Bath-based media group Future has extended its reach into the specialist consumer market by acquiring five titles from rival publisher Haymarket, including the world’s biggest football magazine FourFourTwo. Future, which has shuffled its portfolio of titles over recent years through a raft of acquisitions and disposals, is to pay up to £14m for...
Entrepreneurs have until tomorrow to enter the prestigious Institute of Directors South West Director of the Year Awards, the region’s top accolades for boardroom excellence. Three new categories have been added this year, taking the total to nine and giving directors more chance to claim one of the top awards. The new categories are...
Expert insights into sales and marketing, team engagement and building a business into a saleable asset will this Friday show how to take their business to the next level at an event aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises. The South West Business Growth Summit is being staged by ActionCOACH, the world’s number one business...
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The number of visitors to The Roman Baths & Pump Room has leapt to record numbers, passing 1.3m for the first time last year and lifting it three places in the table of the UK’s most-visited attractions. Figures released today by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) show The Roman Baths, pictured, &...
Hundreds of Bath businesses were beating path to the city’s Assembly Rooms today as the Bath Business Expo got under way. More than 600 people registered to attend the high-profile event - one of the biggest of its kind between Bristol and Swindon. Organisers expect today’s expo to be bigger and better than...
Novia Financial, the Bath-based wealth management firm, has set up its own charity foundation to primarily support projects that aim to improve and help the lives of people in the city and its surroundings. The Novia Foundation, which has been accepted on the Register of Charities, was created to mark 10 years since...
Steel stockist and supplier Avon Steel, which was rescued from a cashflow crisis four months ago, has secured a £2m invoice finance facility as it looks to take advantage of an expected resurgence for the industry. Demand for UK steel is forecast to grow in the face of rising import prices. The government’s Industrial Strategy...
Andrews Property Group, the Keynsham-headquartered estate agency and housing business, has landed an independent seal of excellence in recognition of its customer service. The firm, which has nearly 60 estate agent offices across the South of England, earned the Feefo Trusted Service Award for its delivery of exceptional experiences, as rated by customers. Andrews...
IT support firm Systemagic has appointed Harriet Brooks as operations manager as it maintains the strong growth it achieved in 2017. Harriet, pictured, joins the Bradford on Avon-based firm with more than six years’ experience managing support teams. She arrives from Dyson’s Malmesbury head office, where she led its IT services desk team. She has also...
