The University of Bath has secured a £1.2m grant to develop a state-of-the art gas turbine laboratory. The University’s Gas Turbine Research Unit is carrying out a new programme of research with industrial giant Siemens focused on its range of gas turbines. The funding was secured from the funding from the Engineering and Physical...
The launch of Bath TV, the city’s innovative new digital TV platform, and a demonstration of the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone were the attractions at the latest in the Circo Series of business networking evenings supported by Bath Business News. Guests at the event, sponsored fast-growing Swindon-based IT and communications firm Excalibur Communications, were...
Chippenham-based technology firm Etherlive has opened an administration and logistics office in Glasgow in a move that positions it to meet increased demand for technology support during the Commonwealth Games 2014. Etherlive's satellite office means that it can engage corporate and association events in Scotland as it increasingly becomes a destination of choice for...
A number of international science and technology-based companies are about to move to the Bristol & Bath Science Park – strengthening its role as the innovation hub for the region. Details of the new arrivals will be released today to coincide with an event to mark its first anniversary which will also hear from...
Chippenham-based communications systems provider Solar Communications has been named as one of the UK’s fastest-growing hi-tech businesses. The firm appears at number 50 in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 rankings for the first time. The firm has attracted five of its largest 20 customers within the past year and has enjoyed average...
Many organisations – and especially IT companies – cite the term Green IT, yet not many people understand what this means. Are there genuine benefits or is it simply the latest IT marketing spin to encourage firms to spend on IT consultants? Chippenham-based IT provider ITS has come up with four tips to dispel...
Digital revenue has shot up by 30% at Future, the Bath-based magazine and digital publishers, as consumers increasingly used their iPads and other tablets to read its products. The group said today it sold more than 1.7m copies of its titles through Apple’s Newsstand since its launch last October. However, the third-quarter rise in...
Earlier client deliveries, operating efficiencies and deferred costs helped SciSys, the specialist IT and software firm, finish its first half of 2012 finished more strongly than had been initially expected. The Chippenham-based group, which also has an operation in Bristol, also said it had maintained a solid order book during the period ending 30...
West business leaders need to understand how smartphones are changing the way individuals engage with their products and services – or they risk being left behind by the competition. The warning came from technology expert Richard Hull in an address to senior directors at a recent event staged by Executive Foundation, the leadership and...
Most medium-sized West technology companies have no plans to invest in new overseas markets over the next year, despite major opportunities in the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies. New research from accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton shows domestic investment continues to be the number one priority for ICT businesses with...
