Confidence levels among South West firms about their prospects and those of the UK economy have unexpectedly increased, according to a new survey – although optimism remains far lower than it did just months ago. While confidence fell by four percentage points during October to minus 4%, last month it picked back up to plus 5%...
Two highly experienced non-executive directors have joined the board of Bath-headquartered spectacles designer and manufacture just over a month after its shares went into freefall when it warned of slowing sales. Founder and CEO Robin Totterman has also moved to the role of executive chair while an existing non-executive takes over as CEO. The...
Students from the University of Bath’s School of Management are helping local charities and community groups while also developing their managerial, creative and professional skills in a scheme sponsored by city-based global engineering firm Rotork. The Rotork Community Challenge encourages the MSc students to find new ways to help 20 Bath charities and organisations...
The founder of a Bath-based landscape architecture practice responsible for the design of Singapore’s world-renowned Gardens by the Bay has revisited it to attend its 10th anniversary celebrations. Grant Associates director Andrew Grant RDI, who led on the design of the iconic project, joined the President of the Republic of Singapore and government ministers...
Bath-based charity Rainforest Concern has signed up renewable energy contractor Solarsense as a partner to help it protect rare habitat in the Tropical Andes. For every square metre of rooftop solar panels installed by Clevedon-based Solarsense in the coming year, it will sponsor 10 times the square metreage in the rainforest, which is home...
Firms in the Bath can ensure they are fit for the future by taking advantage of free support on offer under a Workforce for the Future programme. Staged by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, Workforce for the Future provides fully funded, tailored and in-depth support for firms with fewer than 250 employees to...
It has been a very busy few years for immigration law. Firstly, absorbing Brexit and, more recently, with the impact of the pandemic with numerous temporary changes and concessions being introduced by the Home Office. 2022 has been no exception, with a number of these ‘quick fixes’ either being removed or enshrined as a...
Bath’s tourism and hospitality firms are pinning their hopes on a cracking Christmas this year as the city’s festive season starts amid the worst cost of living crisis for decades. The city’s award-winning Christmas Market got under way yesterday with many other visitor attractions also gearing up for a busy time. Visit Bath, the...
Bath Spa University’s creative writing incubator has been announced as one of only a handful of cultural organisations in the South West to be awarded Arts Council England funding over the next three years. Paper Nations will receive a total investment of £603,060 from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisation (NPO). The funding will...
Spaces in cities across the world will increasingly be repurposed to allow biodiversity to thrive, according to the Bath-based design team behind this year’s transformation of the historic Tower of London moat. Landscape architects Grant Associates, which masterminded the design of the Superbloom experience, pictured, for Tower of London custodian Historic Royal Palaces, believes...
