Two firms that moved onto an industrial estate earlier less than a year ago have found it fertile ground for growth and have already expanded to take more space. Site investigations and geotechnical services firm Topdrill, and The Paper Bag Company, which supplies plain and printed promotional bags to retailers, opened bases on the...
Leisure industry experts from Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King have helped a premium fitness studio open in central Bath. Highly experienced personal trainer and lifestyle coach Arron Collins-Thomas, whose track record includes working at Somerset prestigious members’ club and hotel Babington House, has launched Toniq to provide a high-end group exercise experience...
If Bath were a dance I think it would be the waltz. Serene and smooth with the unfailing rhythm of slow, slow, quick, quick, slow. And the good news for business is that we seem to be moving into the “quick, quick” section of the dance, when we can hopefully see real strides forward. ...
Forward-thinking Bath firms that put their staff’s wellbeing front and centre now have more time to enter the South West’s only awards that champion workplace happiness. The deadline for the competition, now in its fourth year, has been extended into next month due to an unprecedented number of entrants. The South West Happiest Workplace...
Bath firms operating in the nuclear sector could benefit from an agreement between industry organisations in South West England and Normandy in France which aims to create jobs, unlock opportunities and attract new investment to both regions. The memorandum of understanding between Nuclear South West and Nucleopolis potentially connects companies with £50bn worth of...
Bath’s fast-growth businesses can find all the information they need to help them expand in one place following the launch of the West of England’s first scale-up generator website. The site, which has been created by the Engine Shed innovation centre in Bristol in partnership with the West of England Growth Hub, includes The...
A £28m deal between Bath-based housing association Curo and national housebuilder Bellway will enable more than 170 families to move into new affordable homes across the West of England. The agreement is the first of its kind for both Curo and Bellway’s South West division and will make Curo the sole provider of affordable...
Business groups are divided over the need for yesterdey’s 0.25% increase in interest rates by the Bank of England. The move, which took the base rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, is only the only the second time the Bank has hiked the cost of borrowing since the economy crashed 10 years ago. Most economic...
Bath’s Quays North development, which aims to create a much-needed new showpiece office park for the city, has received outline planning consent from Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES). The 2.2-hectare site, which will also include at least 70 new homes and a new car park, forms a part of the Bath Quays...
Bath commercial property firm HPH has raised more than £5,000 for Dorothy House Hospice Care, its chosen charity of the year. Staff at the company, based on Kingsmead Square, have completed a range of fundraising activities over the past 12 months for the local hospice, which cares for people with life-limiting illnesses as well...
