Bristol Airport and the South West’s top tourist attractions are to be showcased this week at a gathering of the world’s leading airlines. Airport bosses and representatives of Destination Bristol will meet more than 30 airlines and other travel organisations at the Routes Europe event in Bilbao, Spain, with the aim of growing the...
Monday April 23 Interims: UBS, Philips Electronics, Alphabet Tuesday April 24 Interims: Anglo-American, SAP, Caterpillar, Coca-Cola Trading updates: London Stock Exchange, St James’s Place Wednesday April 25 Final: Whitbread Interims: GlaxoSmithKline, Metro Bank, Credit Suisse, Boeing, eBay, Twitter, Facebook Trading update: Antofagasta, Fresnillo, Tullow Oil, Thursday April 26 Finals: Capita, N Brown Interims: Barclays,...
The ‘golden triangle’ of business, government and universities must work together better to drive economic growth across the West of England, a major conference at the University of Bath next week will be told. The event on Wednesday will explore how the three-way collaboration could contribute to the ‘powerhouse’ agenda and support the...
Armadillo CRM, the Bath-based customer relationship marketing agency, has appointed Steve Jefferys as client services director – the first job it has created since its management buy-out in February. Steve, pictured, worked for 13 years in London agencies, including CHI & Partners, Kitcatt Nohr, Proximity London and TMW, before moving to the South West. ...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England for a seventh year in October with one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs already lined up as headline speaker. Emma Bridgewater, who has spent more than 30 years building up a successful pottery business, will share her experiences and give advice to businesswomen...
It is usually the case around this time of year that various tax changes hit the headlines, with the new ‘sugar tax’ seeming to be flavour of the tax year this time round! The start of the new financial year on April 6 did indeed bring with it a number of changes in various...
Students from Bath Spa University will be among the first to use the new Bristol VR (virtual reality) Lab to give their studies a world-beating boost. The university has teamed up with the Lab, which officially opened this week, to give Creative Computing students the opportunity to enhance their skills in ambient and factual...
Bath-based law firm Mowbray Woodwards has promoted private client team solicitor Sarah Hickson to associate. Sarah, pictured, has worked at the firm since 2010. A member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, she has extensive experience in estate planning and administration, with specialist knowledge of the taxation and administration of trusts. She also has in-depth experience of...
Monday April 16 Nothing listed Tuesday April 17 Finals: JD Sports Fashion, AA Interim: Associated British Foods Trading update: Ashmore Economic announcement: Employment data Wednesday April 18 Trading update: Bunzl, Polymetal, RELX, Rio Tinto, SEGRO, Hochschild Mining, Telford Homes Economic announcement: CPI (March) Thursday April 19 Interims: Sky, Debenhams, Unilever, Acacia Mining Trading updates:...
A £6.5m project that will harness the power of innovative digital technology to boost the West of England’s creative, health and manufacturing sectors is to be launched by a consortium of universities, including Bath Spa, and arts venues. The new Creative Technology Network will pool research and innovation expertise from the universities and industrial...
