Bath area firms are being urged to join a scheme that aims to bridge a digital divide made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic by refurbishing laptops and donating them to disadvantaged families. Wiltshire Digital Drive was launched last year by a group of businesses in Bath and West Wiltshire working on a pro bono...
A graduate of Bath Spa University has won an international 3D printing competition, landing $25,000 (£18,350) worth of investment to turn his idea for a special motorbike bracket into reality. Heath Townsend discovered his passion for problem solving while studying for a BA (Hons) at Bath Spa. He has since gone on to launch...
Monday January 11 Trading announcements: Abcam, Signature Aviation Group AGM: Honye Financial Services Tuesday January 12 Interims: Accrol Group Holdings, Games Workshop Group, Gateley (Holdings) Trading announcements: Ferrexpo, JD Sports Fashion, Nichols, Rathbone Bros, THG Plc, Vistry Group, XP Power AGMs: Carr’s Group, Myanmar Inv International Wednesday January 13 Final: Shoe Zone Interim: Kromek Group Q4 result: PageGroup Trading announcements: Just Eat, Persimmon,...
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s policy of limiting new student accommodation around the city has been dealt a blow after a planning inspector gave the go-ahead for a scheme on a former industrial site. The council had refused permission for the development, pictured, on the Plumb Center site on Locksbrook Road in August...
Twenty-one firms that represent Bath’s innovative business culture and talented workforce will be highlighted this year as the city’s Bath Unlimited campaign is stepped up. Bath Unlimited was launched last October to support the city’s Invest in Bath inward investment arm in attracting businesses to the area by celebrating some of its dynamic, successful,...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Furlough scheme extended to April Government-backed loans will also run until March. Click here for details New grants to help hardest-hit firms survive lockdown Treasury confirms grants of up to £9,000 per property are available. Find out...
Innovative Bath firms and freelancers with creative technology projects focused on post-Covid renewal and recovery are being invited to apply for grants of between £500 and £5,000. The grants, which total £20,000, are being offered by The Studio at Palace Yard Mews, Bath Spa University’s enterprise and innovation hub, and are aimed at freelancers,...
An inspirational Bath-based entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist will talk about her career – including building up and selling Europe’s first holiday rental website – in a webinar to be hosted by financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson. Marcelle Speller OBE, pictured, is appearing at the online event, called An Entrepreneur’s Journey Through Business to Impact, at 5pm next Tuesday, January 12. She launched holiday-rentals.com, which advertised private holiday...
Environmental development firm Engain is preparing for what could be its busiest year since it was formed in 2003 with a new director in post and the planned appointment of two senior consultants. The Frome-based firm, which specialises in projects involving the environment, ecology and climate change, expects to deal with a raft of...
Malachy McReynolds, the chair of regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance, is to step down in March after five years in the role. He will be replaced by Christine Allison, a former lead economist for the World Bank, who has been a non-executive director of SWIG Finance for the past three-and-a-half years. During that...
