Bath-based international development charity Send a Cow is to receive a boost from actress Jane Horrocks, who is to present a national radio appeal on its behalf. The Lancashire-born star, best known for her roles as Bubble in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, is a long-standing supporter of the charity, which works with families...
Bath businesses will be able to celebrate the Chinese New Year and look ahead to building improved trade links with the country at the regional China Bureau’s annual banquet later this month. The gala on February 27 has become a key event in the business calendar and this time marks the start of the...
Even the biggest brands need to play by the rules – and they don’t come much bigger than McDonald’s. The global burger chain has thousands of trade mark registrations worldwide and spends an eye-watering amount each year maintaining and enforcing them. But in a recent dispute with Irish burger chain Supermac, McDonald’s Mc’d up...
The University of Bath’s reputation as a world-class centre for automotive industry research has moved up another gear after it was awarded major funding to establish a new senior academic training hub. The Doctoral Training Centre (CDT) in Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems has received £5m funding from the government’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...
Small and medium-sized Bath firms thinking of incorporating robotics and smart automation in their business have the opportunity to try out their ideas under a £1m scheme launched by in the West of England. The SABRE Programme, which is based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) on UWE Bristol’s Frenchay Campus, will link businesses...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has strengthened its South West team with the appointment of senior planning specialist Alan Pearce. Alan, pictured, joins LSH’s Bristol office as director of planning and development for the South West and Wales. In his new role he will focus on developing a full planning function across...
Monday February 4 Interims: Ryanair, Alphabet Trading update: AVEVA Economic announcement: Construction PMI (January) Tuesday February 5 Finals: Ocado, St Modwen Properties Interims: BP, Walt Disney, Snap Economic announcement: Services PMI (January) Wednesday February 6 Interims: GlaxoSmithKline, Redrow, Barratt Developments, Chipotle, General Motors Trading updates: Imperial Brands, Grainger, Electrocomponents, Severn Trent Thursday February 7...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week John Courtney, founder and chief executive of Boardroom Advisors, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Favourite. Great fun and I hope Olivia Coleman wins the Oscar. Book you read? I have just...
Far-reaching plans to link Bath with Bristol using a ‘high-frequency mass transit’ scheme are being drawn up to help ease the economic impact of traffic congestion on businesses across the West of England. The ambitious scheme, likely to be more than a decade away even if it gets the green light, would tie in...
Conferences and events worth more than £1m were brought to Bath by The Apex City of Bath Hotel in 2018 – its first full year of trading. The 177-bedroom hotel on James Street West opened in August 2017. The £50m property is the Bath’s largest hotel and only purpose-built city centre conference venue with...
