Creative industry freelancers Helen and Richard Forsyth have launched a professional skills match-making website to help firms recruit creative talent. The husband-and-wife team from Bradford on Avon want Find a Creative Pro to be a new model for freelance recruitment. Professional creative freelancers such as writers, designers and web developers registering with the site...
Bath-based content marketing agency M2 Bespoke has been named among the finalists in a unique competition to find the region’s happiest workplace. M2, based in the beautiful surroundings of Stokewood House at Limpley Stoke, will now line up against four other firms – three from Bristol and one from Swindon – in the final...
Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – of its members...
Simon Barbato, founder and CEO of Bath-based brand digital and marketing agency Mr B & Friends, has been named South West IoD Director of the Year. Simon, pictured, launched the agency in a bedroom 10 years ago. Today it the city’s largest firm of its kind and one of the fastest-growing in the region. ...
Bath brand consultancy The House has helped property management firm Touchstone, also based in the city, to refresh its brand by reimagining its purpose. Working closely with Touchstone’s senior leadership, The House helped redefine the company’s brand purpose as ‘turning rental units into homes’. This has energised Touchstone’s business strategy and sparked a full...
The views of employers in Bath and across the West of England are being sought on recruitment experiences, skills gaps and more to influence the area’s future skills strategy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Annual Employer Skills Survey, is aligned to its vision to develop a local workforce with the skills...
Staff at Bath communications agency Highlight PR are celebrating after picking up three regional industry awards – including the coveted Small Consultancy of the Year title. Highlight collected the accolades at the fourth annual PRCA DARE South West and Wales Awards in Bristol last week – the only agency to score a hat-trick on...
Confidence has soared among creative firms from Bath and across the West of England – with more expecting to make higher profits and take on more staff this year compared to 2015, according the most authoritative survey of the sector in the region. Three-quarters say they feel more assured about their business prospects than...
Bath-based brand and design agency Mytton Williams has been ranked alongside some of the world’s largest creative organisations by winning two highly coveted awards. The firm, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary, was presented with the accolades – both for calendars produced as side projects – at the D&AD professional awards. The awards...
Midsomer Norton-based business printer Integrity Print is focusing on acquisition and diversification in the run-up to its 100th birthday later this year. As well as acquiring food packaging specialist C&P Packaging earlier this year, the company has invested £600,000 to expand its laser printing and label printing capacity and has recruited more staff to...
