The UK’s first app-only energy brand Pure Planet has relocated to Bath from Bristol as it prepares for a period of rapid growth. The firm, which was launched in Bristol last spring by some of the UK mobile telecoms industry’s most experienced executives, said it was attracted to Bath by the city’s “dynamic tech...
Small and medium-sized businesses in the Bath area can benefit from research and development grants of up £75,000 under the University of the West of England’s (UWE Bristol) relaunched Innovation 4 Growth (I4G) grant funding programme. The popular initiative, which recently opened for the fifth time, pledges a total of £650,000 in funding. ...
A Midsomer Norton businessman’s ambition to cut drink-driving accidents has been strengthened following the sale of his company to a major fleet management firm. Former motorsports industry executive David Whittock set up Alcolock GB in 2006 after seeing a niche in the market for a device that could help stem the increasing number of...
Chippenham-based specialist manufacturer Fascia Graphics has been acquired by the UK design arm of CCL Industries, the world’s largest label maker, in a $9.3m (£6.58m) deal. Fascia has grown into the UK’s leading supplier of screen printed labels, membrane keypads and graphic overlays since it was established in 1994. It operates from a...
Outstanding business leaders and entrepreneurs from the Bath area are being urged to enter the region’s top awards recognising excellence in the boardroom. Launched this week, the Institute of Directors South West Director of the Year Awards 2018 showcase the wealth of executive talent and leadership across the region. New categories have been added...
The University of Bath has officially launched the UK’s first business acceleration hub dedicated to helping set up and grow a new generation of innovative small firms in the sustainable technologies sector. The Sustainable Technologies Business Acceleration Hub, based in the university’s existing city centre innovative unit, aims to develop more than 130 small...
Thousands of businesses across Bath & North East Somerset are to be connected to an ultrafast full-fibre broadband network that promises some of the UK’s fastest speeds. The project is the result of a £10.3m investment deal signed by publicly funded body Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) with Oxfordshire-based ultrafast broadband provider Gigaclear. It...
Award-winning Bath animation and design studio A Large Evil Corporation has been taken over by major US pop-culture products firm Funko in a $4m (£2.98m) deal. A Large Evil Corporation – also known as Evilcorp – was launched in 2006 and has created animated commercials for brands such as Gu, Greenpeace, Now TV and...
Three of Bath’s most innovative tech businesses are hoping for investment after taking part in a pitch event for £20m funding in London. The annual Accelerating Growth Investment Showcase staged by the SETsquared incubator network was this year attended by around 150 investors, all eager to back high-growth businesses. The three Bath firms –...
Frome-based DNA Worldwide, which uses state-of-the-art technology to develop new DNA testing services, has been crowned the country’s best small business in one of the UK’s most prestigious business awards schemes. The fast-growing firm scooped the Small Business of the Year title at the British Chambers of Commerce’s annual Chamber Business Awards 2017, with...
