Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week Duncan McKerracher, head of tech at Aer Studios, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? My family is working their way through Star Wars and we recently watched Return of the...
Bath homeless charity Julian House is inviting the city’s firms to sharpen up their wits and enter a team for this year’s Brain of Bath quiz. The annual event, now in its 22nd year, is a major fundraiser for the charity as well as a source of intense – but friendly – rivalry between...
Confidence levels among businesses in the South West have bounced back from the gloom of earlier this year – making the region one of only two to register an increase in optimism. Overall confidence rose five points last month to 34%, while companies in the region became far more upbeat about their own business...
Bath area employers are being invited to take part in a new £2m programme that will support hundreds of individuals across the West of England to learn new skills. The scheme, launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), is designed to plug the skills gaps in the region that are slowing the...
One of the UK’s largest regional fund managers has opened a West of England office to provide finance to small and medium-sized business through the British Business Bank’s new £200m South West Investment Fund. FW Capital will manage the debt finance fund for the north of the region, providing commercial loans of £100,000 to £2m...
This year’s TEDxBath is shaping up to be the best yet, according to its organisers as they prepare to announce 2023’s line-up. Taking place at The Forum on Saturday 14 October, will feature six speakers and two acts and, according to the team behind it, generate unlimited ideas. TEDx events, which are held across...
Unlimited Potential, the Bath networking group for young professionals, celebrated its first birthday with a party at Japanese restaurant Robun. The group was set up by Bath Unlimited, the organisation that celebrates the city’s most dynamic, successful, world-class companies and their talented employees, to bring together under-35s who are contributing to Bath’s development as a...
Bath-based financial services firm Novia has hosted a mentoring day aimed at encouraging more girls to explore job opportunities in fintech ahead of considering their career paths. The firm teamed up with Ablaze, an independent Bristol-based charity tackling inequality of opportunity for young people in the South West, to stage the event for a...
Bath software developer Rocketmakers has triumphed for the second year in a row at The SPARKies, the awards that champion the best of the West of England’s tech and digital community. Held in Bath’s Parade Gardens last week, the annual awards are staged by TechSPARK, the information hub for all things tech in Bristol,...
Growth capital investment group BGF’s South West team backed fast-growth businesses to the tune of £40m during the first half of this year as the region continued to provide fresh opportunities for funding. Capital investments were made across a diverse range of sectors including technology, healthcare, engineering and manufacturing. Among the deals were Bristol-based healthcare...
