A long-running annual conference held in the West of England for communications professionals working in the natural history, conservation and environmental sectors takes place next month with a fully digital programme of events. Staged for the past 16 years, Communicate is hosted by the Natural History Consortium the organisation behind Bath Festival of Nature - and...
Bath firms are being urged to prepare now for the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 next year, despite many questions of how it will work in practice remaining unanswered. The government has launched a campaign for businesses with the strapline ‘Time is running out’ as talks with the EU over...
Bath textile and design specialist Annie Lywood has started a business to produce a collection of decorative and cuddly cushions that harness the calming sense of touch. Bonnie Binary, which is backed by Crowdfund and NatWest’s Back Her Business programme, has been launched as ‘touch deprivation’ becomes a major issue due to a lack...
Bath has been named as the UK’s ‘most progressive’ city for its residents’ forward-looking approach in areas ranging from recycling to voting. Bathonians also helped their city gain top spot in the 50-strong league table due to their taste for vegan and vegetarian food and ownership of environmentally friendly cars. The rankings were based...
A marketing consultancy launched earlier this year as the coronavirus pandemic took hold is aiming to become just the second Bath business to gain B Corp accreditaton for its ethical stance. Backpack was started by brand and culture expert Sammy Burt in mid-March following a Covid crisis-linked redundancy. She reached out to her network of...
A former industrial wasteland on Sydney’s waterfront has been transformed into a harbour cove and boardwalk based on designs by Bath-based international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates. The Watermans Cove scheme, pictured, aims to revitalise a central part of Australia’s largest city into a world-class, vibrant waterfront precinct. Thanks to Grant Associates’ pioneering design,...
Firms will ‘despair’ over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments today that they should prepare for a no-deal Brexit, the region’s biggest business organisation said. Describing the move as “another period of political theatre”, Business West managing director Phil Smith said firms across the West of England were already under unprecedented pressure from the impact...
More than £100m is to be spent on ambitious plans that use the West of England’s creativity and diversity to protect and secure jobs while building back greener and creating opportunities for all residents. The plan has been drawn up by the region’s Recovery Taskforce, which brings together businesses, universities and the West of...
A scheme to connect Bath’s food and drink producers with Chinese consumers with an appetite for high-quality British produce has been launched by Business West. The Great British Food Programme, in which Business West is partnering with Regroup China, a digital marketing agency which specialises in driving Chinese cross-border eCommerce sales, will also allow...
New support for firms forced to close by law because of coronavirus restrictions by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce. The scheme, under which the government will pay two-thirds of the wages of staff working for these firms, was announced on Friday. It begins...
