Luxury fashion brand Mulberry has announced details of an agreement to take full control of the wholesale and retail sales of products in the group's key US market. Its American partner was called Mulberry USA LLC , a limited liability partnership between Mulberry and a company under the control of the owners of Challice Limited...
The South West Design Forum has re-launched itself as Design South West with a new identity, website and the mission of ‘Design, Better Connected’. The organisation, which is run by the industry for the industry, continues in its role as the regional body bringing together seven locally-based design forums. Chairman Tim Burley said: “We’ve...
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council has awarded the University of Bath a £1.5m grant to further its research into low-impact, energy efficient buildings. The grant, secured with the support of the university’s Research, Development and Support Office, will fund Enliten – a project which is aimed at reducing carbon emissions from energy...
The University of Bath has officially opened its pioneering Graphene Centre Laboratory, which will study the amazing properties and develop potential applications of the ‘wonder material’. The lab, officially opened by university Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell yesterday, is home to state-of-the-art equipment including a specially-adapted scanning probe microscope – nicknamed the nano-factory –...
Former president of the West of England Society of Chartered Accountants, Tim Lerwill (pictured), has joined accountants and financial planners Old Mill as director of corporate business services. A maths graduate who qualified as a charted accountant in 1999, Tim, 38, started his career at HW Fisher in London, and also worked at KPMG...
The Bath Good Food Awards has launched its website, giving food lovers the chance to nominate their favourite restaurants and producers as well as finding out the latest information about the prestigious awards. Sponsored by Waitrose, Great Western Wine and Jack Content, the awards celebrate tasty, authentic and responsibly-produced food and drink – whether...
Small businesses in Bath were today getting a chance to have their say on the future of the city at the first Bath City Conference. The wide-ranging event at The Guildhall was aimed at giving everyone in the city – whether citizens, community groups, voluntary/charity sector organisations, small businesses and statutory agencies – the...
The West’s food and drink sector is set for a period of sustained mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity, according to accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton. Research by the firm shows 80% of private equity (PE) houses plan M&A activity in the sector and the same percentage of corporate respondents believe growth will be...
