Calling all PAs – and their bosses. Bath Business News is looking for the PAs who go the extra mile in helping their organisations reach their potential, who make a real difference to their managers and who play key roles in delivering excellence in the workplace. Bath Business News and its partner websites Bristol...
Bath University has appointed former Sony marketing director Tim Kaner to the new post of director of marketing & communications. The role includes responsibility developing the university brand and managing its corporate communications, imaging design and print service, marketing and web services. Tim, who took up the post today, brings more than two decades’...
The cafe and bar chain behind Bath’s Cosy Club has secured a £16m investment to help more than double its outlets to 50 over the next three to five years. Loungers opened its first site in Bristol in 2002 and now has 20 Lounges – five in Bristol – and three Cosy Clubs in...
Interest rates have been pegged at 0.5% by the Bank of England for another month. The Bank also said there would be no change to its quantitative easing (QE) programme which aims to get money into the economy. Rates have been at 0.5% since March 2009 as the long hoped for economic recovery fails...
Jelf, the independent consultancy which provides a broad range of insurance, financial services and employee benefits to corporates and individuals, says it "has enjoyed a positive start to the year" and is trading in line with expectations. The Yate-based consultancy has a major office in Bath and more than 30 branches throughout England and...
Bath-based architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios have been chosen to design the new home for The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA). The new museum and archive centre in London will give access to the BPMA’s unique collections of 400 years of postal, social and design history, including photographs, posters, vehicles, pillar boxes, employment...
The pretty marina at La Grande Motte Want to work out those abs but hate the gym? Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE jumps on board for the latest water sport…. Concentrating all my efforts on keeping my balance as I paddle my way across the ripples of an azure sea the peace and calm...
Work has started on the largest-ever scheme to modernise signalling on the Great Western railway line through Bath. When completed, the four-year £350m improvements to the 1960s signalling infrastructure could help cut delays by 50%. The upgrade is vital to prepare for electrification of the line between London and the West and forms part...
Regional renewable energy group Regen SW has hit a new milestone – 200 organisations have joined within just 15 months to support its mission to enable ground-breaking renewable energy projects and low carbon jobs. This achievement comes as new figures show renewable energy share of electricity generated jumped from 7% to 9.5% across the...
Bath’s Holburne Museum has won a special award in the prestigious Civic Trust Awards, which recognise the best new architecture and design. The museum collected the Michael Middleton Award for its new extension, designed by Eric Parry Architects. The award is presented annually to a restoration project or new build within a conservation area....
