Lloyds Bank has added to its senior team in the South West with the appointment of regional director Amanda Dorel. Amanda, pictured, who grew up in Wiltshire, brings with her more than three decades of banking and commercial finance experience. In her new role she will work on enhancing Lloyds’ support for its portfolio of small...
Monday March 21 Finals: Spectral MD Holdings, Photo-Me International, VH Global Sustainable Energy Tuesday March 22 Finals: Alliance Pharma, The Pebble Group, Diaceutics, Kape Technologies, Staffline Group, Fintel, Sabre Insurance Group, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Luceco, Zotefoams, Longboat Energy, Yu Group Interims: YouGov, SCS Group, Softcat, Diurnal Group Wednesday March 23 Finals: Henry Boot, Judges Scientific, Pittards, Dignity, KRM22,...
The Covid-19 pandemic slashed annual visitors to the Roman Baths by nearly 73% last year compared to 2019, sending it tumbling to 51st place in the table of most-visited UK attractions. According to the latest figures from the Association for Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) released today, outdoor attractions such as gardens, parks, forests and...
Redde Northgate, the mobility and automotive services group that includes Bath-based specialist vehicle accident management firm Redde, is on track for better-than-expected annual profits despite the impact of the pandemic on the business. The group, formed from the 2020 merger of Redde and light commercial vehicle hire business Northgate, this week said it was...
A novel feature has been added to the innovative project masterminded by Bath landscape architecture practice Grant Associates that will turn the Tower of London’s moat into a vibrant sea of flowers this summer – a giant slide. Visitors will be able to make a dramatic entrance to the Superbloom attraction via the 21ft...
Bath’s top tourism businesses are hoping to repeat their success in a recent major awards scheme when they take part in another round of awards next month. They are among more than 90 contenders in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards. Some 476 businesses, including hotels, restaurants, caravan parks and tourist attractions, had originally...
Bath’s hospitality and tourism firms battling with staff shortages are set to benefit from a new jobs website built by city-based software company Cognisess. The site, commissioned by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and officially launched this week in Bath, will enable businesses to post vacancies while jobseekers can log on to...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Outlook for 2022 economy sours British Chambers of Commerce and thinktank the Resolution Foundation warn of harsher economic conditions for 2022. Get more information here House of Commons passes Economic Crime Bill Beneficial owners of overseas entities...
A commemorative tree has been planted at Bath’s showpiece Holburne Park housing development by children from a nearby school as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. BECT, the building contractor overseeing construction of the 200-plus home scheme, invited the youngsters from Bathwick St. Mary Church School to plant the oak tree as part...
Electric vehicle charge point mapping app Zap-Map has partnered with motoring organisation the RAC as it seeks to power ahead in the fast-growing market. The firm, which is majority owned by Chippenham-headquartered renewable energy group Good Energy, is already the UK’s top app of its kind with 660,000 downloads and hundreds of thousands of...
