Firms across the West of England could face “severe difficulties” in employing enough staff to stay in business if government post-Brexit plans to restrict overseas workers come into effect, according to the CBI. An immigration visa system now under consultation could prevent firms employing workers on salaries of less than £30,000 for more than...
Regional financial planners and accountants Old Mill has been named as South West Adviser Firm of the Year in one of the profession’s most coveted awards. Old Mill – which has offices in Melksham, Wells, Yeovil and Exeter – collected the prestigious prize at the Professional Adviser Awards in London last week. Now in...
Monday February 11 Finals: Acacia Mining, Michelin Economic announcement: Trade balance (December) Tuesday February 12 Interims: Metro, TUI Trading update: AA Wednesday February 13 Finals: Tullow Oil, Heineken Interims: Galliford Try, Dunelm Economic announcement: CPI January Thursday February 14 Finals: AstraZeneca, Micro Focus, MoneySupermarket.com, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole, Renault, Nestle Interims: Ashmore, Safestore, Coca-Cola...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Rob Suchet, founder of HEALTH and co-founder of Bath’s new boutique fitness club CLASS, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Bohemian Rhapsody Book you read? 21 Lessons for the 21st Century...
Bath can become an international centre of excellence for financial services by playing to its strengths as a great place to live and run a business, a new sector group has heard. Launched last night to industry leaders, the Bath Financial Forum aims to grow the city’s reputation as fertile ground for finance firms. ...
Construction work is to start this spring on the first new major office development in Bath city centre for three decades – paving the way for the creation of a long-awaited new business quarter for the city. Building group BAM was this week appointed as main contractor for the 45,000 sq ft office scheme...
The Bath-based owner of online celebrity news site Entertainment Daily has snapped up satirical news site The Daily Mash as the first in what is promises to be a series of acquisitions. Digitalbox Publishing also today announced it is to list on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market next month via a £10m reverse takeover...
Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing organisation, has teamed up with students from Bath Spa University to produce a series of videos to support its Feel-Good Bath campaign. Seventy-five BA (hons) film, television and digital production students worked in groups to create the eight films with supporting digital and written content – covering themes...
Bath Business School has developed its first Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and is accepting final applications for its first cohort of students. The two-year part-time MBA Leadership at the school, part of Bath Spa University, has been designed to ensure students will graduate with the skills organisations need today. It is being...
The Bath office of West of England law firm Mogers Drewett is supporting one of the region’s up-and-coming film companies as it prepares for the world premiere of its latest production. Bristol-based Early Day Films’ first feature film Bait has been selected for Berlinale 2019 (the Berlin International Film Festival) and is the...
