A London-based venture capital firm is highlighting Bath and the West of England as one of Europe’s most attractive places for investment in start-up companies. Since its launch just over a year ago, Downing Ventures has invested almost a third of its entire portfolio in start-ups based in the Bath-Bristol area. Its investments include...
Firms from the Bath area that support fair and ethical business practices are being urged to enter a unique business awards scheme. Now in their fourth year, the highly successful South West Fairtrade Business Awards champion firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart of their business. Last year 76 businesses from across the...
Up to 100,000 sq ft of newly refurbished employment space in one of the landmark buildings on the former Cadbury’s chocolate factory site at Keynsham is to be marketed by regional property consultancy Alder King. All three of the site’s historic red brick factory buildings were acquired earlier this year by Bristol-based elderly care...
Ahead of a major export promotion event next week, Bath Business News profiles local firm Foot Trails, which has achieved success in the US, where it now generates half its sales. Inspired by a 680-mile stroll across France, farmer’s daughter Alison Howells set out on a one-woman mission to change the stereotypical image of...
Digital agency Complete Control, which specialises in children’s entertainment, has started working on one of the world’s most successful and prestigious kids’ shows – the Teletubbies. The double BAFTA winning agency, based at Coston, is creating unique content across all the iconic show’s digital channels, including building the show’s global website, due to be...
Businesses and charities from across Bath have been brought together at a ground-breaking event aimed at making the city a centre for collaboration. More than 100 people attended the event at The Rec to hear presentations from eight charities and social enterprises. Organised by the Future Talent Programme as part of the independent advisory...
Bath brand agency The House has helped South Devon hospice Rowcroft develop a new strategy to unlock more support and donations by encouraging people to look at hospices in a new light. Rowcroft cares for more than 2,200 people each year – yet many of South Devon’s 270,000-strong population were unaware of its work....
UK food distributor Bidvest Foodservice has appointed Bath-based boutique PR agency The Splash Partnership after a competitive five-way pitch. With 20 years’ experience, The Splash Partnership is the UK’s leading PR agency specialising in hospitality and foodservice, listing Nestlé Professional, apetito, HIT Training, Eau De Vie, The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO), Dine Contract Catering...
SETsquared, the University of Bath-backed innovation partnership, has been named the best in Europe at helping new businesses for the third year running. The recognition came in the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, which ranks Europe’s best performing university business incubators. SETsquared, a partnership of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey,...
Kelly Pepworth, managing partner, business and corporate, at Bristol PR firm Speed Communications, has been appointed as the South West and Wales chairman of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA). Kelly, pictured, who has worked for a number of PR agencies across the West of England, brings more than 20 years’ experience to her...
