A novel feature has been added to the innovative project masterminded by Bath landscape architecture practice Grant Associates that will turn the Tower of London’s moat into a vibrant sea of flowers this summer – a giant slide. Visitors will be able to make a dramatic entrance to the Superbloom attraction via the 21ft...
Bath’s top tourism businesses are hoping to repeat their success in a recent major awards scheme when they take part in another round of awards next month. They are among more than 90 contenders in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards. Some 476 businesses, including hotels, restaurants, caravan parks and tourist attractions, had originally...
Bath’s hospitality and tourism firms battling with staff shortages are set to benefit from a new jobs website built by city-based software company Cognisess. The site, commissioned by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and officially launched this week in Bath, will enable businesses to post vacancies while jobseekers can log on to...
Fast-growing eCommerce fulfilment company Huboo has struck a multi-year agreement to be Bath Rugby’s official eCommerce partner. Under the deal the firm, which was founded in Bath but now based in Bristol, has become the eCommerce fulfilment provider for all Bath Rugby merchandise on its online shop. It will also sponsor the club’s official...
The West of England’s creativity is helping Bath-based housing group Curo promote its latest development in Bristol. The show home on its 128-property Century Park scheme in Lawrence Weston features unique artwork created by Westbury, Wiltshire-based Helen Chester and Andy Council, who works in Bristol. Helen has created two abstract paintings for the two-bedroom, mid-terrace...
Fast-growing Mexican restaurant Tortilla chain has opened its first outlet in Bath. The unit, in the former Oasis store on Cheap Street, is the London-based group’s 47th restaurant and follows two openings in Bristol. Founded in October 2007 by Brandon and Jen Stephens after after a four-year search for “decent burritos and tacos” in London, Tortilla...
New food businesses based in Bath and North East Somerset are being reminded they must register with the council’s environmental health team. The reminder follows the huge jump in the number of food firms operating from people’s homes since the onset of the pandemic. According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), 37% of new...
Zap-Map, the Good Energy majority-owned app that helps electric vehicle users find public charging points, has powered-up its senior management team as it prepares for further growth, including a drive into international markets. Richard Bourne, who joined in January 2021 as interim CEO, has been appointed to the role permanently while Nigel Pocklington, CEO...
More than £10,000 has been donated by Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal in aid of Ukraine. The donation from the firm’s charitable arm, the Stone King Foundation, was made as millions of people are being displaced following the brutal Russian invasion of the country. Stone King,...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Kate Pullinger, professor of creative writing and digital media at Bath Spa University, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Ghostbusters Afterlife. The director of the original Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman, died recently – I keep...
