Tom Stayt has been a personal trainer in Bath for the last two years. Prior to qualifying, Tom played professional cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club alongside Footdown’s Insight Delivery Manager Vikram Banerjee. When the going gets tough…More

Last week Footdown had the opportunity and privilege of working with MBA Polymers and their new CEO Nigel Hunton, Bath fifteen member, for a whole week. Nigel is using the Insight method and approach to help build…More

Members of the Bath Fifteen Mentoring Group travelled to Scotland this weekend to support fellow member Andy Robinson in his bid to win the Rugby Calcutta cup. Andy spared time before the game to greet fellow Bath Fifteen members; Nigel Hunton, CEO…More

The Bath Fifteen Group recently had Grant Leboff of “Sticky Marketing” as their speaker in a group mentoring session. “Grant is a passionate and forward thinking speaker who has delivered outstanding impact for Footdown. Combining business experience…More

Nigel Hunton is a member of the Footdown Bath Leadership and Mentoring group, he has just been appointed as the new CEO of the recycling company MBA Polymers to Drive Future Growth – congratulations! Footdown will be supporting Nigel…More

Tim Walter is Managing Director at Roland UK and member of the Footdown Bath Fifteen. In August 2012, Tim and his team will set off from John O’ Groats to Land’s End, aiming to raise £30,000 on behalf of Music for All.

Adrienne Percival recently joined the Footdown senior management team as the Chief Operating Officer, with particular responsibility for the company’s innovation portfolio. She is passionate about developing Footdown Insight.

One of Footdown’s values is to “Influence leadership thinking and leadership development through this century and beyond”, so we are really excited about the up an coming TEDxYouth conference in Bath, where Bath Fifteen Member; Midge Ure, is a speaker.

Footdown Bath Fifteen member and musician Midge Ure is to appear in the second series of  the ITV show that aims to turn pop and rock singers into opera performers; Popstar To Operastar. He will be appearing alongside…More

Nigel Hunton, a long time Footdown member and the former CEO and Chairman of Edwards Vacuum makes his bid to become E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year. Nigel is following in the footsteps of fellow member, Ken Scott CEO of The ILX Group who was a winner in 2009.

Nigel Hunton, long time Bath Fifteen member and the former CEO of Edwards Vacuum, offers a very personal insight into the 10 best leadership books he’s been inspired to read since becoming a Footdown group member.

Nigel Hunton joined Footdown’s Bath Fifteen leadership coaching and mentoring group in its very earliest days. In this article Nigel reflects on all of the ways the group has supported him through a tumultuous eight years. Nigel also comments on how the Footdown range of services, available to people like him who want to be a better leader, has been expanded and enhanced.

It was billed as an inspirational evening in the company of Bath based celebrity and Footdown member Midge Ure and – judging by the applause and the number of people who stayed on late to discuss what…More

Andy Robinson acknowledges once again how Footdown continues to help him to be a better leader In an interview with the Times Online last Friday (11 February 2011) Scotland’s Head Coach and Bath Fifteen member, Andy Robinson,…More

The date that Andy Robinson first learned about Footdown’s leadership mentoring groups is seared into his brain.  It was Sunday 26th November 2006 and Andy had just received the call from Rob Andrew telling him that: “the…More

Footdown are holding an exclusive evening for CEOs and executives in leadership positions, with entrepreneur and musician Midge Ure, in the stunning location of the Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath.

Paul Strasburger, member of the Footdown Bath Fifteen, has been appointed to the House of Lords. On receiving his peerage, Paul said, “Obviously I am flattered to be given this honour, but it has been made very…More

Nigel Hunton Chairman – Edwards Group Ltd Biography Nigel Hunton and his team run Edwards Group Ltd, a UK company with a billion dollar turnover with about 98 per cent of its business concentrated in exports of…More

The determination, resilience and talent of our members is being tested at the moment but successful leaders know that they don’t know enough and have to keep learning. But it is not just about their leadership, it…More

Midge Ure is founder of Tunited, musician and motivational speaker, musical director of the Princes Trust 25th anniversary concert and a member of the Bath Fifteen for the past four years. Midge has just received a companionship…More

Sports star and Footdown member Kriss Akabusi has just completed  a new athletic challenge to raise money for a charity close to his heart. The 51-year-old and a team of seven friends have just cycled from Edinburgh…More

Several leading figures from the world of philanthropy and the wider civil society sector have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2010, published on 12th June. Venture capitalist Stephen Dawson was granted an OBE…More

Jo Wright joined Feilden Clegg Bradley (FCB) in 1989 and became a partner in 1995. She leads a Studio in the Bath office with a range of projects in the UK and Europe. She has been involved in a wide variety of the practice’s work and been responsible for a number of award winning schemes including the headquarters for Greenpeace and Rare Ltd, a new library for King Alfred’s College, Winchester and the new Central Office for the National Trust. She is currently working on new Civic Offices for Runnymede Borough Council, the Quad cinema/gallery in Derby and a new youth theatre in Oxford.