Bath accountants OCL and Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright have acted for the shareholders of healthcare project management and facilities support business Capitec on its sale to Imagile Professional Services Limited (IPSL). IPSL, established in 2005 and, like Capitec, based in Bristol, is a leading asset management consultancy providing professional services across a broad range of infrastructure sectors...
Bath media firms looking at ways of engaging with emerging tech can apply for funding under a scheme designed to explore future content creation and distribution. The Amplified Publishing Pathfinder project offers funding ranging from £5,000 each for six industry partners to £12,000 each for six fellowships to give organisations the time, space and...
A 250% increase in online sales last year has earned Bath craft brewery Electric Bear Brewing a coveted award based on votes by satisfied customers. The Brassmill Lane brewery, whose brands include Zorbing pale ale and Mixtape lager, collected the Feefo Gold Trusted after making and distributing 120,000 cans of beer during what has...
Bath’s pandemic-hit meetings and events industry is to get free access to a pioneering scheme that allows events staged in different cities to link up through live-streaming technology. Nationwide initiative Hybrid Event Solutions UK (HESUK) has been launched by the convention bureaus covering England’s main cities – including the recently-launched regional body that promotes...
Bath residents are being urged to show their love for the city’s independent businesses this Valentine's Day by spending locally. Bath’s Business Improvement District (BID) – the organisation representing nearly 500 firms in the city centre – is encouraging people to support city businesses this Sunday by taking part in Love Local Day. Over...
A development of nine energy-efficient family homes which will help provide affordable housing have reached the ‘topping out’ stage with the installation of solar panels. St Joseph’s Court on Sladebrook Road, Southdown, is being built by Aequus, the Bath & North East Somerset Council’s construction and development company, which was set up to help...
The Institute of Directors in the South West has appointed experienced tech sector independent director James Savage and Steve Hill, the former managing director of defence contractor SEA, as ambassadors. James, pictured, who has spent 30-plus years in the sector, will be the IoD’s regional ambassador for high-tech industry and tech ventures, having been an independent director on the boards...
Property agents are offering a rare chance to buy a large warehouse and distribution complex with offices and a showroom ahead of its current occupier relocating. The freehold 49,452 sq ft multi-unit site in Warminster, pictured, currently occupied by Bath-based licensed giftware wholesaler Half Moon Bay, is on the market with a guide price...
Monday February 8 Final: Inland Trading announcement: Electrocomponents Tuesday February 9 Finals: Amino Technologies, Micro Focus, Ocado, RM, St Modwen Properties Interims: Mattioli Trading announcement: Bellway Economic announcement: Retail sales Wednesday February 10 Final: Smurfit Kappa Interims: Ashmore, Avingtrans, Dunelm Q4 result: Lancashire Holdings Economic announcement: GDP (preliminary) Thursday February 11 Finals: AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, Relx, Yamana Gold Interim: MJ Gleeson Economic announcement: RICS housing market survey Friday...
Rengen, the Bath property company behind a number of the city’s recent high-profile redevelopments, has secured a £40m finance agreement to fund a new raft of developments across the South West. The debt funding agreement with the real estate division of Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), the London-based global alternative asset manager, will be used to buy...
