Bath Racecourse has launched the Winning Connections Club, a corporate programme allowing businesses across the region to receive a range of racing-related benefits along with the opportunity to network throughout the year. Membership costs £200 and is restricted to 50 to make the club more exclusive. Members will receive a package of benefits including...
Warminster-based Elms Cross Packaging has been bought by Kent firm Leonard Gould in a deal that started when its founders Martin and Julie Lewis attended a how-to-sell-your-business seminar staged by accountants Monahans. The couple launched Elms Cross 13 years ago and have since built it up as a regional specialist in bespoke packaging and...
West businesses are being urged to make the most of golden opportunities for trade with Africa as three countries from the continent prepare to set up Olympic training camps in the region. Bristol is hosting the London 2012 Kenyan team, building on long-established links between the city and East African nation through the with...
Valuable business resources have been concentrated too much on start-ups and not enough on helping young businesses to grow, according to Tim Lerwill, corporate director at Wiltshire accountancy firm Old Mill. “It is probable that in the recent past too much help has been focused on helping small companies to start up and...
Monday June 25 FINALS Bango, City of London Group, Cohort AGMs Andes Energia, Anglo Asian Mining, Coca-Cola HBC S.A., Condor Resources, Crawshaw Group, Energetix Group, European Islamic Investment Bank, HydroDec Group, Open Joint Stock Company Inter Rao Ues GDR RegS, Oxus Gold, Pactolus Hungarian Property, Panmure Gordon & Co, SeaEnergy, Westside Investments, YCO Group...
Regional airports such as Bristol are essential for the UK’s economy and business success, Transport Secretary Justine Greening said this morning as she officially opened three new aircraft stands at the airport – the first of more than 30 projects worth around £150m which will enable growth over the next decade. The new stands...
Altran Praxis, one of the UK’s leading systems and software houses, is relocating its Bath head office to SouthGate shopping centre, resulting in one of the largest office lettings in the city for five years. The firm, part of the Altran Group, which develops systems for clients in the transport, automotive and aerospace sectors, has taken 17,000...
Bath's recently refurbished Holburne Museum and the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Intensive Care are among the winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) South West Architecture Awards 2012. The museum, which was named RIBA Regional Building of the Year award, reopened last May after a £11.2m refurbishment while the £6.1m Dyson Centre,...
Newspaper, magazine and book distributor Smiths News has won the prestigious West of England Business of the Year Award – the region’s most coveted business accolade. The Swindon-based firm beat five rival businesses to claim the title in the category for companies turning over more than £25m a year or with 100-plus employees. Collecting...
Following recent successes in Swindon and Bristol, organisers of the Business Growth Show are staging their next event in Gloucestershire this Friday. More than 100 businesses have already registered to attend the show at the Cheltenham Chase Hotel, Brockworth, which promises free networking, a free lunch and free parking. The hotel is sponsoring the...
