How can we solve the business rates conundrum ?
Pressures on High Street retailers have once again brought the subject of business rates back up to the top of the agenda. Hard pressed...
Budget was a mixed bag for businesses
In some ways Bath is a victim of its own success. We have a number of successful companies, two great Universities and possess a global...
Making the most of our top class Universities
Our first face to face Initiative meeting for more than 18 months was a great success, thought it felt slightly strange seeing members in...
Meeting face to face
September will be a red letter month for members of the Initiative as we meet face to face for the first time in more than eighteen...
Trying to look on the bright side
There used to be an old saying in business that your most valuable assets walked out of the door at 5pm every day. It’s long been...
Planning for the future
The intimidating heavyweight boxer, Mike Tyson, once famously replied to a reporter who asked whether he was worried about his opponent’s...
Emerging into the sunlight
Many of our members adapted quickly to the early challenges of the pandemic, organising different ways of working, which have proved...
New brooms in key roles
A week is a long time in politics, as the old saying goes, but it’s never been more true than the last seven days, when we’ve seen the...
Training is the key to future success
Recently I was talking to someone who had started up a new estate agency just weeks before the first lockdown. Thanks to a lot of hard...
Going green is a complex task
It’s been interesting to see a growing number of organisations declaring a Climate Emergency as they redouble efforts to reduce carbon...