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Bike storage firm looking to unlock new markets after Bath mentor steps in to provide key advice

January 5, 2023
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Bike storage firm looking to unlock new markets after Bath mentor steps in to provide key advice

A Bath construction specialist is helping identify new markets for an award-winning cycle storage business after it was hit by Brexit red tape and the economic downturn. Dan Grimshaw, pictured right, who lives in Hinton Charterhouse and owns London-based design and construction firm Beam Development, is mentoring entrepreneur Andrew Lang, whose business Cycloc is...

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More efficiencies on tap at national café group as it extends agreement with specialist water business

January 5, 2023
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More efficiencies on tap at national café group as it extends agreement with specialist water business

Water2business, the specialist retailer co-owned by Bath-based Wessex Water, has extended its partnership with UK-wide café chain Coffee#1 for a further two years.   Having set up the agreement two years ago, Water2business will continue to provide water and wastewater services to 84 of Coffee#1’s 100 sites.  The firm’s dedicated account management team will continue...

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Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa to pop the cork on exclusive hot air balloon and champagne experiences

January 5, 2023
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Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa to pop the cork on exclusive hot air balloon and champagne experiences

Guests at Bath’s Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa will be able to take to the skies and enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the city as part of a luxury hot air balloon experience and package starting this spring. After soaring high above Bath’s famous landmarks, guests will be able to relax with a glass...

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Bath landscape consultants to help shape Singapore’s new highly sustainable science centre

January 4, 2023
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Bath landscape consultants to help shape Singapore’s new highly sustainable science centre

Bath-based landscape architecture practice Grant Associates is to co-design a new ‘living laboratory’ science centre in Singapore 10 years after it helped create the city-state’s world-renowned Gardens by the Bay. The 101-hectare (250-acre) gardens in central Singapore have become a national icon, boasting the largest glass greenhouse in the world, while its Supertrees, 18...

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This year will be tough – but we need to stress the positives of our powerful region, says Business West

January 4, 2023
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This year will be tough – but we need to stress the positives of our powerful region, says Business West

The boss of the South West’s largest business group has urged firms to ‘stay positive’ this year in the face of huge challenges. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – also said companies could benefit in 2023 by being based in an innovative region at the...

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Business support experts team up to offer free HR advice to small firms

December 16, 2022
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Business support experts team up to offer free HR advice to small firms

Outsourced human resources consultancy The HR Dept is partnering with small business support specialist Cool Ventures to provide free advice for Bath firms under a regional business initiative. The scheme, which runs until next March, provides a range of free business support to SMEs and individuals based in Bath & North East Somerset and  South Gloucestershire needing...

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Return of Bath Christmas Market brings much-needed boost to city centre businesses

December 16, 2022
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Return of Bath Christmas Market brings much-needed boost to city centre businesses

Bath’s Christmas Market, which returned this year for the first time since 2019, has been described as a “resounding success” by business and tourism chiefs, while Google has revealed it was the second most searched for festive market in the UK. Visitor numbers were up on some days compared to three years ago, while...

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Changes in store for 1980s shopping mall as new agents target wider mix of tenants

December 13, 2022
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Changes in store for 1980s shopping mall as new agents target wider mix of tenants

New occupiers for a shopping centre that changed hands this summer in a multi-million pound deal are being sought by its recently appointed property agency – with an emphasis on restaurant, leisure and health operators. National property consultancy Carter Jonas was taken as the sole leasing agents for the Emery Gate centre in Chippenham,...

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Bath tourism and hospitality venues strike gold to give city successful night at regional sector awards

December 9, 2022
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Bath tourism and hospitality venues strike gold to give city successful night at regional sector awards

Businesses and venues from Bath’s tourism and hospitality industries have again landed an armful of accolades at a regional awards ceremony. The Roman Baths and Pump Room, Lucknam Park & Spa and No.15 by GuestHouse, Bath were among the top winners at the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards, with a number of first-time entrants also...

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Coveted hotel industry ‘Oscar’ recognises ‘truly caring nature’ of Bath hotel chef

December 8, 2022
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Coveted hotel industry ‘Oscar’ recognises ‘truly caring nature’ of Bath hotel chef

Bath’s only Michelin-starred chef, Chris Cleghorn of the Olive Tree Restaurant, has been named the Hotel Restaurant Chef of the Year at the hotel industry ‘Oscars’, the Hotel Cateys. The prestigious awards celebrate the UK’s most successful hotel operators and their employees and are the industry’s only truly independent benchmark of operational excellence, with...

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