Students at Bath Spa University studying for an MA in Children’s Publishing have teamed up with inclusive children’s publisher Knights Of to create an e-book edition of a debut novel. A Kind of Spark by neurodivergent Scottish author Elle McNicoll tells the story of 11-year-old Addie’s campaign for a memorial of the witch trials...
Monday June 29 Finals: Advanced Oncotherapy, Anexo Group, Equals Group, GB Group, Victoria Oil & Gas Economic announcements: Current account, Gross domestic product, M4 money supply, Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit Tuesday June 30 Finals: Aseana Properties, Catenae Innovation, Civitas Social Housing, D4T4 Solutions, Solid State, Sysgroup Interims: Cloudcoco, On The Beach Economic announcement: Nationwide...
Both of Bath’s universities are to play key roles in a major new project aimed at making the South West an international trailblazer in screen-based media. The MyWorld initiative could generate more than 700 jobs across the region through new digital formats and technologies, creating innovative experiences across fiction, documentary, games, and live performance. ...
Bristol Airport has launched a campaign to guide passengers through coronavirus-related safety measures it has introduced ahead of international flights resuming this weekend. Budget airline Ryanair re-starts a number of its services tomorrow, including to Alicante and Malaga in Spain, while rival easyJet is to operate flights on half its 72 routes from Bristol...
Integrating a spate of acquisitions over recent years helped push annual profits at Chase de Vere, the national independent financial advice firm with an office in Bath, to a record high. Profits came in 23% up at £13.03m for 2019 – its sixth consecutive year of profitability – on a 5.8% sales increase to...
Developers are seeking to demolish a former industrial building on Bath’s Lower Bristol Road now used as a charity warehouse to build a £10m mixed-use scheme with commercial space and student housing. Bath-based property firm Longacre has teamed up with Welsh developer and investor Watkin Property Ventures to submit the plans to Bath &...
Clean energy group Good Energy has taken effective control of Zap-Map, the popular app for the UK’s 300,000 electric vehicle (EV) drivers in which it bought a minority stake last year. Chippenham-based Good Energy snapped up a 12.9% share in Zap-Map’s parent company Next Green Car in March last year for just over £1m...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Could the Chancellor cut taxes for businesses? Temporary measures set to be announced in early July ‘fiscal event’. Click here to find out more What to expect from a tax investigation As HMRC...
An online service promising impartial financial advice for Bath firms on funding options has been launched by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation. According to Business West, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, its Finance Hub will be free from confusing jargon or any hard sell, enabling businesses to decide what sort of...
More frequent train services in the Bath area are a step closer following the expansion of a major project aimed at improving rail links and easing overcrowding across the West of England. The MetroWest scheme proposed by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) – which includes Bath & North East Somerset Council –...
