1pm, the Bath-based specialist funder, expects to report a “significant improvement” in its trading performance for the year ended May 31, it told shareholders. The firm, which provides asset finance facilities to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), said it achieved another year of growth while levels of new business written in May were £700,000-plus,...
Housebuilder Skanska Residential is to develop up to 45 homes on a 4.2-acre former Ministry of Defence site at Lansdown on the outskirts of Bath. The firm, part of the giant Swedish construction and development group Skanska, is to work with award-winning Bath architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio to develop concepts and plans for...
Monday June 11 FINALS First Property Group, Flybe Group, Latchways, Software Radio Technology AGMS Ashley (Laura) Holding, Graphite Enterprise Trust, Hansteen Holdings, Roxi Petroleum, Trader Media East Ltd GDR (Reg S), Walcom Group (DI), Zhejiang Expressway Co 'H' Shares Tuesday June 12 INTERIMS Gooch & Housego, Pressure Technologies, Terrace Hill Group FINALS Carclo, CML...
George Osborne had originally planned to withdraw child benefit from all higher rate tax-payers, but had a change of heart in his 2012 Budget announcement, following criticism that this would be unfair on single income families and those earning just over the higher tax rate threshold. From January 2013, the only people to lose...
Design houses and businesses with an interest in new and upcoming designers are being invited to a special viewing on Monday evening of Bath School of Art and Design’s 2012 textile design for fashion and interiors degree show. Covering a range of knit, embroidery and print work, the show is the finale of the...
West manufacturers are continuing to take advantage of growth opportunities in emerging markets and the strength of the aerospace and automotive industries, according to the latest sector survey released today. However, the continuing problems in the eurozone and a lack of domestic demand are leading to a mixed forecast for the next three months...
West Country rockers Reef, Star Wars Storm Troopers and the late Apple chief Steve Jobs may sound an unlikely combination but Bath creative sector workers can find out why they all play a role in protecting Intellectual Property (IP) at a one-off event next week. Staged by Creative Bath, Money for Nothing: Protecting your...
A marked drop in operating margins helped push down annual pre-tax profits by 59% at CEPS, the Bath-based diversified industrial group whose products span body armour to swimwear. Net revenues at the group, which emerged from the refinancing of Bristol footwear firm Dinkie Heel eight years ago, edged down by 9.3% to £7.8m –...
Bath-based equine artist Stuart James Knowles, who has sold his paintings to celebrities including Madonna and Guy Ritchie, returns to his home city later this month with an exhibition at the Walcot Chapel Gallery. Stuart’s oil paintings of horses are proving more popular than ever – a fact he puts down to the success...
Wednesday June 06 FINALS Allanfield Group, Nature Group, Printing.com AGMS Afren, Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd., Duet Real Estate Finance Ltd, Exillon Energy, Mears Group, OAO OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group) ADR (Level 1) , Patagonia Gold, Ruspetro UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS BoE Interest Rate Decision (12:00) BRC Shop Price Index (00:01) PMI Construction (09:30) Thursday...
