Bath-based advanced analytics firm Actual Experience has taken on another non-executive director as it continues to rebuild its board following major changes last year including the sudden departure of its founding chief executive. Barry Hoffman, who has more than 20 years’ experience in strategic and operational Human Resources roles in the technology and real estate sectors,...
A business launched by two former schoolfriends from Bath has raised £1m from its first investment round to market its pioneering wearable workplace safety technology. Spacebands is on a mission to improve workplace safety by using its technology to prevent accidents, injuries and deaths in hazardous environments. Initially seeking seed investment of £600,000, it has now received £1m...
An IT services and solutions company has set its sights on hitting a turnover of £10m within three years after growing by 50% over the past 12 months, moving office and taking on more staff. Mintivo relocated from the centre of Chippenham to the edge of nearby National Trust village of Lacock last year and...
Business West is to mark International Women’s Day with an event celebrating the region’s female entrepreneurs and focusing on the importance of promoting gender equity in business. A panel of five inspirational women from the region will discuss a range of topics at the event on 8 March, such as how business leaders can...
Two schoolfriends who started their online furniture business aged just 18 are looking for a new phase of international growth after its sales soared to nearly £17m within seven years. Monty George and Dan Beckles launched Furniturebox when they saw a gap in the market for selling furniture online. It expanded rapidly during Covid...
Bath businesses can benefit from free soft skills training following new research showing their importance in the modern workplace. Business West, the regional business group that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, has worked with the West of England Institute of Technology (WEIoT) to launch a new soft skills certificate with modules including digital skills for...
A Bath firm developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed has secured more than £3m to take its technology another step closer to everyday use. Sustainable biotech business Kelpi invented the unique compostable material to replace single-use fossil fuel plastics, which take hundreds of years to decompose. The seed round, led by Bristol-based specialist...
A new way to make money from dairy farm waste is to be commercialised by a start-up business founded by a former University of Bath mechanical engineering student. Frome-based BioFactory secured funding from Innovate UK and Defra for a 12-month feasibility study via the Farming Innovation Programme after developing a modular anaerobic digester (AD). ...
A spin-out company from the University of Bath is set to develop ultralight and low-carbon next-generation materials for the aerospace and automotive industries. Aerogel Core has been set up by engineers from the university to specialise in products containing innovative and environmentally friendly aerogels for use in soundproofing and heat shielding. The team’s research...
Bath-based education technology company DoodleLearning has been championed in a prestigious US awards scheme for its revolutionary maths app. Designed to be used for just 10 minutes a day by children aged from four to 14, the DoodleMaths app uses the latest advances in learning and motivational psychology to raise attainment and boost confidence...
