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The Guild couldn’t survive without the support of the wider Bath Community, and that includes our sponsors…Bath & North East Somerset Council, Gradwell, Mogers Drewett, Bath Spa University, Storm and now we can add Rocketmakers to that list. In April we went and visited the team at Rocketmakers to find out what work they are up to … Read More

In April we decided to not only feature events coming up here at The Guild, but also take a jaunt around town and visit some of our very places.   Huge thanks to all those who contributed to this episode of The Guild Newsround! We’ll see you in May!

On the last Friday of each month we play host to the Film and Video Meetup, this free meetup is aimed at galvanising the film and video community based in Bath, giving them a chance to informally network and share work and ideas. This months meetup had one single theme, to help inform new and … Read More

You can never predict the future, but more and more you find yourself going back to your original plan. Over here at The Guild we’ve had a bit of a reshuffle with our Engine Room and hopefully you’ll agree we’ve made some improvements. Back in 2013 when we were first designing The Guild we planned … Read More

In 31 days we witnessed two big events this March – the inaugral Bath Ruby Conference and the Solar Eclipse, we therefore had to make these the two headline features of March’s Newsround! We also popped along to YENA (a young networking event aimed at those aged 15-30yrs old). We also decided to get a … Read More

One of the top assumptions about The Guild is that it is Council managed and owned, though it is 100% true to say that we were ‘backed’ by the Council (B&NES awarded us a Capital Grant of £500K to redevelop the space) they are along with others one of our key sponsors – they pay … Read More

I caught up with Managing Director Dave Kelly to find out more about Storm, why they love Bath and what their plans are for the future. Hi Dave, can you tell us a bit more about Storm?  Storm develop digital products that are disruptive enough to change behaviours. Most of our clients want one of three things – … Read More

Dogs have always been welcome here at The Guild, and this Wednesday was no different! This special edition ‘Cake Wednesday’ featured home baked cakes and treats, all in the name of ‘Bath Cats and Dogs Home’ These delectable delights all came thanks to the lovely Cathrine Svendson from ‘Incognito Social’ accompanied by her cake baking … Read More

On pretty much day one of opening the Guild the first event suggestion by one of our members (Jack McConnell) was a Hackathon, back then I (Tatjana Humphries) had little knowledge or understanding of what a hackathon was or how one would go about putting one together, well what a difference a year and a … Read More

Now we’ve all heard the phrase ‘Buy Local’ and for the majority of us in our individual lives we can action this on a daily basis, but what about larger companies and specifically Local Authorities? To find out more about how B&NES in particular interacts with local businesses mainly those in the tech and creative … Read More