Monthly Archives: January 2012

Bath businesses losing millions each day through broadband failure

January 24, 2012
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Dr Peter Gradwell, Founder and MD of Gradwell, has opened a 'telecoms clinic' to advise local businesses (medium res)

A fifth of Bath firms suffer from their business going offline, on average, once a month through broadband failures and a lack of back-up services. The combined cost to these small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a staggering £1.8m a day, according to research carried out by Bath-based internet service provider Gradwell. Some 2,400...

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Plan for Bath’s creative and technology hub to go before Govt inspector

January 24, 2012
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Plans to develop a much-needed centre for Bath’s creative and technology firms are to go to before a Government planning inspector. Developer St James’s Investments (SJI) is working with Tesco to regenerate the historic Bath Press site on Lower Bristol Road as a mixed-use scheme with workshops and studios for creative businesses. SJI has...

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Creative Bath – Brand and Deliver: Why great branding should be more than just a logo

January 23, 2012
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Branding must be different, relevant and trusted to stand out from the crowd and deliver real business benefits, those attending the latest Creative Bath event heard. The message came from Steven Fuller, creative director of award-winning Bath brand agency The House, and was echoed by other speakers at the Brand and Deliver event. Steven...

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Meet the Press breakfast to kick off series of business events at Ston Easton Park

January 23, 2012
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Luxury hotel Ston Easton Park is launching a series of breakfast events for business leaders and owners to gather and exchange ideas, starting with an invitation to Meet the Press. Speaking at the event on February 9 will be Robert Buckland, editor of Bath Business News and its sister titles Bristol Business News and...

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WITHY KING DIRECTORS’ BRIEFING

January 23, 2012
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WITHY KING DIRECTORS’ BRIEFING

Bath law firm Withy King provides a round-up of a few of the latest legal developments which may affect directors, in business as well as their private lives.  Tax implications for homeowners After MPs got caught ‘flipping’ their homes for a CGT (Capital Gains Tax) advantage, it must have grated. Chancellor George Osborne announced...

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Bath boffins on crest of a wave with marine energy launch

January 23, 2012
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Expertise from Bath is to play a key role in the UK’s first marine energy park, which was launched today. The University of Bath’s department of mechanical engineering and its centre for sustainable power distribution, which is working on renewable power generation, are involved in research for the South West Marine Energy Park (MEP),...

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Travel: Want to try a new winter sport? Go back to your youth . . .

January 20, 2012
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Travel: Want to try a new winter sport? Go back to your youth . . .

The Olympic flame comes to Bristol and Bath this summer. But Olympic stars of the future are on the slopes of Austria at the Youth Winter Olympics, near Innsbruck, this week. Inspired, Travel Editor Anne Gorringe puts herself to the test in the Austrian resort of Bad Hofgastein . . . A mountain hut...

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SciSys predicting further growth after active 2011

January 20, 2012
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SciSys is likely to enjoy further growth in sales, profits and net margins in 2012, the company said in a pre-close trading statement. The Chippenham-based firm, which has a major base in Bristol, is a leading developer of information and communications technology services, e-business and advanced technology solutions serving the media broadcast, space, government...

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Mulberry bucks retail trend with fruitful Christmas

January 19, 2012
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Luxury fashion brand Mulberry continues to shine through the global gloom with strong demand for its upmarket handbags and leather accessories, particularly over the the six-week Christmas trading period. Mulberry, which has 86 stores and concessions worldwide, says retail sales for the six weeks to January 14 were up 41% while like-for-like sales climbed...

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Prestigious Business of the Year Awards 2012 launched

January 19, 2012
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The West of England Business of the Year Awards, the most prestigious business accolades in the region, have been launched by accountants PwC. The awards are now in their 24th year with the roll call of previous winners reading like a who’s who of the West’s best business elite including major companies such as...

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