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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bath Business News and Distinctive Communications

March 18, 2024
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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bath Business News and Distinctive Communications

Bath Business News has teamed up with specialist communications consultancy Distinctive Communications to discuss how to engage with journalists to promote your business at an event tomorrow. Hosted by Distinctive founder Ben Lowndes, the free webinar will hear from Bath Business News editor Robert Buckland on why some stories get coverage and others don’t.  Other areas covered will...

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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bath Business News and Distinctive Communications

March 15, 2024
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Webinar: Understanding the media with Bath Business News and Distinctive Communications

Bath Business News has teamed up with specialist communications consultancy Distinctive Communications to discuss how to engage with journalists to promote your business at an event next week. Hosted by Distinctive founder Ben Lowndes, the free webinar will hear from Bath Business News editor Robert Buckland on why some stories get coverage and others don’t.  Other areas covered...

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Pulling power of Bath’s film and TV locations boosts city’s tourism sector’s post-Covid recovery

March 15, 2024
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Pulling power of Bath’s film and TV locations boosts city’s tourism sector’s post-Covid recovery

Nearly a third of tourists visiting Bath and the West of England have been influenced by seeing the region on screen in shows such as Bridgerton, according to new research. Visit West, the region’s destination marketing organisation, said 30% of visitors were attracted by films or shows shot locally. This reflects the increasing value of...

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Inspiration and invaluable advice on the agenda at the University of Bath’s Enterprise Day

March 15, 2024
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Inspiration and invaluable advice on the agenda at the University of Bath’s Enterprise Day

Individuals inspired to start a business or already on their entrepreneurial journey can discover and share insights at the University of Bath’s third annual Enterprise Day. The event next Wednesday, 20 March, will bring together business leaders, academic experts and student entrepreneurs to share ideas and celebrate innovation and start-up successes. Enterprise Day is...

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Another accolade for SETsquared as FT-backed report ranks it UK’s top start-up hub and third in Europe

March 14, 2024
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Another accolade for SETsquared as FT-backed report ranks it UK’s top start-up hub and third in Europe

The SETsquared Partnership, the pioneering tech incubator backed by the University of Bath, has been named as the UK’s leading start-up hub and third best in Europe. No stranger to awards – it has been ranked best in the world by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index three times – SETsquared has been given...

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Pearson May financial round up

March 14, 2024
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Pearson May financial round up

Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. Fraud under spotlight at Companies House Phased roll out of new powers to tackle problem. Click here to find out more Stealth tax and savings shake up salary bands ‘Fiscal drag’ raises tax burden for many. For more details, click here...

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Special event will celebrate Bath rainforest charity’s three decades of conservation across the globe

March 13, 2024
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Bath-based charity Rainforest Concern, which has helped to protect more than 5m acres of rainforest around the world, is marking its 30th anniversary with a special event in the city. Staged in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society, the event at the Holburne Museum is next Thursday,  21 March – which is UN International...

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New chair of pan-regional powerhouse group stresses its approach to net zero and innovation

March 13, 2024
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New chair of pan-regional powerhouse group stresses its approach to net zero and innovation

The Western Gateway, the pan-regional partnership that stretches from Swindon to Swansea via Bath, has appointed a new chair as it focuses its efforts on net zero and creating jobs and economic growth. Sarah Williams-Gardener, former CEO of FinTech Wales, takes over from Bristol-based Katherine Bennett CBE, who was the partnership’s first chair, having...

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Pearson May Financial Update: Spring Budget 2024 – the key announcements

March 11, 2024
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Pearson May Financial Update: Spring Budget 2024 – the key announcements

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his ‘Budget for long-term growth’ last week, in which he promised ‘more investment, more jobs, better public services and lower taxes’. Here Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden sets out some of the major announcements. National Insurance rates cut again Following the Autumn Statement last year, the main rate of Class...

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Thrings’ Bath office retains ‘stand out’ new lawyers from multiple qualification routes

March 7, 2024
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Thrings’ Bath office retains ‘stand out’ new lawyers from multiple qualification routes

Law firm Thrings has welcomed the qualification of three new lawyers in its Bath office in a move it said demonstrated its longstanding commitment to supporting its staff in pursuing different journeys within the legal profession. Ella Richardson, Stacey Mold and Lisa Hodge, pictured – along with Charlotte Jones in Thrings’ London office –...

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