Would-be participants in a pioneering programme to tackle the lack of diversity in Bath’s tech cluster have just a few days left to get their applications in. Called SHIFT, the project aims to address the imbalance in the sector by amplifying its underrepresented voices. The free course will give 12 individuals from diverse backgrounds...
Bath digital businesses are to get access to leading-edge advice and industry trends following the announcement that Google is to headline an analytics and conversion conference in the city this summer. Google will supply the keynote speaker and provide expert services at the event. Organised by Bath-based SearchStar – one of the UK’s foremost...
A programme to tackle the lack of diversity in Bath’s tech cluster by amplifying its underrepresented voices has been launched. Aptly named SHIFT, the free course will give 12 individuals from diverse backgrounds across Bath and Bristol the skills and backing they need to change perceptions in the area’s burgeoning tech industry. Those behind...
AB Dynamics, which supplies innovative test systems to some of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers, has opened an office in Germany to meet growing demand in the country for driverless car technology. The new base in Frankfurt am Main, pictured, will provide support to AB Dynamic’s existing customers in Germany and will also enable...
Bath architectural design firm Hewitt Studios, which is developing a ground-breaking electric vehicle charging station, has become the first business to have been accepted onto the city’s pioneering sustainable technologies programme. The Sustainable Technologies Business Acceleration Hub (STBAH), based in the University of Bath’s existing city centre innovative unit, aims to develop more than...
University of Bath-backed innovation partnership SETsquared has been named as the best business incubator in the world again. The accolade, first made to the incubator in 2015, was been awarded for its outstanding contribution to developing the next generation of UK tech entrepreneurs. The announcement was made at the World Incubation Summit...
Time is running out for Bath’s best business leaders and entrepreneurs to enter the region’s top awards for boardroom excellence. This year’s Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2018 have already proved the most successful yet, with a record number of registrations to enter. And with next Wednesday’s deadline...
Two innovative Bath firms are among 12 of the West of England’s most exciting and fastest-growing businesses chosen to pitch next month for investment at an event that will also highlight the area as a hive of tech and creative activity. Accountancy group PwC and Business West, in collaboration with Bristol’s innovation hub Engine...
The BBC has renewed its contract with SCISYS, the Chippenham-headquartered specialised software and IT services firm, for its world-leading radio technology. The deal extends the BBC’s use of SCISYS Media & Broadcast division’s dira! media asset management platform, pictured, for up to 10 years. The bespoke version of dira! is used by the BBC...
The UK’s first app-only energy brand Pure Planet has relocated to Bath from Bristol as it prepares for a period of rapid growth. The firm, which was launched in Bristol last spring by some of the UK mobile telecoms industry’s most experienced executives, said it was attracted to Bath by the city’s “dynamic tech...
