Company bosses from Bath and across the West of England are “intensely frustrated” with the latest delays affecting Brexit, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce and the Bath & North East Somerset Initiative – said time was now running out for a managed departure...
International property agency GVA has appointed former Savills and Colliers director Paul Williams to lead its South West office agency. Paul, pictured, is a highly respected figure within the regional commercial property industry with a strong track record in all aspects of sale, leasing and acquisition of offices over a 30-year career. He arrives...
Monday December 10 Interim: Photo-Me International Economic announcement: GDP (October) Tuesday December 11 Interims: Ashtead, Carpetright Economic announcement: Employment data (claimant count, unemployment rate and average earnings) Wednesday December 12 Interims: Dixon Carphone, Superdry Trading updates: John Wood, Bellway, British American Tobacco Thursday December 13 Interims: Sports Direct, Purple Bricks, Adobe, Oracle Trading updates:...
Fast-growing creative firms in Bath and across the West of England are to gain better access to training and advice under a programme launched by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). The scheme, which will be funded by £1.35m from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, will also provide advice on...
Claire Randall, the managing director of Lucknam Park, is leaving the five-star hotel after nearly 20 years. Claire, pictured, joined the luxury hotel at Colerne in 1999 as general manager, becoming managing director 11 years later to work alongside chairman Harry Murray. During her two decades at the hotel she has overseen major changes...
Specialist marine identification and tracking technology firm SRT Marine Systems has landed a £31m contract with the government of the Philippines to supply it with a pioneering coastal protection and environmental monitoring system to clamp down on illegal fishing. Under the contract – one of the largest in the world – thousands of fishing...
A Bath-based biotech firm aiming to increase crop yields while reducing the need for pesticides and fertilisers hopes to gain a £150,000 investment to take it to the next level. Secure Harvests was selected to attend an investor event in London staged by SETsquared, the innovation hub backed by the University of Bath. The...
The Bath office of regional law firm Thrings welcomed guests to its annual Christmas drinks party at the Winter Wonderland experience at The Bird, Bath. Formerly the County Hotel, The Bird, Bath on Pulteney Road was acquired by Bath-based Kaleidoscope Collection earlier this year. Thrings’ guests enjoyed festive canapes, mulled wine and Christmas punch,...
BrandSoup was flicking through the internet recently, wondering what to cover in our next blog – whether to write about Turkish celebrity chef Nusret Gökçe, who is seeking to register his trade mark gestures? Or the controversy over video game Fortnite ‘stealing’ other people’s dance moves? Imagine our joy when we found out we...
Media planning and buying agency Mostly Media is celebrating opening a second office to cover Scotland and the North of England and landing a major new client. The agency, which buys advertising on behalf of its clients on TV, digital, press, out of home, cinema and radio, recently launched Mostly Media North following 18...
