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...
Bath-based coding training provider iO Academy is launching a new course in data science and machine learning for software developers of all levels – from bootcamp graduates to senior engineers. Data science and machine learning are set to become the most in-demand skills in the careers market over the next five years, with estimates...
Bath-based full fibre broadband provider Truespeed has added two more towns to its growing network as it makes its debut in North Somerset. The firm, which is on a mission to connect underserved communities across the South West, has started rolling out its gigabit broadband service to Portishead and Clevedon, taking it to the...
Members of the South West region of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) have voted for FareShare South West to be its charity of the year for 2022-2023. FareShare, which helps to tackle food poverty across the region by redistributing surplus food took the top spot in a closely contested poll run on...
Hotels, restaurants and hospitality businesses from the Bath area have dominated the region’s most prestigious tourism awards. Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa in Colerne come away with five accolades in the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards while No.15 by GuestHouse, Bath, landed three. They were the front runners among a strong field of contenders...
Bath businesses are being invited to support a transformational skills programme that will create opportunities in the green economy for young people from the city. Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship has been launched against a backdrop of economic recovery following the Covid pandemic and the demand for 50,000 new jobs in the region by...
The former head of acquisition at communications giant O2 has joined Bath-based full fibre broadband provider Truespeed as its new director of marketing & sales. Melanie Hunter-Yell, pictured, will focus on enhancing Truespeed’s brand and engaging with customers as the firm continues on its mission of expanding its ultrafast network to underserved communities across...
Bath-based workplace design-and-build consultancy Interaction has landed a multi million-pound contract to design international law firm Osborne Clarke’s new flagship office in Bristol. Interaction, which describes itself as on a mission to banish boring workplaces, will fit-out the interior of the new showpiece building, set to be one of the UK’s greenest office schemes...
A spin-out business from Bath Spa University has launched a one-of-a-kind app offering an augmented reality (AR) tour of its campus for prospective students. The app brings the university’s Newton Park campus to life by adding an extra layer of digital detail, so helping applicants accepted onto its 2022 offer holder days ‘see’ the...
The founder of a Bath food tour company has been nominated for a major national tourism award. Mike James, pictured, from Savouring Bath, was put forward by Visit West, the body that runs destination marketing organisation Visit Bath, for the annual Tourism Superstar competition. The contest, staged by Visit England, recognises and celebrates the dedication and passion of...
