Bath business mentor Richard Tidswell has been named as one of Britain’s top 50 small business advisers. Richard, who runs the Avon & Somerset branch of national advice network Business Doctors, achieved the accolade after small business network Enterprise Nation asked fledgling firms to nominate an adviser who had helped them to build and...
The leasehold of the 18th-century Jolly Sailor pub and restaurant on the banks of the River Avon at Saltford Lock is for sale with a price tag of nearly £200,000. The Grade II listed pub, believed to date from 1726, attracts trade from passing boats, locals and tourists. Its restaurant has around 80 internal...
The Royal Navy has awarded specialist engineering firm SEA a five-year, £1.4m contract to support its weapon systems. Under the contract, SEA, based at Beckington near Frome, will provide its expertise to the Navy’s magazine torpedo launch system (MTLS), the SeaGnat decoy launcher and a range of air weapons handling equipment used onboard Navy...
The new £3.6m construction skills centre at Wiltshire College’s Trowbridge campus will be officially opened on Wednesday as part of National Apprenticeship Week. The 2,300 sq m purpose-built centre accepted its first students at the start of term and has enabled the college to expand its construction courses. It is now teaching a range...
Ahead of this Sunday’s International Women’s Day, the Association of Women in Property (WiP) is this evening hosting an event to highlight the work of Concern Universal, the charity aiming to bring opportunities to communities worldwide and help to beat poverty. The drinks and tapas reception at The Lido, Clifton, Bristol, which starts at...
Bath-based gift designer and retailer Wild & Wolf has been acquired by D C Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy, in a move that will accelerate its expansion. Wild & Wolf makes award-winning products featuring fashion brands such as Ted Baker and games and characters such as Scrabble, Mr Men and The...
