High growth Bath IT firm Gradwell has received a £1.15m investment to make its expansion even faster with the aim of becoming four times its current size in just four years. The firm, which provides VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephony and internet services to mainly small businesses, was founded in 1998 by Dr...
Bath businesses are being urged to back a new campaign started by three mums to open a series of 10 public drinking fountains across the city. Love Tap Water (LTW) will launch in April with a prototype fountain in St James’s Rampire, the public space opposite City of Bath College. The idea is to...
Former Barclays Bank regional chairman Simon Moore has been appointed CBI South West regional director. He will act as the voice of business in the region, will be responsible for all CBI South West member companies, and will represent the region’s business leaders on key policy and regulatory issues. His main priorities will include...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com Bristol Rovers have today unveiled detailed plans for their new stadium at the University of the West of England. The club could be playing home matches at ‘The UWE’ at the start of the 2014/15 season if plans to build a new 21,700 all-seater arena next to the Frenchay campus are...
West manufacturers have beaten the downturn by reporting a significant increase in orders and employment during the first three months of this year. And the positive trend looks set to continue with more manufacturers predicting a rise in output, higher orders and – vitally for the area’s economy – additional jobs. The upbeat picture...
The UK’s first Fairtrade business awards are being presented today to firms and organisations from the West that incorporate Fairtrade into their business. The awards, sponsored by The Co-Operative and supported by Bath Business News's sister website Bristol Business News, are being be hosted by BBC newsreader and long-time Fairtrade supporter George Alagiah at...
First Complete, the Chippenham-based mortgage and protection network, has won the Best Mortgage Network award at the prestigious Mortgage Strategy Awards. The firm provides benefits, services and training support to more than 400 firms of financial advisers across the country. Owned by LSL Property Services, one of the UK’s leading residential property services companies,...
The transformation of Bath’s Western Riverside has reached another milestone with the launch of developer Crest Nicholson’s first three show apartments and a permanent marketing suite. More than 100 prospective buyers viewed the apartments at the launch of Liberty Gardens, which is made up of three buildings. The show units – a pair of...
Bath’s cultural champions have been recognised by Arts & Business, the national body encouraging stronger ties between the corporate and cultural worlds. Representatives of the five Bath organisations among the South West ‘champions’ received their certificates at a ceremony in the city’s Holburne Museum from Bath MP Don Foster. Mr Foster said it was...
What tourism brings to Bath & North East Somerset each year: 973,000 staying visitor trips 2,779,000 staying visitor nights £178,637,000 staying visitor spend 3,683,000 day visits £179,355,000 day visitor spend £357,992,000 direct visitor spend £15,689,000 other related spend £373,681,000 total visitor-related spending 8,348 estimated actual employment 6,060 FTE employment 10% proportion of all employment...
