The Bath Business Expo returns next spring – and after the success of this year’s event it promises to be bigger and better represent the city’s dynamic business scene. All 72 stands at this July’s Expo, held at the Guildhall, were sold out and more than 400 visitors attended the all-day event. Next year’s...
Bath-based PR firm DWP Public Relations has helped its client Clifton Asset Management reach the finals of the prestigious Business Moneyfacts Awards. Clifton has been shortlisted in two categories – Best Alternative Funding Provider 2015 for its pensionledfunding.com site and Innovation in the SME Finance Sector award for the alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk portal. Clifton and pensionledfunding.com...
The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement yesterday that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, Bath business leaders said. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major review into the “iniquitous...
Export chiefs hope that a former shipping container covered with colourful street art will hold the key to getting more Bath firms to take their business to the world. Business West’s #GetExporting campaign highlights the benefits of exporting in an innovative way. Using the eye-catching container, spray-painted by a pair of Bristol street artists...
Innovation incubator SETsquared, which is backed by the University of Bath, has unveiled two new projects – a £3.2m programme to speed up the commercialisation of university research and a partnership with academic health science networks to help NHS patients. The double boost was announced as it staged a showcase of more than 20...
Creative enterprise should be at the heart of economic thinking in the UK, Creative England chief executive Caroline Norbury will argue in a lecture to be delivered in the West of England this evening. Ms Norbury, pictured, the former chief executive of South West Screen, will explain how creativity can not only enrich people’s...
Stands for The Business Showcase South West – the major business event which celebrates the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise – are now on sale and pre-registration for delegates has also gone live. Following the huge success of the inaugural event in April this year, The Business Showcase South West returns...
Luxury goods brand Mulberry has appointed the head designer of French ready-to-wear fashion house Céline as its new creative director. Johnny Coca will join Mulberry, best known for its leather bags, next July from Paris-based Céline, where he is currently head design director for leather goods, shoes, hard accessories, jewellery and sunglasses. As Mulberry’s...
Future, the Bath-based international media group, has said its far-reaching transformation of the business is “largely complete” as it revealed a £35.4m annual loss. The firm, one of the city’s largest businesses, has sold titles, axed staff and shaken up its management team since implementing its root-and-branch restructuring in March. The full extent of...
Bath-based housing organisation Curo has been shortlisted alongside major national brands including Marks & Spencer, Homebase and BskyB in the finals of the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards. Curo has been shortlisted in the Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy category of the national awards staged by the Institute of Customer Service, the UK’s professional body for...
