Monday August 6 Interims: HSBC, Synthomer, UniCredit Trading Updates: easyJet, Wizz Air Tuesday August 7 Final: Hargreaves Lansdown Interims: InterContinental Hotels, Domino’s Pizza, Intertek, Meggitt, Rotork, ICAP, Genel Energy, Avis Budget, Walt Disney, Snap, Hertz Global Trading Update: Pets at Home Wednesday August 8 Interims: Glencore, Prudential, Interserve, Page Group, Stock Spirits, Liberty Global,...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the local’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Andy Heath, chairman of the British Council for Offices (BCO) South West and Wales, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Jurassic World with my son! Book...
Business groups are divided over the need for yesterdey’s 0.25% increase in interest rates by the Bank of England. The move, which took the base rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, is only the only the second time the Bank has hiked the cost of borrowing since the economy crashed 10 years ago. Most economic...
Bath-based licensed giftware wholesaler Half Moon Bay has acquired Warminster homeware and fashion firm Shruti after securing a £3m loan from Barclays. As a result of the deal Half Moon Bay, whose licensed and themed giftware includes many of the world’s top entertainment brands such as Disney, Harry Potter, Superman, Doctor Who and Star...
Bath’s Quays North development, which aims to create a much-needed new showpiece office park for the city, has received outline planning consent from Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES). The 2.2-hectare site, which will also include at least 70 new homes and a new car park, forms a part of the Bath Quays...
Bath commercial property firm HPH has raised more than £5,000 for Dorothy House Hospice Care, its chosen charity of the year. Staff at the company, based on Kingsmead Square, have completed a range of fundraising activities over the past 12 months for the local hospice, which cares for people with life-limiting illnesses as well...
Regional law firm Mogers Drewett has signed a partnership with Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing organisation, to support events at this year’s Bath Christmas Market. Mogers Drewett, which has offices in Bath, Wells, Sherborne and Frome, will support family-friendly events linked to the market, including the lanterns and decorations made by primary...
Bath restaurant Green Park Brasserie has appointed Alex Peters as director of marketing and strategy for the business. Alex, pictured, has a background in marketing, having previously worked agency side and in-house at the British Museum, where he spent two-and-a-half years as a producer and senior producer working on digital content, editorial and design. ...
Keynsham-based Almeda Facilities has won big at a national awards event that champions family businesses. The firm secured the ‘Best Business to Work For’ and ‘Family Business of the Year’ titles for the South West at the National Family Business Awards. The awards are acknowledged as the most sought after when it...
St Austell Brewery’s Charitable Trust has donated £10,000 to Children’s Hospice South West following the recent official opening of Bath Ales’ new brewery. Since acquiring Bath Ales in 2016, the Cornwall-based brewery has spread its Charitable Trust’s operations into area to ensure as many people as possible benefit from donations. The state-of-the-art...
