change in the early-stage capital, expertise and support available to university spin-outs and...
Bath-headquartered change management consultancy Nine Feet Tall has joined an international consulting group specialising in innovation and transformation by technology. Talan has been advising and partnering with some of the world’s leading companies, administrations and tech partners for more than 20 years. By joining the Paris-headquartered organisation, Nine Feet Tall will complement the capabilities...
