A world-heritage site with world-class businesses
You may be surprised to find that Bath and North East Somerset is home to some amazing businesses, often global leaders in their field. What glues them together?
We think it’s their unlimited capacity for imagination, ambition to grow and developing their talent for the future.
Check out some of the top companies, sectors and stories in Bath and what makes them unlimited...
Just a few examples of Bath companies working across the world…
Future
Future is behind market-leading media brands (Marie Claire to Country Life) plus the GO COMPARE website, reaching one in three people in the UK and US. It has offices in Bath, Washington, Atlanta and New York.
Play Sports Network
Play Sports Network, a subsidiary of Discovery Inc., is the world’s largest cycling media company and community, reaching and engaging with more than 40 million cycling fans and riders globally.
Statsbomb
Statsbomb is the world’s fastest growing sports data company, trusted by over 100 teams and sporting organisations in dozens of countries around the world, including Atlético Mineiro football club based in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Buro Happold
A global practice of engineers, consultants and advisers who have delivered some of the best-known stadium projects in the world, including the Tottenham Hotspur Football Stadium and Education City Stadium, Doha, Qatar, one of seven venues constructed specifically for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
BMT
BMT is a maritime-orientated high-end design house and technical consulting firm. Located in 47 offices in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe, including Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands.
INSPECS
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Shakeup
Shakeup is a leading men’s cosmetic brand. Made in the UK, vegan friendly and cruelty free, they offer hybrid skincare makeup for men. Their flagship product, BB cream, is number one on Chinese mega online shop TMall. They sell one BB cream every eight minutes in the Chinese market.
Grant Associates
Singapore’s Supertrees, designed by Grant Associates, as ‘perhaps the most spectacular example of city greening’ in the world.
Lovehoney
Lovehoney is the No.1 retailer in the online sexual health space in Britain. Their products are sold internationally via retail websites in 9 countries, with warehouses in Australia and in the USA. The majority of their staff are Bath based.
Key sectors
Built & Natural Environment
Proud global reputation for pioneering design, environmental expertise and a progressive architectural and urban design, helping clients to create new and often unexpected solutions to construction challenges
Defence & Engineering
With historical links to the Admiralty, Bath now plays host to cutting-edge technical consultancy and manufacturing firms – helping to deliver world-class equipment and support to our Armed Forces.
Dynamic Consumer
Designed in Bath for consumers around the globe. Discover big name brands and award-winning product innovations coming out of our city’s thriving consumer products sector.
Financial Services
Harnessing digital innovation alongside financial expertise, our leading financial services providers have created a centre for exceptional customer experience.
Tech & Innovation
With an innovation eco-system which ranges from world-class business incubation to world-changing engineering excellence, Bath’s tech sector benefits from the support of its two Universities and proximity to the Western Gateway.
And more to come…
These are just a few of the successful sectors in the area. Others include: Tourism & Leisure, Retail, Hospitality, Health & Wellbeing, Environment & Low Carbon and Creative & Digital.
“Every time our overseas customers visit Bath and enjoy the unique characteristics the city offers they comment on the ‘wow’ factor and that just helps us that little bit more.”
Zynstra
Most progressive UK city 2020
According to a new study, Bath is now the UK's most progressive city, followed by neighbouring Bristol. The study by Bankrate takes into account seven different factors that point to locals having a forward-looking mindset: a city's search trends, gender pay gap, recycling rates, voter turnout, number of vegan and vegetarian restaurants, number of ultra-low emission vehicles, and number of women in local government.
World’s Top 20 Best Small City
In Monocle’s Small Cities Index, focusing on settlements of fewer than 250,000 around the world, Bath has come in at No.17 – and the only UK city in the list. As well as looking for those cities that offer an incredible quality of life and are led by smart, trustworthy leaders, other key factors included great business opportunities, green ambitions and being warm and welcoming.
Some of our stories
High-profile design, engineering and architecture.
Innovation, creativity and collaboration delivering high-profile and pioneering projects, winning many awards along the way.
Ships and military equipment for around the world.
World-class companies, based in Bath and the surrounding area, exporting their products and services around the world.
Software companies growing and selling for £100m+.
With two leading universities, Innovation Centres and modern work spaces and a thriving community leading to a hub for entrepreneurs and start-ups.
Bath Unlimited firms…
£2.3bn
Have a tunover of ver £2.3 Billion per year
7,000
Employ over 7,000 people
48%
48% of the Bath population educated to at least degree level or equivalent (compared to 40% of Great Britain).
