Bath-based cloud pioneer Zynstra and SETsquared, the highly-successful business incubator backed by the University of Bath, have been named among the winners in the Sparkies, the region’s tech sector ‘Oscars’. The awards, staged at Bath’s Komedia last week, emphasised the West of England’s growing role as one of the UK’s most innovative regions and...
Respected national marketing agency Marcom Marketing Communications has closed its London office and shifted its business focus to Bath after 24 years of trading mainly in the capital. Changes in the industry – combined with Bath’s growing reputation as a creative city in its own right – means it feels it no longer needs...
Underground home car parking system firm Cardok UK and specialist property developer Nitor Investments have made their first move in what they hope will be a parking revolution in Bath. The two city-based firms are working together to add Cardok’s revolutionary space-saving electro-hydraulic car lift parking system to a five-bedroom family home in Hermitage...
Bath-based international media group Future has been named as the online publisher most likely to be visited by UK males ages 25 to 34 – a key demographic for advertisers of gadgets and technology. According to comScore MMX Multi-Platform, which analyses digital audiences, men between these ages are 97% more likely to visit Future...
Bath creative agency Mr B & Friends has partnered with UKTI South West, the regional arm of the Government’s export advice service, to host a half-day workshop next week for businesses looking to develop their brand in international markets. The event, called Advanced Brand Management: How to maximise competitive advantage, is aimed at helping...
The impact of the impending EU-US trade agreement on business in the West of England will be discussed next week by a high-powered expert panel in Bristol. The breakfast event, hosted by accountancy firm Grant Thornton, will look at the ground-breaking Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which aims to remove trade barriers between...
Bath’s iconic Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa has appointed former general manager of the city’s Thermae Spa, Jonathan Stapleton, as its new general manager. The prestigious 46-room, five-star hotel, owned since 2012 by Topland Group, has recently undergone a significant renovation and meticulous restoration process, reopening its doors as a ‘British icon reborn’. Jonathan,...
Novum Law, the national firm specialising in serious injury and medical negligence with an office in Bath, has won a £4m High Court settlement for a young Wiltshire man after an eight-year legal battle. Paul Vallance suffered a serious brain injury following a head-on car crash on a country road near Swindon when he...
Monday 3 November Trading statements: HSBC, Telecity AGMs: Abcam, Plutus Powergen EGM: New World Resources Economics: Markit UK Purchasing managers’ index – manufacturing, Halifax house prices Tuesday 4 November Interims: Advanced Computer Software, DCC Finals: Associated British Foods, Imperial Tobacco Trading statements: 888 Holdings, Biome Technologies, Hilton Food Group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Legal &...
Family lawyer David Harper of regional firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, is preparing to run the New York Marathon this weekend – just four months after being treated for testicular cancer. David, pictured, will join an estimated 60,000 runners on the start line on Staten Island on Sunday to take part...
