From University Research to a Bath Business Partnership
How to frame a research enquiry, find relevant University of Bath expertise and contact Technology Transfer about commercialising research.
20 October 2026
The reading list
Bath Startups and Students: Understanding Enterprise Support
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Bath Air-Quality Change: Reading the 2024 Clean Air Zone Measurements
20 October 2026Business support
Royal Crescent, Bath 2014 10 · Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2014-12-13 From University Research to a Bath Business Partnership
How to frame a research enquiry, find relevant University of Bath expertise and contact Technology Transfer about commercialising research.
20 October 2026Bath, Royal Crescent (53450659698) · Photo: snelson951 / CC0 · Cropped for layout · 1944-01-01 Trading Standards Support for a New Bath Business
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.
20 October 20262023-09-15 Bath Royal Crescent 05 · Photo: Bärbel Miemietz / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2023-09-15 Bath Startups and Students: Understanding Enterprise Support
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.
20 October 2026Park view Royal Crescent Bath 03 · Photo: Ciara Ní Riain / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2025-04-25 Bath City-Centre Footfall: Interpreting the Published Measures
Read Bath’s 2024 footfall comparisons, understand historical reporting windows and distinguish pedestrian counts from spending and mobile-phone data.
20 October 2026Royal Crescent, Bath 2014 10 · Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2014-12-13 Bath Business Premises: What to Research Before Choosing a Location
A practical checklist for assessing Bath premises using district economic plans, university workspace support and Clean Air Zone checks.
20 October 2026Bath, Royal Crescent (53450659698) · Photo: snelson951 / CC0 · Cropped for layout · 1944-01-01 University of Bath Innovation Support: Which SETsquared Membership Fits?
Compare SETsquared Bath’s residential and virtual incubation routes, published fees and application requirements, plus the limits of associate membership.
20 October 20262023-09-15 Bath Royal Crescent 05 · Photo: Bärbel Miemietz / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2023-09-15 Bath Clean Air Zone for Business Journeys
Which vehicles need checking, how daily charging works and where to arrange payment for business journeys into Bath’s Clean Air Zone.
20 October 2026Park view Royal Crescent Bath 03 · Photo: Ciara Ní Riain / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2025-04-25 Bath Business Funding: How to Check a Scheme Before Applying
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.
20 October 2026Royal Crescent, Bath 2014 10 · Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2014-12-13 Which Sectors Shape the Bath Economy?
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.
20 October 2026Bath, Royal Crescent (53450659698) · Photo: snelson951 / CC0 · Cropped for layout · 1944-01-01 Bath Skills and Recruitment: Finding Public Training Routes
How Bath employers can approach Bath College about staff development, apprenticeships and work experience, with practical questions to settle before committing.
20 October 20262023-09-15 Bath Royal Crescent 05 · Photo: Bärbel Miemietz / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2023-09-15 Business Support in Bath: Where to Start
Choose a first contact for general business advice, startup support or a University of Bath research partnership, with clear distinctions over costs and scope.
20 October 2026Park view Royal Crescent Bath 03 · Photo: Ciara Ní Riain / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2025-04-25 The B&NES Economic Strategy to 2034: A Small-Business Reading Guide
How the district’s economic ambitions connect to its Business and Skills Plan, and what the July 2025 annual report actually records about delivery.
20 October 2026Royal Crescent, Bath 2014 10 · Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2014-12-13 Bath Local Economy: A Guide to the Numbers and Their Boundaries
How to distinguish Bath from the wider district, business sites from enterprises, and historical figures from newer economic indicators.
20 October 2026
Local data
Royal Crescent, Bath 2014 10 · Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout · 2014-12-13 Bath Air-Quality Change: Reading the 2024 Clean Air Zone Measurements
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.
20 October 2026Bath, Royal Crescent (53450659698) · Photo: snelson951 / CC0 · Cropped for layout · 1944-01-01 B&NES Business Births, Closures and Survival: The ONS 2024 Figures
B&NES recorded 765 registered business births and 755 provisional deaths in 2024. The survival figures follow separate groups of businesses over different periods.
20 October 2026