Bath’s pioneering sustainable technologies programme has attracted its second member company as it ramps up its role as the UK’s first business acceleration hub dedicated to the sector. Collecteco works with businesses and other organisations to donate reusable furniture, equipment and materials to good causes, including charities, schools, voluntary groups and other not for...
Two rapidly expanding firms have moved onto the Woodland Estate in Westbury as the business park’s reputation as a growth hub for regional companies goes from strength to strength. The latest additions are Easy José Coffee, a speciality coffee company known for its quality products and ethical ethos, and site investigations and geotechnical...
Bath tourism chiefs are expecting an increase in lucrative conference and corporate events in the city following the launch of a new inquiry handling and booking service. Bath Venue Finder is an online service targeting the international meetings, incentive travel, conferences and events (MICE) sector. It allows corporate event organisers to search for a...
Bath-based machine learning software company The Filter, co-founded by musician and entrepreneur Peter Gabriel more than a decade ago, took on more new clients in March than in any other month in its history. The success in winning the eight clients comes shortly after the firm, based in The Guild innovation hub, entered the...
GVA, the national property consultancy, has further strengthened its South West office with two director-level appointments. Laura Stamboulieh joins the Bristol office as senior director in its public sector advisory service team while Mike Ware arrives as director and regional head of property management. Laura, pictured, will be responsible for developing GVA’s public sector...
1pm, the Bath-based specialist lender to growing small and medium-sized firms, is predicting more rapid growth itself after securing another source of new finance. The firm, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, has negotiated a £14.5m increase in its block discounting facilities with six existing funding partners, taking the...
Business growth consultancy Cool Ventures has appointed experienced business coach Peter Bridge to work on its Bath Business Support Programme. Peter, pictured, a former senior commercial manager with HSBC bank, will advise businesses enrolled on the programme, which provides up to 12 hours of free, intensive support to pre-start businesses as well as small...
Bath Building Society has appointed Tom Leach as finance director designate ahead of current finance director Kevin Gray’s promotion to chief executive later this month. Tom, pictured, joined the society in February as an executive director from Cardiff-based Principality Building Society. In his new role he has responsibility for the society’s accounting, liquidity management...
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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 Yvonne Bignall, award-winning personal development facilitator and life motivator, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film You Watched: Unbroken – the inspirational story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympian and...
