Serviced workplace group Regus is looking to open its first base in Bath as it widens its search for new business centre locations across the South West and South Wales. The global firm, which operates from 300-plus centres across the UK, has appointed West-based property consultancy Alder King to find new locations. While it...
Bath Rugby owner Bruce Craig is to become executive chairman of the club he bought four years ago in a shake-up of its senior management that will also result in chief executive Nick Blofeld moving to a new job. Multi-millionaire entrepreneur Mr Craig, previously non-executive chairman, is expected to play a more hands-on role...
Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed the latest strong Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures as “a shot in the arm for business” but warned more work needed to be done to ensure a sustainable economic recovery. The 0.8% quarterly increase in GDP means the UK economy as a...
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By Colin Skellett, Chair, West of England LEP Since the Government announcement a couple of weeks ago of the local growth deals awarded to England’s 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), there have been a lot of big numbers bandied about. Unless you’re close to the deals, the figures and the fuss may seem a...
Andrews Property Services (APS), the fast-growing asset management division of Keynsham-based Andrews Estate Agents, has promoted Sue-Ellen Hodges to head the business. Having started her career at Andrews on a temporary basis four-and-a-half years ago, Sue-Ellen, pictured, quickly became assistant head at APS, before most recently becoming its interim head to cover a colleague’s...
Fast-growing Bath-based national veterinary group Independent Vetcare (IVC) is set for further expansion following investment by US and UK equity investor Summit Partners. Summit has bought out August Equity, which backed IVC’s launch in 2011 when three veterinary companies in Bath, Bristol and Hertfordshire merged. It has since taken on more than 40 groups,...
Bath-based media group Future today continued its major restructuring with the sale of another batch of titles to reduce debt. The firm today confirmed it had exchanged contracts to offload its auto titles and Triathlon Plus magazine to Kelsey Publishing for up to £2.9m. The move follows the £24m sale of most of Future’s...
A strong performance by the West of England in attracting business investment from overseas has helped the UK achieve the highest number of inward investment projects since records began in the 1980s, new figures show. There were 27 new investment projects by overseas companies in 2013/14 across the area covered by West of England...
Specialist software and IT group SciSys has pointed to further growth as it continues to recover from tough conditions last year in its core markets. In a trading update for the six months to June 30 – and prior to it entering its close period – directors said the first half of 2014 had...
