SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has landed a £2m contract to supply groundbreaking radio technology to a major UK radio broadcaster. SciSys’ dira! system incorporates next-generation technology to enable ‘cloud-hosted’ local radio production and infrastructure. It includes virtualised studios which only require the bare minimum of equipment installed locally to produce and broadcast....
Denise O’Leary, founder of Chippenham-based consultancy Purpol Marketing, has been named as a finalist in the prestigious national Women in Construction Awards. The awards, which take place on March 23, provide a showcase for the brightest and the best female achievers in the construction and built environment industries. Denise, pictured, who founded Purpol Marketing...
M4 corridor commercial law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has advised the shareholders of specialist timber importer and merchant T Brewer on its acquisition by UK and Ireland-based building materials business Grafton Group. T. Brewer has been supplying timber to the London and the Home Counties construction markets since 1888. It...
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Bath’s first major office development for more than 20 years has been given the go-ahead after councillors overruled objections to the scheme from their own officers. The 113,000 sq ft grade A office development at Pinesgate on Lower Bristol Road will help Bath overcome its marked shortage of employment space – an issue property...
A gaming app to incentivise people to report issues in their neighbourhood and a website aimed at driving down costs in public buildings were among the bright ideas to emerge from last weekend’s Bath:Hacked event. Around 35 people attended the event staged in conjunction with Bath Digital Festival, a week-long celebration of the area’s...
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett has become a senior corporate partner of The Forever Friends Appeal Cancer Care Campaign having raised £25,000. The firm joins an exclusive group as the second senior corporate partner in support of the new cancer centre at Bath’s Royal United Hospital. To celebrate its achievement Mogers Drewett will receive...
Two of the leading women in Bath’s business community have given insights into their career journeys and how they use their skills to champion local business at the city’s second Women in Leadership conference. Bath Business Improvement District (BID) chief executive Louise Prynne and Louise Fradd, Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) strategic...
Bath communications firm AgencyUK has continued its growth by winning contracts with three elite sports-related businesses ahead of this year’s Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. The agency has been developing its expertise with performance sports brands since 2014 and will soon announce more Olympic-related contracts. The first three brands – Ride Smart, Jon Pitts...
Independent brewery Bath Ales has reintroduced its popular seasonal light ale Golden Hare on draught as spring approaches. The brewery – based between Bath and Bristol at Warmley – describes the beer as having ‘fresh and zesty flavours’ to coincide with the lighter evenings. It said sales of Golden Hare were very strong last...
