Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

August 7, 2023
4246855-calendar3-150x1501

Monday August 7 Interim: PageGroup Economic announcement: Halifax house price index Tuesday August 8 Final: SDI Group Interims: TI Fluid Systems, Rotork, Glencore, InterContinental Hotels Group, Abrdn, IWG, SIG, Zotefoams, H&T Group, Lunglife AI Economic announcement: BRC sales monitor Wednesday August 9 Final: Hargreaves Services Interims: TP ICAP Group, Hill & Smith, Plaza Centers, Coca-Cola HBC, Bank of Cyprus Holdings, CLS...

Read more »

The LAST WORD: Duncan McKerracher, head of tech, Aer Studios

August 4, 2023
The LAST WORD: Duncan McKerracher, head of tech, Aer Studios

Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week Duncan McKerracher, head of tech at Aer Studios, answers our 10 questions.  What was the LAST: Film you watched? My family is working their way through Star Wars and we recently watched Return of the...

Read more »

From sex toys to lost balls! Lovehoney co-founder’s new gadget aims to bring pleasure to golfers

August 4, 2023
From sex toys to lost balls! Lovehoney co-founder’s new gadget aims to bring pleasure to golfers

One of the co-founders of Bath global success story Lovehoney is teeing up a new business venture – this time in the more conservative world of golf. Richard Longhurst started sexual wellness firm Lovehoney in 2002 with £4,500 savings after leaving his job as a magazine editor at Future Publishing in Bath. By the...

Read more »

Firms urged to get their grey matter into gear for this year’s Julian House Brain of Bath quiz

August 4, 2023
Firms urged to get their grey matter into gear for this year’s Julian House Brain of Bath quiz

Bath homeless charity Julian House is inviting the city’s firms to sharpen up their wits and enter a team for this year’s Brain of Bath quiz. The annual event, now in its 22nd year, is a major fundraiser for the charity as well as a source of intense – but friendly – rivalry between...

Read more »

South West firms’ confidence rebounds faster than in other UK regions, new survey shows

August 4, 2023
South West firms’ confidence rebounds faster than in other UK regions, new survey shows

Confidence levels among businesses in the South West have bounced back from the gloom of earlier this year – making the region one of only two to register an increase in optimism. Overall confidence rose five points last month to 34%, while companies in the region became far more upbeat about their own business...

Read more »

£2m fund launched to plug skills gaps across the West of England – from chefs to welders

August 4, 2023
£2m fund launched to plug skills gaps across the West of England – from chefs to welders

Bath area employers are being invited to take part in a new £2m programme that will support hundreds of individuals across the West of England to learn new skills. The scheme, launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), is designed to plug the skills gaps in the region that are slowing the...

Read more »

ADVERTISE HERE

Reach tens of thousands of senior business people across the Bath area for just £75 a month. Email info@bath-business.net for more information.