Medical cannabis company Sativa, the firm behind the Goodbody Wellness retail chain, is poised to become a major player in the fast-growing international cannabinoid (CBD) market after signalling its intention to merge with a specialist Canadian business. Sativa, based at Beckington, near Frome, said the combination with CBD extraction and agriculture specialist Stillcanna Inc....
A new programme to help Bath’s small businesses improve their digital presence has been launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) as it expands its Growth Hub to help firms bounce back from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Trading Better Online programme has been developed in partnership with regional tech...
Low-cost airline easyJet, Bristol Airport’s largest operator, expects to have resumed flights on three-quarters of its routes in August as international lockdowns are lifted in more holiday destinations. The airline announced last week that it will restore the service to a limited number of destinations from Bristol starting on June 15. It now expects...
The public is getting the chance to go online to view – and comment on – Bath’s planned Quays North development, which is poised to transform a high-profile site on the edge of the city centre. The project will regenerate the area around the Avon Street car park site with 176,292 sq ft of...
Sales at online homewares retailer Cox & Cox have more than doubled since the coronavirus outbreak as consumers are forced to spend more time at home. The Frome-based firm, which sells a range of lighting, rugs, textiles and indoor and outdoor furniture, has also chalked up record traffic to its website. Substantial growth was...
Bath firms based in shared offices or flexible workspaces, as well as B&Bs and guest houses, have only a few days left to apply for a grant up to £5,000 from a special business support grant. The Small Business Grants Discretionary Fund was established to support small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak but...
Healthcare workers battling Covid-19 have received more than 80,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) made by University of Bath staff. More than 77,000 face shields have been made by a team from across the university working from a safe lab on campus for local hospitals and healthcare services since the coronavirus pandemic started...
A new life insurance company aiming to disrupt the market has appointed media planning and buying agency Mostly Media to handle its launch. Primas Life has been co-founded by Grant Fowler – chief executive officer and senior solicitor at Harris Fowler, one of the UK’s top firms of personal injury solicitors. The company aims...
Experienced accountant Dan Kenyon has been promoted to the position of director at regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon’s Bath office. Dan, pictured, joined the practice as a trainee over a decade ago. He successfully qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) in 2011 and now supports a wide range of small and medium-sized owner-managed...
A group of Bath Spa University students have created a comedy show to lift the gloom of lockdown – conceiving, writing, filming and editing it while working remotely and with social distancing measures in place. Titled Pulling the Strings, the 30-minute improvised programme has been made by students from the university’s BA (Hons) Film,...
