Barclays has appointed Steven Beavan to the newly created role of head of business banking for the West of England, strengthening its commitment to the region’s small and medium-sized enterprises. Steven, pictured, will lead a 45-strong team of relationship managers responsible for supporting Barclays business customers turning over between £400,000 and £6m. He brings a...
University of Bath students studying subjects ranging from computer science to architecture are to benefit from a new agreement with a long-running experiment group based at CERN, the world-leading physics research organisation. Under the agreement, the university’s Faculty of Engineering & Design has become an affiliate member of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment,...
Bath’s Café Walcot was the venue for Thrings PM, the regular evening networking event staged by the city office of law firm Thrings. Prominent members of Bath’s business community gathered for one of the first events of the ‘new term’ after the summer break. All photos by Beata Cosgrove
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Fledgling charity Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation (BBPF) has appointed its first director along with 11 trustees as it begins to gather the views of residents of the two cities on what they want from their local parks. In her new role as director Charlee Bennett will spearhead BBPF’s next stages of development. She...
Law firm Thrings has appointed inheritance and tax planning specialist Penny Munro as a senior associate in its Bath office in a move that further strengthens its private client team. Penny, pictured, has joined from Dorset & Wiltshire firm Farnfields Solicitors, where she worked for nearly seven years. She has more than 20 years’...
Monday September 23 Finals: Pure Circle, Seeing Interims: ASA International Group, Brady, Deltex Medical, Destiny Pharma, Faron Pharma, Gama Aviation, Independent Oil & Gas, Instem, Keystone Law, Microsaic Tuesday September 24 Finals: 1pm, Blan Tech Grp, DX plc, Hotel Chocolat, Innovaderma, Town Centre Interims: Alliance Pharma, Animalcare Grp, Card Factory, Digitalbox, DP Poland, Everyman Media, Flowtech Fluid,...
Bath-based digital map and data platform firm Living Map is en route for strong growth after receiving investment of £2.6m to enable it to launch a new software package. The move will enable its technology to be adopted by a much wider audience, including large indoor venues such as airports, retail sites, hospitals and...
Specialist IT group SCISYS expects its £79m acquisition by Canadian tech giant CGI to be completed before the end of this year it said this week as it revealed a 2% increase in half-year revenues. Directors at the Chippenham-headquartered group, which supplies innovative software and IT services to the space, government, media, commerce and...
Bath-based digital agency Rally has celebrated its fifth anniversary by appointing Sammy Burt as its marketing director. Rally was founded by marketing campaign experts Ali Meredith and Cam Brewer alongside digital guru Russ Back in 2014 and quickly delivered successes for its clients. It now employs 15 people and has become the lead agency...
