Construction work is to start this spring on the first new major office development in Bath city centre for three decades – paving the way for the creation of a long-awaited new business quarter for the city. Building group BAM was this week appointed as main contractor for the 45,000 sq ft office scheme...
The Bath-based owner of online celebrity news site Entertainment Daily has snapped up satirical news site The Daily Mash as the first in what is promises to be a series of acquisitions. Digitalbox Publishing also today announced it is to list on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market next month via a £10m reverse takeover...
Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing organisation, has teamed up with students from Bath Spa University to produce a series of videos to support its Feel-Good Bath campaign. Seventy-five BA (hons) film, television and digital production students worked in groups to create the eight films with supporting digital and written content – covering themes...
Bath Business School has developed its first Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and is accepting final applications for its first cohort of students. The two-year part-time MBA Leadership at the school, part of Bath Spa University, has been designed to ensure students will graduate with the skills organisations need today. It is being...
The Bath office of West of England law firm Mogers Drewett is supporting one of the region’s up-and-coming film companies as it prepares for the world premiere of its latest production. Bristol-based Early Day Films’ first feature film Bait has been selected for Berlinale 2019 (the Berlin International Film Festival) and is the...
Bath taxi firm V Cars has partnered with Bath Spa University Students’ Union to ensure its students get home safely after a night out. V Cars will operate the Students’ Union’s Safe Taxi Scheme, which can be used in emergencies between 9pm and 3am seven days a week. The scheme allows students to book a...
Bath-based law firm Mowbray Woodwards has promoted solicitors Nicholas Wragg and Lucy Terrell to associates. Lucy, who joined the firm in 2017 as a solicitor in its family team, has proved to be an outstanding legal practitioner. She has extensive experience in separation and divorce with specialist knowledge of matters involving children and domestic abuse. She also has in-depth experience...
Competition on two popular city break routes from Bristol Airport has increased with the latest announcement of new flights from budget airline Ryanair. The Irish no-frills carrier is to introduce a twice-weekly service to Milan’s Malpensa airport, starting on May 26, as part of its summer 2019 schedule from Bristol. Ryanair already flies to...
Legal experts from the Bath head office of regional law firm Royds Withy King have advised one of the UK’s leading suppliers of agricultural machinery on a key acquisition. T H WHITE, which is based in Devizes, took over the New Holland dealership in Hereford for an undisclosed sum. Specialising in tractors and...
Firms across the West of England will be left on the wrong side of the ‘digital divide’ unless the government takes action to improve connectivity and pave the way for powerful 5G networks. The warning came this week from the CBI, which fears that, with Brexit dominating the political landscape, the need for an...
