A Bath Spa University lecturer who produced a double BAFTA-winning TV drama has said she will use the experience when she teaches her students. Sophie Francis, pictured, a senior lecturer in film and media courses at the university, worked on the first and second series of BBC Three’s Wales-based coming of age drama series...
The future of publishing in a world where anyone with access to technology can do it was explored at a recent interactive event hosted by Bath Spa University and showcasing two innovative city-based firms. Bringing together academics, creatives, investors and techies, the event explored themes ranging from how innovative technologies can reach new audiences...
Bath media group Future has become the sixth-largest fashion and beauty publisher in the US following its latest acquisition. The group, which has built up a strong portfolio of titles in North America over recent years through a string of takeovers and has content reaching one-in-three adults online, is paying a reported $100m (£82m)...
Bath’s world-leading Fashion Museum is set to relocate to a major building in the city centre in a move that will also kick-start the transformation of the surrounding area into a new creative quarter. Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is poised to buy the 22,000 sq ft building in what will be...
Ambitious plans to develop a new neighbourhood with hundreds of homes on the site of Bath’s former Gasworks are to go on public display again later this month after being viewed by more than 500 people in an earlier consultation exercise. Developer St William, a joint venture between the housebuilder Berkeley Group and National...
Accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has continued to support a major regional tech awards scheme by returning as its headline sponsor. The firm has been involved with the annual Tech South West Awards since their interception in 2019. Now the awards, which showcase innovation in technology across the whole...
Electric Bear Brewing Company, Bath’s only craft brewery, is to launch a special beer to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee that will also raise funds for a tree-planting scheme linked to the celebrations. The brewery will donate 30p from the sale of each can of the Treetops English Pale Ale to the Queen’s Green...
Bath-headquartered alternative funding provider Time Finance’s senior marketing manager Kate Brown has been promoted to head of marketing. In her new role, Kate, pictured, will oversee the creation and delivery of the marketing strategy for Time Finance, whose offering includes invoice, asset, property and vehicle finance along with commercial loans. She will lead the...
Goughs Solicitors is to launch a series of free, online seminars for business owners to get up-to-date, relevant and pragmatic employment advice. The monthly Wednesday Wisdom Webinars will be led by the firm’s head of employment Rebecca Dennis, pictured, and will give employers the opportunity to tune in to a cost-free way to stay...
Have you asked yourself when you want to sell your business and why? Some entrepreneurs may have one eye on their next venture, while others may simply be aiming to retire early. Whatever the reason, the fundamentals of a business sale remain the same. In this blog, we look at three top tips that...
