Bath-headquartered specialist lender Time Finance has boosted its asset finance division with the appointment of Dan Hindmarsh as broker manager. Dan, pictured, has joined with more than five years’ industry experience, having started his career as a customer services representative at Aldermore Bank where he managed relationships with a broad portfolio of clients. He then...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised the buyer of Somerset domiciliary care agency in a move that will enable it to expand its services. Taunton-based Somerset Care, which has 27 care homes and provides care and support to help individuals remain independent in their own homes, acquired Way Ahead Care for an...
Accountancy and advisory firm Grant Thornton has promoted private tax director Richard Marsh to partner. He will now lead the firm’s South region private wealth team. Richard, pictured, is the first head of the team, which brings together specialists from Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford, Reading and Southampton. He is also responsible for supporting ultra-high net worth...
Monday October 4 Finals: Coral Products, James Halstead, Quadrise Fuels International Tuesday October 5 Finals: Bluefield Solar Income Fund, Hotel Chocolat Group, SCS Group Interim: Inspiration Healthcare Group Trading announcement: Greggs Economic announcement: PMI services Wednesday October 6 Final: Netcall Interims: Allied Minds, Tesco Trading announcements: Ferrexpo, Sirius Real Estate Economic announcement: PMI construction Thursday October 7 Finals: Eenergy Group, Volution Group Interims: Morses Club...
Outsourcing group Capita is to sell its Secure Solutions and Services business to international IT group NEC in a deal expected to be worth around £62m. Chippenham-headquartered Secure Solutions and Services (SSS) supplies IT to the police, criminal justice, emergency services and critical responder sectors across the world. These range from control room and...
The South West’s key sectors could suffer irreparable damage unless the government starts to tackle the shortage of workers by easing EU visa restrictions, the region’s business leaders today warned. But even providing temporary visas for jobs such as drivers and food workers would only be a short-term measure and ministers must also come...
Small firms based in the Mendip area that have been hit by the pandemic or Brexit are being urged to apply for revitalisation grants of up to £20,000 before the deadline in less than two weeks. The grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to businesses in the area covered by Mendip District...
A programme designed to break down barriers and support more disabled people into work is being launched in Bath and across the West of England. Some 100 businesses will receive tailored, targeted disability inclusion training to help them create a more diverse workforce. The project, part of the Workforce for the Future programme, is...
Two Bath area firms have been named among the 50 fastest-growing e-commerce brands of the ‘pandemic era’. Sales at Frome-based The Regency Chess Company moved ahead by 217% through 2019 and 2020 while they climbed by 199% at specialist ladder company Henchman, based at Seend, near Melksham. The two appear in the Lightning 50,...
Passengers boarding flights at Bristol Airport are travelling between the terminal and their plane by electric bus in the latest trial scheme to reduce its emissions. The airport announced its ambition last month to become Net Zero by 2030. If it is successful, Bristol would be the first UK airport to do so. Bristol said...
