Monthly Archives: May 2012

Filling a gap in the city’s culinary repertoire – the Bath Pie

May 9, 2012
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Bath buns and Bath chaps have for centuries been the city’s best-known culinary items – but now a Bath pub hopes to add a new dish to the repertoire. The Assembly Inn has teamed up with local pie makers Lovett Pies to create the Bath Pie – and the response, they say, has been...

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Queen’s Speech: West business leaders call for less politics and more action

May 9, 2012
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West business leaders this afternoon broadly welcomed the emphasis in today’s Queen’s Speech on economic revival and measures to make Britain more business-friendly. But there was concern over some of the proposals for the Coalition’s net round of legislation and a plea for less politics and more action. Phil Smith, managing director of Business ...

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Bath buildings triumph in RICS regional architectural awards

May 9, 2012
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Bath’s Dyson Centre for Neo Natal Care and Batheaston Primary School are among the winners of awards recognising the South West’s best new architectural projects. The two buildings will now go into the national Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards where later this year they will compete against other leading projects from across...

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Olympic legacy could be a gamechanger for Bath’s tourism industry

May 9, 2012
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International sports links and excellent training facilities are bringing more than a dozen nations to Bath for pre-Olympic training. But, it looks like the positive effects on the city are likely to be felt long after 2012. As teams commit to train here, international TV crews are coming too. That means publicity for Bath,...

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Turnover inches ahead as earnings and margins improve at Jelf

May 8, 2012
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A strong financial first-half performance has been reported today by Jelf, the West-based independent full service brokerage which supports businesses and individuals. Revenues were slightly up on last year from £35m to £35.2m in the six months to March 31 as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) increased by 5% to £4.4m...

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Hi-tech pioneers offer growing investment opportunities for IP firm

May 8, 2012
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IP Group, a developer of intellectual property-based technology spinout businesses from a dozen British universities including Bath and Bristol, has boosted the value of its investment portfolio from £123.8m on December 31 to £178.6m. The increase is largely due to the £26.4m fair value gain as a result of Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ financing announced...

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Annual charity grant scheme launched by Bath Building Society

May 8, 2012
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Bath Building Society has launched its annual charity grant awards programme and is seeking applications from local charities and community groups. The total value of the awards has been increased to £5,000 this year to reflect the growing number of entrants it received in 2011 while the Society will also give away balloon flight...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The week ahead

May 8, 2012
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Tuesday May 08 FINALS Chagala Group Ltd. GDR (Reg S) EGMs Alpha Bank GDR (Reg S) USD AGMs Biotech Growth Trust (The), Gresham Computing, Macfarlane Group, Morgan Crucible Co, Norsk Hydro ASA, St James's Place, Vitec Group, Weir Group, William Hill UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS BRC Shop Price Index (00:00) RICS Housing Market Survey (09:30)...

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Raising the roof. Bath office block gains another floor

May 4, 2012
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  One of Bath’s prime office buildings, Cambridge House on Henry Street, has begun a substantial makeover and expansion and all is due to be revealed at the end of July. An entire new floor is being built on top of the existing building. Leading property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle’s Bath office  is managing...

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Travel: Get back to nature in the Austrian Alps

May 3, 2012
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Travel: Get back to nature in the Austrian Alps

  Want to be ‘at one’ with nature? Bath Business News Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE discovers what else there is to get up to in the mountains above St Anton once the ski season comes to a close… How can letting dozens of ants crawl up your arm keep a cold a bay? Gamely, I followed instructions, patting...

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