Bath coding bootcamp Mayden Academy has been named as the sixth best in the world in a survey based on the views of more than 20,000 student and alumni. The 2021 Best Coding Bootcamp Rankings, by independent trainer ratings website SwitchUp, also took into account more than 500 technology bootcamps in operation across the...
Bath-based family-run toy firm Buddy & Barney is looking to generate £350,000 in sales over the next five years in the US after tapping into the country’s lucrative educational toys market. The firm was founded four years ago by toy industry veteran Jeremy Boreham and named after his two children – who he says...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has added further strength and depth to its private client offering with the appointment of two experienced legal specialists. Senior associate Karen Perugini, pictured, right, and solicitor Harriet Burt, left, will work within the firm’s growing succession and tax team. Karen has 18 years’...
Bath-based housing association Curo is to help speed up the delivery of vital new homes across the South of England through a new partnership funded by the government’s housing agency Homes England. Curo, which manages more than 13,000 homes across the region and builds hundreds of new ones a year, has received £51.1m to...
Bath-based construction and property development group Halsall has two new directors as a result of internal promotions. Tim Lakeman, pictured left, has taken on the position of commercial director for Halsall’s construction business while Ben Jones, right, will become finance director of both Construction and Halsall’s joint venture development arm, Halsall Homes. Both promotions form part...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Winter Economic Plan: Self-employed support The government will keep the SEISS open until April 30 next year. Find out more here Winter Economic Plan: How will it affect UK businesses? Chancellor announces more support measures for UK...
Bath will be promoted as a world-class location for dynamic and successful companies and their talented employees in a new campaign launched yesterday. As the first part of the initiative, a new website – www.bathunlimited.org – has gone live which showcases the achievements of some of the area’s biggest and most successful businesses. The...
An £8m skills programme to help Bath businesses plan and respond to their workforce needs – particularly those triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic – is being launched by the West of England Combined Authority. Called Workforce for the Future, the free service will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify and address their skills needs...
The dedicated social care team at Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised on the sale of a care home with an ‘outstanding’ Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating. Ridgeway House in Bristol, pictured, is an independently and family-operated care home providing specialist care for individuals with learning disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome...
Regional law firm Mogers Drewett, which has an office in Bath, has strengthened its residential property team with the appointment of Patrick Brady as business development manager Patrick, pictured, joins from property agency Savills’ Salisbury office, where he has been director and head of residential sales for just over three years. He has nearly...
