Automotive sector learning and development agency RTS Group has appointed Mark Smith as its new chief executive to drive further growth at the 30-year-old business. Mark, pictured, joins the firm, based at Notton, near Chippenham, after a career that began in consumer magazines – including editing the official magazines for Arsenal and Liverpool...
A new generation of academics specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) is to be trained by the University of Bath under a programme aimed at keeping the UK at the forefront of the disruptive technology. The university will lead one of 16 new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) announced today, creating the experts of tomorrow...
Shares in Bath-based media group Future shot up to their highest-ever price last week after its directors told investors they expect its financial results to be “significantly ahead” of market expectations this year. Future, which has its shares listed on the London Stock Exchange, has achieved strong growth recently following a root-and-branch restructuring five...
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Bath’s buoyant economy will help the West of England become one of Europe’s fastest-growing city-regions for job creation over the next three years with thousands of new posts in the digital and creative sectors, according to a new economic forecast. By adding forecasts for Bath’s economy to those for its larger neighbour Bristol, the...
Bath media group Future has bought two cycling titles back from rival publisher Immediate as it looks to expand its presence in the sport and leisure market. The acquisition of Cycling News and Procycling Magazine comes five years after Future sold them along with most of its sports, craft and hobby magazines and websites...
Ambitious redevelopment plans for Twerton High Street and Bath City FC’s home ground are to go on show to the public. Following more than a year of community and stakeholder engagement, the latest designs for the scheme, which will transform the shopping area of Twerton into a new thriving focal point for the community,...
Hundreds of retailers across Bath and North East Somerset are being invited to apply for a discount to their business rate bills which could cut them by a third. The government announced in its Autumn Budget that over the next two financial years – 2019/20 and 2020/21 – retail premises with rateable values of...
Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel has welcomed the first student onto its chef apprenticeship programme, designed to develop the next generation of culinary professionals. Nineteen-year-old Jacob Poynton, pictured, has been enrolled on the bespoke scheme at the five-star, 131-room hotel, which offers students the chance to gain experience in a commercial kitchen environment while completing...
Independent design-led housebuilder Backhouse has sold the first homes at its landmark residential development in Somerset as it looks to shake up the market and create vibrant communities. Box-based Backhouse was founded in 2016 by former City investment banker Theodore Backhouse and ex-Devonshire Homes MD Steve Russell with a mission to develop aspirational...
