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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

April 24, 2022
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Monday April 25 Finals: Frenkel Topping Group, Audioboom Group, Arecor Therapeutics Tuesday April 26 Finals: Northcoders Group, Learning Technologies Group Interims: AB Foods, Focusrite Trading announcements: IWG, Taylor Wimpey, Jupiter Fund Management, Flutter Entertainment Wednesday April 27 Interims: AB Dynamics, WH Smith Q1 result: Glaxosmithkline Trading announcements: Network International Holdings, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Aveva Group, Persimmon, Fresnillo, Drax Group, Petropavlovsk Thursday...

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Teamwork on life-saving medical research project earns Bath firms coveted Queen’s Awards

April 22, 2022
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Teamwork on life-saving medical research project earns Bath firms coveted Queen’s Awards

Two pioneering Bath firms that collaborated on a ground-breaking medical research project are celebrating winning prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. CiteAb and Storm Consultancy EU were this week both awarded the coveted accolades in the Innovation category for jointly creating a platform that enables effective treatments for medical conditions to be developed quicker and...

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Grant Associates inspired by coronation gown for its ‘Queen’s Garden’ design at Tower of London

April 22, 2022
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Grant Associates inspired by coronation gown for its ‘Queen’s Garden’ design at Tower of London

Bath landscape architecture practice Grant Associates has revealed it is to create a special ‘Queen’s Garden’ at the Tower of London as part of its Superbloom display to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. Superbloom, which has been masterminded by the firm, will transform the Tower’s moat into a vibrant sea of more than 20m flowers...

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eFulfilment firm to create 400 jobs in new warehouse as its rapid expansion goes into overdrive

April 22, 2022
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eFulfilment firm to create 400 jobs in new warehouse as its rapid expansion goes into overdrive

More than 400 jobs are to be created by fast-growing eCommerce fulfilment company Huboo under its latest plan to open a major new warehouse. The Bath-founded firm, which increased its revenue by 124% in the year to January, is to occupy a new 106,000 sq ft building, close to junction 17 of the M4...

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University of Bath’s inaugural Enterprise Day aims to bridge city’s entrepreneurial gap

April 22, 2022
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University of Bath’s inaugural Enterprise Day aims to bridge city’s entrepreneurial gap

Business leaders, academics and students will come together next week at a special event staged by the University of Bath to showcase its enterprise strategy and boost collaboration with the corporate world. The first Enterprise Day on Wednesday, 27 April, will include panel discussions on how business can create green and resilient futures, how...

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Major traffic enforcement contract to monitor Bristol’s new Clean Air Zone won by transport firm

April 21, 2022
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Major traffic enforcement contract to monitor Bristol’s new Clean Air Zone won by transport firm

Specialist transport engineering firm SEA has been awarded a major contract for its traffic safety and enforcement system by Bristol City Council as it prepares to launch its Clean Air Zone in September. SEA, which has its headquarters at Beckington, near Frome, is to install 49 of its ROADflow Fusion cameras at key locations...

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Lottery funding will power-up laptop reuse group to help bridge widening digital divide

April 21, 2022
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Lottery funding will power-up laptop reuse group to help bridge widening digital divide

A scheme set up to donate unwanted and refurbished laptops to schools, charities and individuals who do not have access to technology has been awarded £135,000 to help take it to the next stage of development. The money from The National Lottery Community Fund will be used by Wiltshire Digital Drive to recruit a...

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Fourth acquisition for Buro Happold as it presses ahead with plans to double in size

April 21, 2022
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Fourth acquisition for Buro Happold as it presses ahead with plans to double in size

Bath-headquartered global engineering consultancy Buro Happold has acquired a firm specialising in planning and designing laboratories for the science and higher education sectors.   The takeover of London-based Abell Nepp is part of a new ambitious growth strategy at Buro Happold, whose CEO James Bruce last year announced plans to double in size of business...

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Second award shortlisting for Bath PR firm Second Mountain Comms recognises its mission-led approach

April 21, 2022
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Second award shortlisting for Bath PR firm Second Mountain Comms recognises its mission-led approach

Second Mountain Comms, the Bath-based specialist PR consultancy that works with purpose-driven companies and charities, is in the running for second major award. Having been named last month as a finalist in the UK public relations industry’s most prestigious award scheme, Second Mountain Comms has now been shortlisted for a national social enterprise award. ...

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Time Finance strengthens its invoice finance team with business development manager appointment

April 19, 2022
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Time Finance strengthens its invoice finance team with business development manager appointment

The invoice finance team at Time Finance has continued to expand with the appointment of Louise Williams’ appointment as business development manager. Louise, pictured, brings more than 20 years’ sector experience to the Bath-headquartered alternative finance provider.  Having started her career in risk with Lloyds Banking Group, she later moved into sales and worked...

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