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Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed moves by the West of England’s four councils to work together to gain more powers from the Government under its devolution agenda. The leaders of Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), North Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils and Bristol’s elected mayor have...
Bath-based PR agency Geometry has secured two new clients to join its increasingly locally focussed client portfolio. Interaction of Bath and Guyers House Hotel follow the addition of Clarks Village, MF Freeman and the Chippenham BID this year to Geometry’s stable. Milsom Street-based InterAction of Bath was founded in 1991 by Dr David Usher...
Motion capture technology pioneered by the visual entertainment industry will be harnessed to help improve prosthetic limbs for amputees and training of elite athletes in a new research centre based at the University of Bath. The studio for the new £5m Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research & Applications (CAMERA) at the...
A 140-mile walk from Bath to London has raised more than £15,000 to help preserve and reinvigorate Bath’s historic Abbey for future generations. The seven-day trek was organised in aid of Footprint, the £19.3m development scheme to repair the Abbey’s collapsing floor, install an eco-friendly heating system using Bath’s hot springs and create additional...
The House, the Bath-based brand agency, has helped Bath College develop a new vision for a ‘campus of the future’. The House staged a strategy workshop, held at the headquarters of organic diary brand Yeo Valley, which brought together Bath College with a range of local businesses and organisations, including marketers, social enterprises, entrepreneurs,...
Marshfield Bakery managing director Chris Smith, who last month won a regional Institute of Directors (IoD) award for the second year running, is in the running for a national IoD accolade. Chris scooped the title of Best Small Company Director at the South West Director of the Year awards. Last year he landed the...
Chippenham’s Business Improvement District (BID) team of town hosts have taken to the streets to help make the town centre safer and more welcoming for visitors and residents. The three hosts – two full time and one part time – have been trained by the BID to ensure they are knowledgeable and passionate about...
Accountancy firm Monahans, which has five offices in and around Bath, is encouraging the area’s manufacturers to have their say on the effect of the engineering skills gap as part of a major industry survey. The firm is backing the survey, which has been launched by MHA, the association of accountancy and business advisory...
Commercial law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has been reappointed to the National Farmers Union (NFU) legal panel for the South East of England. The firm will continue to provide specialist legal advice to NFU members across the seven counties making up the region for a further three years in farming...
