Bath Business News has officially launched its new sister title Creative Business News with a celebration of the West of England’s creativity. The exclusive event was staged aboard the MB Tempora, a former Dutch barge on Bristol’s Floating Harbour and now home to Floating Harbour Studios. The event attracted the cream of the region’s...
Business advisors covering Bath are poised to deal with a wide range of concerns impacting on their clients following the triggering of Article 50 – from employment to tariffs and tax. They say the major worry – and one that is already affecting some firms – is the uncertainty over the status of EU...
The CBI called today’s triggering of Article 50 a “pivotal moment in country’s history” but said early wins were needed in the negotiations with the EU to keep business on side. President Paul Drechsler said the Prime Minister’s commitment to free trade and European values should “hearten those around the table and set a...
Bath area firms have reacted with alarm at the prospect of the UK leaving the single market and customs union, warning they face losing customers or even relocating away from the UK. Their comments are based on their responses to the latest survey conducted by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, and released...
Just over half of West of England firms are either ‘negative’ or ‘very negative’ about the UK leaving the single market and customs union, according to the latest survey by the region’s largest business organisation. Released to coincide with last week’s triggering of Article 50, the results of the Business West survey reveal a...
The importance of the Bath and Bristol area’s tech sector to the local economy has been underlined by a major new report which puts it among the country’s most successful and fastest growing. While the strength of the industry has been highlighted in previous studies, this week’s Tech Nation 2017 report reveals that it...
Bath’s tech and creative businesses will get the opportunity to find out the views of the candidates in May’s West of England Metro Mayoral election at a special hustings next month. All six candidates to declare so far have promised to attend the event and put forward their views on the sectors, which are both key to...
The clock is ticking for Bath directors to enter the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The deadline for the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 is March 31 and organisers are urging Bath’s top executives to get their skates on and submit...
Business organisation the CBI’s director-general Carolyn Fairbairn described today’s Budget as a “breakthrough for skills”. She said: “There has never been a more important time for the UK to sit at the global top table of technical education for young people. “Firms will be looking for ongoing partnership with the government as they try...
