Some of the Bath area’s top tourism venues have spoken of their delight at being among the big winners at a prestigious regional awards scheme. Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, based just outside the city at Colerne, received five awards at the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards 2019 while the Roman Baths won...
A widely experienced auctioneer has launched a business that combines his expertise with 21st century technology to sell art, antiques and collectables across the world. Westbury-based The Auction Hub was founded by James Harvey, who started his career at Phillips Auctioneers, followed by a period working in London and New York for Mallett. More...
Bargain-hunting Black Friday shoppers have given a major boost to Future, the Bath-based specialist media group with a strong online presence and chalking up record sales on its sites. The group, which owns technology sites TechRadar, GamesRadar and Tom’s Guide, enjoyed its highest-ever audience and eCommerce figures on November 29. With the exponential rise...
A pioneering campaign to help firms in the South West prepare for life outside the European Union has earned a major national award for Business West, the region’s biggest business support organisation. Recognising that Brexit represents the single most radical transformation in the way that British businesses trade for decades, Business West – which...
Bath media group Future hailed the past 12 months as a “transformative year” as it revealed a 189% leap in annual pre-tax profits. The highly acquisitive group, which has made a spate of takeovers in the past few years, earned the £12.7m pre-tax profits on sales up 70% at £221.5m in the year to September...
Bath tourist attractions and hospitality venues swept the board against rivals from across Bristol and Somerset in a major awards scheme last night. The Roman Baths & Pump Room won a hat-trick of Golds in the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism, International Tourism an Large Visitor Attraction of the Year categories while the Assembly Rooms...
A groundbreaking £6.5m project aiming to expand the use of creative technologies across the South West is seeking 24 people to explore the frontiers of data. The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) is recruiting ‘data fellows’ to ask questions about the current state of data in the region and look at the challenges...
Organisations that are addressing diversity challenges in the South West’s tech sector have been highlighted in a unique project. For the past two years DisruptSW has showcased the most-innovative companies in the region with the 25 named in each list recognising firms taking a new approach to existing problems. They demonstrated this by showing...
Bath-based PR agency Highlight’s campaign for last year’s successful Minerva’s Owls of Bath public arts trail has landed it three Gold awards at a prestigious ceremony to celebrate the South of England’s public relations industry. The agency landed the hat-trick at the regional Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards – going one...
Some of Bath’s biggest tourist attractions will go head to head this evening with others from across Bristol and Somerset in a major awards scheme. They are among a record 82 finalists aiming for gold, silver or bronze in this year’s Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards. A further 15 companies will receive Commended...
