An experienced chairman and chief executive with a track record of growing IT businesses has been appointed by Bath-based communication technology firm Gradwell as its new chair. John Whitty, pictured, the former CEO of Nottingham-based IT managed group Air IT and Oxford-based communications tech firm Solar Communications, has succeeded Mark Howling who was in the...
A spin-out company from the University of Bath has won a major science award for its world-leading medical devices that use microchip technology to treat critical conditions such as heart failure. Bioelectronic firm Ceryx Medical was formed in 2016 as a joint venture to exploit neuronal technology patented by the University of Bath along...
Truespeed, the Bath-based full fibre broadband provider, is to invest a further £22m in its network, extending it to new 12 areas in the West of England, including parts of Bath. The firm said the rollout was set to bring guaranteed speed, ultrafast and ultra-reliable broadband to a potential further 43,000 properties. Truespeed has...
A campaign to help businesses across the West of England reduce their reliance on dirty fossil fuels and embrace a greener future through simple, practical steps has been launched in Bath. Action Net Zero’s Beacon of Hope initiative will reach out to firms, as well as communities and individuals, to offer them practical advice,...
Truespeed, the Bath based full fibre broadband provider, has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Nelson Missier as its chief commercial officer. With more than 20 years’ experience in telecoms, media and technology, Nelson, pictured, joins Truespeed with a wealth of commercial experience to further accelerate the expansion of its full fibre network across the South West. He...
An IT parts supplier has become the first – and so far only – firm in the UK to receive the highest possible certification for the way it securely handles and disposes of customer’s redundant data. Warminster-based Blackmore, one of more than 100 registered secure IT asset disposal companies in the UK, has been...
A portfolio manager from a major European asset management group has been appointed to the board of Bath-based advanced analytics firm Actual Experience less than a month after its founding chief executive quit with immediate effect. Harmesh Suniara, who works at Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe), has joined Actual Experience as a non-executive director....
The University of Bath has powered up its research and innovation capability by becoming the first UK university to move all possible high performance computing workloads into the cloud. Named ‘Nimbus’, the switch to Microsoft Azure Cloud will rapidly speed up scientific discovery processes and allow researchers to carry out more advanced computationally intensive...
Chris May, the founding director of Bath specialist software house Mayden, has been recognised as one of the UK’s most ambitious business leaders. The 50-strong list, produced by private equity firm LDC, celebrates the inspiring individuals behind some of the UK’s most successful and fast-growing medium-sized firms. Supported by The Times and now in...
Fewer than one in 10 businesses in the South West have confidence in the UK’s economic prospects, with a record 73% fearful over the impact of inflation, according to new survey. At the same time the number of firms concerned about exchange rates has doubled, with a third of exporters suffering a fall-off in...
