The Institute of Directors (IoD) is seeking a new South West chair to represent its 5,000 members across the region. Current chair Nick Sturge, pictured, who is director of Bristol innovation hub Engine Shed, steps down in January after the standard three years in the role. The voluntary, unpaid position aims to promote awareness...
A growth rate of 95% over the past three years has propelled Bath-based MoveGB, the UK’s largest fitness marketplace, into a league table of the country’s fastest-growing private tech, media and telecoms firms for the first time. The firm, which was founded in 2013 and promotes itself as the ‘ultimate gym membership’, appears at...
Bath-based tech firm MyLife Digital is to roll out its innovative personal data platforms to international markets following a £6m investment. The move puts the four-year-old firm, whose products help organisation manage and protect huge amounts of personal data, on target to grow its annual turnover to £120m within three years. MyLife Digital’s world-leading...
Two tax advisers have joined the Bath office of regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming as it continues to expand into one of the largest in the region, having grown substantially in the past few years. Joe Grimes and John Mitchell have both arrived from Big Four firm KPMG’s Bristol office. The pair, both...
The number of businesses enrolled on the Bath & North East Somerset Business Support Programme, which offers free expert business advice to growing firms, has more than doubled in just six months. More than 250 firms have now joined the programme compared to 100 on the scheme back in March. Those taking part benefit...
You may have heard in the news about the government’s plans to phase in its Making Tax Digital (MTD) system. According to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), approximately £4bn a year is lost in simple VAT mistakes alone and it hopes that the introduction of MTD will assist in reducing the errors made...
Bath businesses are being invited to sign up for a charity ‘spin showdown’ next month in aid of Dorothy House Hospice. The Swift Charity Challenge, organised by Bath accountants Richardson Swift, takes place on September 28 at Old Bond Street, with all proceeds going to charity. Event organiser, Richardson Swift marketing & office...
Bath is to stage its first TEDx, the globally recognised idea-sharing forum, next month with a wide-ranging line-up of speakers. The half-day event – which has the theme of ‘Light up the Future’ – is being backed by some of the city’s top firms as sponsors. TEDxs have proved extremely popular in hundreds of...
The University of Bath-backed SETsquared Partnership, the world’s No 1 business incubator, is forecast to contribute nearly £27bn to the UK economy and create more than 22,000 jobs over the next 12 years. According to independent research by Warwick Economics and Development (WECD), SETsquared has already boosted the economy by £5.8bn since its...
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