Bath-based fibre-optic infrastructure firm TrueSpeed Communications has received £75m from insurance giant Aviva’s global asset management arm to speed up the roll-out of its network to a further 75,000 homes and businesses in the region. TrueSpeed was set up in 2015 to deliver a fibre-optic infrastructure network across South West. It provides residential and commercial...
Bath health tech firm Mayden’s innovative approach to specialist skills training has been praised by West of England Mayor Tim Bowles after he visited its Widcombe base. Mayden has set up its own academy to run intensive training in coding, software development and project management for potential employees – a move that has not...
Gradwell, the Bath-based communication technology firm, is under new ownership after boutique investor Altitude sold its stake in the business to a buy-in, management buy-out (BIMBO) team. Southampton-based Altitude generated a return of 2.7 times on the £1.15m in Gradwell in 2012, which was made to trigger a phase of significant growth. The BIMBO...
Bath firms operating in areas as diverse as healthcare, interactive digital content and support for games publishers were among the winners at the SPARKies – the awards celebrating the best of the region’s tech sector. Mayden, Designability, Complete Control, Bath:Hacked and Keymailer were up against the cream of tech and digital businesses from across...
Bath’s next generation of healthcare entrepreneurs have learned how to take their cutting-edge technology and business ideas to the next level thanks to an intensive innovation programme. The four-day course brought together health professionals, health and life science academics and small businesses and was delivered by business incubator SETsquared, which is backed by the University of...
Two of Bath’s most exciting hi-tech, high growth potential start-ups have been showcased to big name corporates at a high-profile event in London. The pair took part in the Open Innovation Showcase organised by SETsquared, the global number one university business incubation programme run by a partnership of the universities including Bath. Vaccines Without...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Nick Sturge, South West regional chairman of the Institute of Directors, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I’ve been watching OJ: Made in America, which has...
Diversity in the West of England’s burgeoning tech sector will come under the spotlight at a major event next month. Called DIVERSITY? and taking place on Saturday June 24 at Bristol’s Watershed media centre, it will bring together a wide range of people from across the region who are keen to increase diversity in...
World-class research and a spirit of collaboration have earned the University of Bath a place in a prestigious global ranking of ‘tech challenger’ universities. The university, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, is one of only two UK universities listed by Times Higher Education (THE) in its table. The THE describes tech challenger...
The cream of Bath’s tech and digital cluster have just a week left to submit their nominations for The 2017 SPARKies, the awards showcasing the region’s best start-ups, founders, entrepreneurs and mentors. West of England tech sector group TechSPARK, which stages the awards, has also revealed the line-up of expert judges and announced that...
