Bristol Airport has invested £400,000 in state-of-the-art aircraft recovery equipment designed to ease disruption should a plane need to be removed from the runway or other operating area. The equipment, which is used in airports across the world, will dramatically cut the time it takes to move the aircraft and so limit any knock-on...
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 Bob Mytton, co-founder and creative director of Bath-based brand and design studio Mytton Williams, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: Moonlight – finally saw the Oscar...
A tourism tax on overnight visitors to Bath looks set to come a step closer – along with a levy on short-term lets such as those provided through Airbnb – as Bath & North East Somerset Council seeks to raise more funds. While taxes on tourists are common in many popular European destinations, UK...
The launch of Bath’s Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub (DBAH) also served as an opportunity to bring together leaders in the city’s tech sector and showcase its innovation. The evening was opened by Prof James Bilzon, chair in Human & Applied Physiology at the University of Bath, who emphasised the importance of collaboration between...
Bath on Ice returns for its sixth year next week when the wraps come off the city’s biggest ever ice rink in front of the Royal Crescent. This year’s rink will be 1,000 sq metres – a 39% increase on last year – and will again be in Victoria Park. The increase in size...
A major conference in Bath next week will bring together experts to inform and inspire local politicians – and the public – to be ambitious in addressing the city’s transport challenges. The conference will also be a neutral platform to allow Bath’s political groups to present their broad approach to the issue in anticipation...
Bath-based global media group Future is to harness the latest artificial intelligence (AI) and customised messaging technology to boost its engagement with the millions of readers of its titles. The firm, whose 200-plus publications and websites span football with FourFourTwo, music with Classic Rock, Music Week and Metal Hammer, and technology and gaming with...
Regional accountancy group MHA Monahans, which has offices in and around Bath, has landed its second major award in a month as its growth over recent years continues to gain industry recognition. Success in the Large Firm of the Year category of the inaugural IRIS Customer Awards followed hot on the heels of...
Businesses and philanthropists from across the South West will come together this Thursday to help raise vital funds for its young people. The annual Prince’s Trust Red Dinner has raised more than £650,000 since it was launched seven years ago, with all the proceeds going toward helping young people across the South West. This...
Advanced engineering group AB Dynamics has drawn up plans for a second state-of-the-art factory just a year after its new manufacturing plant was opened. The firm, which supplies test systems to some of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers, has submitted a planning application to Wiltshire Council for the new 33,000 sq ft factory, pictured...
