Raffling a day off work, dress-down days and a bake-off style cake sale helped staff at Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards raise £3,200 for local charity Mentoring Plus. Mowbray Woodwards, a member of the Bath Percent Club - which aims to encourage charitable giving among local businesses - was introduced to the charity at one of its...
Staff in the Bath area’s most cheerful offices and workspaces are being urged to showcase what makes them so special as the region’s unique happiest workplace contest gets underway for the third year. Staged by workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA and supported by Bath Business News and its sister titles, the Happiest...
Estate agency and property group Andrews has met its target of raising £70,000 to kick-start an ambitious, innovative and enduring social housing project. The Keynsham-headquartered group launched the scheme last year to mark its 70th anniversary. It has now bought and refurbished the first home as part of the initiative which is aimed at...
A shortage of quality industrial property in the region led to competitive bidding for a sought-after unit on a popular business park. Family-run metal fabricating firm De Marchi Engineering beat off stiff competition to acquire the long leasehold interest of Unit 1 Bumpers Way in Chippenham after property agents Alder King and Strettons invited...
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first – and last – Spring Budget on March 8 as the tax policy-making process will move over to a single main Autumn Budget later this year with a Spring Statement expected in 2018, writes Pearson May partner Nick Oliver. Possibly as a result of this, and with one...
Diversity in creativity was placed firmly at the top of the agenda as leaders of the West of England’s creative sector gathered to celebrate the official launch of Creative Business News. A joint venture between Bath Business News and its associated titles in Bristol and Swindon and communications agency Purplefish, Creative Business News is...
Bath’s long-awaited Quays South development – which will create a much-needed new business centre for the city – has received planning permission despite the 11th-hour withdrawal of key partner, defence consultancy BMT. Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES), which is leading the flagship development with regeneration specialists TCN, give the ambitious scheme the...
Each fortnight Creative Business News gives a prominent member of the region’s creative sector the chance to reflect on their career, their work and their ambitions by answering 10 questions about themselves. Name: Robert Craven Job Title: Managing director, principal consultant, author Current Company: The Directors’ Centre Ltd Age: Wrong side of 40 My...
Today’s young people are interested in – and worried about – much the same as previous generations despite the explosion of social media and on-demand information, according to new research revealed to South West marketers and business leaders. But the way brands can engage with youth has changed dramatically, a global study on youth...
Innovative online publisher SelectScience, which specialises in the science industry, is projecting growth of 30% this year on the back of 25% expansion in 2016. The firm also plans to grow its 40-strong global workforce, with further roles created in its multi-disciplinary teams at its Corston head office near Bath. SelectScience provides vital information...
