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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

November 24, 2019
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Monday November 25 Final: Cerillion Interims: Cake Box Holdings, D4t4 Solutions, Sirius RE, Sysgroup, Thruvision Group Economic announcements: BBA mortgage lending figures, CBI distributive trades surveys Tuesday November 26 Finals: Compass Group, Paragon Group, Ten Life, Treatt, UDG Healthcare Interims: Augmentum Fintech, Cranswick, Draper Esprit, GB Group, Design Group, Imimoble, LXI REIT, Schroder Real,...

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EasyJet sees case for package holidays as it looks to announce new services from Bristol Airport

November 22, 2019
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EasyJet sees case for package holidays as it looks to announce new services from Bristol Airport

Low-cost airline easyJet is to announce new routes from Bristol Airport within the next few weeks following the acquisition of take-off and landing slots formerly owned by defunct travel group Thomas Cook. The airline, the largest operator from the airport, paid £36m for the six summer slot pairs and one winter slot pair at...

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Profits soar at Future as string of acquisitions pay off during ‘transformative year’

November 22, 2019
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Profits soar at Future as string of acquisitions pay off during ‘transformative year’

Bath media group Future hailed the past 12 months as a “transformative year” as it revealed a 189% leap in annual pre-tax profits. The highly acquisitive group, which has made a spate of takeovers in the past few years, earned the £12.7m pre-tax profits on sales up 70% at £221.5m in the year to September...

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Success across the board for Bath attractions in region’s top tourism awards

November 22, 2019
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Success across the board for Bath attractions in region’s top tourism awards

Bath tourist attractions and hospitality venues swept the board against rivals from across Bristol and Somerset in a major awards scheme last night. The Roman Baths & Pump Room won a hat-trick of Golds in the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism, International Tourism an  Large Visitor Attraction of the Year categories while the  Assembly Rooms...

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Call for ‘data fellows’ to take part in pioneering South West creative tech project

November 22, 2019
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Call for ‘data fellows’ to take part in pioneering South West creative tech project

A groundbreaking £6.5m project aiming to expand the use of creative technologies across the South West is seeking 24 people to explore the frontiers of data. The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) is recruiting ‘data fellows’ to ask questions about the current state of data in the region and look at the challenges...

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Students rise to Rotork’s Bath community charity challenge to help develop their skills

November 22, 2019
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Students rise to Rotork’s Bath community charity challenge to help develop their skills

More than 100 students from University of Bath School of Management have teamed up with city-based specialist engineering firm Rotork to help local charities and not-for-profit organisations. Under the Rotork Community Challenge, 14 local charities have set tasks which the student teams need to complete by early next month.  The results of each project...

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Unique list champions Bath groups doing most to tackle tech sector’s diversity challenge

November 22, 2019
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Unique list champions Bath groups doing most to tackle tech sector’s diversity challenge

Organisations that are addressing diversity challenges in the South West’s tech sector have been highlighted in a unique project. For the past two years DisruptSW has showcased the most-innovative companies in the region with the 25 named in each list recognising firms taking a new approach to existing problems. They demonstrated this by showing...

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Quartet’s vision to make a difference remains strong as ever as it hits landmark £50m figure

November 21, 2019
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Quartet’s vision to make a difference remains strong as ever as it hits landmark £50m figure

Quartet Community Foundation, the organisation that inspires local philanthropy to give everyone in the West of England a fair chance of a good life, is celebrating handing out £50m in grants since it was founded in 1987. Thirty-two years ago the Foundation awarded £16,585 to 19 projects, including ACTA, which received a grant for...

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Minerva’s Owls campaign earns hat-trick of awards for Bath agency Highlight

November 21, 2019
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Minerva’s Owls campaign earns hat-trick of awards for Bath agency Highlight

Bath-based PR agency Highlight’s campaign for last year’s successful Minerva’s Owls of Bath public arts trail has landed it three Gold awards at a prestigious ceremony to celebrate the South of England’s public relations industry. The agency landed the hat-trick at the regional Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards – going one...

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The Times legal survey names two Bath-based law firms among Top 200

November 21, 2019
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The Times legal survey names two Bath-based law firms among Top 200

Two Bath-headquartered law firms have been included among the UK’s top 200 in the UK legal sector. Royds Withy King and Stone King are included in the latest edition of a prestigious publication produced by The Times.  The Times Best Law Firms 2020 survey is based on the views of solicitors in England and...

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