<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Bath Business Notebook</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/</link><description>Business, working life and the city around it</description><language>en-gb</language><item><title>From University Research to a Bath Business Partnership</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/from-university-research-to-a-bath-business-partnership/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/from-university-research-to-a-bath-business-partnership/</guid><description>How to frame a research enquiry, find relevant University of Bath expertise and contact Technology Transfer about commercialising research.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:31:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trading Standards Support for a New Bath Business</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/trading-standards-support-for-a-new-bath-business/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/trading-standards-support-for-a-new-bath-business/</guid><description>How to choose between free business guidance, tailored council advice, an on-site audit and a Primary Authority partnership, with published fees and application routes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:27:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath Startups and Students: Understanding Enterprise Support</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-startups-and-students-understanding-enterprise-support/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-startups-and-students-understanding-enterprise-support/</guid><description>How University of Bath students can join enterprise activities, work towards a digital badge and try shopkeeping, with a separate application route for support after graduation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:21:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath Air-Quality Change: Reading the 2024 Clean Air Zone Measurements</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-air-quality-change-reading-the-2024-clean-air-zone-measurements/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-air-quality-change-reading-the-2024-clean-air-zone-measurements/</guid><description>Matched monitoring sites recorded lower nitrogen dioxide in 2024 than in 2019. Here’s how to read the comparison alongside vehicle compliance and business indicators.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:14:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath City-Centre Footfall: Interpreting the Published Measures</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-city-centre-footfall-interpreting-the-published-measures/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-city-centre-footfall-interpreting-the-published-measures/</guid><description>Read Bath’s 2024 footfall comparisons, understand historical reporting windows and distinguish pedestrian counts from spending and mobile-phone data.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:10:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath Business Premises: What to Research Before Choosing a Location</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-business-premises-what-to-research-before-choosing-a-location/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-business-premises-what-to-research-before-choosing-a-location/</guid><description>A practical checklist for assessing Bath premises using district economic plans, university workspace support and Clean Air Zone checks.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:41:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Bath Innovation Support: Which SETsquared Membership Fits?</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/university-of-bath-innovation-support-explained/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/university-of-bath-innovation-support-explained/</guid><description>Compare SETsquared Bath’s residential and virtual incubation routes, published fees and application requirements, plus the limits of associate membership.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:34:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath Clean Air Zone for Business Journeys</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-clean-air-zone-for-business-journeys/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-clean-air-zone-for-business-journeys/</guid><description>Which vehicles need checking, how daily charging works and where to arrange payment for business journeys into Bath’s Clean Air Zone.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:29:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath Business Funding: How to Check a Scheme Before Applying</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-business-funding-how-to-check-a-scheme-before-applying/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-business-funding-how-to-check-a-scheme-before-applying/</guid><description>A practical method for checking who runs a funding scheme, which businesses it covers, its application window and the costs you would need to meet.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:27:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Which Sectors Shape the Bath Economy?</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/which-sectors-shape-the-bath-economy/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/which-sectors-shape-the-bath-economy/</guid><description>Published business-site figures show Bath’s concentration of professional services, information businesses, hospitality and cultural activity, with clear limits on what those shares measure.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:22:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath Skills and Recruitment: Finding Public Training Routes</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-skills-and-recruitment-finding-public-training-routes/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-skills-and-recruitment-finding-public-training-routes/</guid><description>How Bath employers can approach Bath College about staff development, apprenticeships and work experience, with practical questions to settle before committing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:18:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business Support in Bath: Where to Start</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/business-support-in-bath-where-to-start/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/business-support-in-bath-where-to-start/</guid><description>Choose a first contact for general business advice, startup support or a University of Bath research partnership, with clear distinctions over costs and scope.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:14:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The B&amp;NES Economic Strategy to 2034: A Small-Business Reading Guide</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/the-b-nes-economic-strategy-to-2034-a-small-business-reading-guide/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/the-b-nes-economic-strategy-to-2034-a-small-business-reading-guide/</guid><description>How the district’s economic ambitions connect to its Business and Skills Plan, and what the July 2025 annual report actually records about delivery.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:09:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B&amp;NES Business Births, Closures and Survival: The ONS 2024 Figures</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/b-nes-business-births-closures-and-survival-the-ons-2024-figures/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/b-nes-business-births-closures-and-survival-the-ons-2024-figures/</guid><description>B&amp;NES recorded 765 registered business births and 755 provisional deaths in 2024. The survival figures follow separate groups of businesses over different periods.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:01:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bath Local Economy: A Guide to the Numbers and Their Boundaries</title><link>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-local-economy-a-guide-to-the-numbers-and-their-boundaries/</link><guid>https://bathbusinessfinder.co.uk/articles/bath-local-economy-a-guide-to-the-numbers-and-their-boundaries/</guid><description>How to distinguish Bath from the wider district, business sites from enterprises, and historical figures from newer economic indicators.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:42:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>