Monday May 7 Bank holiday Tuesday May 8 Interims: Walt Disney Trading updates: Hiscox, William Hill Wednesday May 9 Interims: Imperial Brands, Compass Trading update: JD Wetherspoon, G4S, Greggs Thursday May 10 Final: BT, Stobart Interims: Randgold Resources Trading updates: Morrisons, Next, RSA Insurance, Barratt Developments, ITV, Beazley, Rathbone, Superdry, TP, ICAP Economic announcement:...
Nominations have opened for the SPARKies, the awards that showcase the best of the West of England’s tech sector. Now in their sixth year, the awards shine a light on the firms and individuals operating in areas as diverse as apps, touchless technology and healthcare. Two new categories – Best Scale-Up and Most Innovative...
The worlds of culture and football will come together next weekend as The Bath Festival joins forces for the first time with Bath City Football Club to kick off a day of activities and celebrity appearances. One of a number of special collaborations in this year’s ambitious Festival programme, the event on Saturday May...
Bath-based gift design firm Wild & Wolf has landed a prestigious national award for its 2017 Orla Kiely stationery collection. The collection beat off strong challenges from the likes of Kellogg’s, Nintendo & Discovery Science ranges to top the Best Brand Licensed Gifting Range category in the Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Awards. Better...
Ambitious Bath businesses with at least two years of sustained growth are being invited to apply for grants of £5,000 to accelerate their expansion. Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has £500,000 worth of funding available to aspiring scale-up businesses through its new High Impact Scale-Up Coaching Grants programme. Building on the success...
Skills and opportunities for up to 3,000 adults across Bath and the West of England are to be boosted under a new project. Future Bright is a £4m scheme being run by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), working with Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire councils. West of...
The stars of the West of England’s aerospace and defence industries have less than a month to enter the region’s top awards dedicated to the sectors. June 1 is the deadline for the West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) Aerospace Ambassadors Awards, which celebrate the individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the...
National law firm law firm Stone King has secured two major hires and made three promotions in its Bath office. The new arrivals are commercial property lawyer Caroline Taylor, formerly a partner at Michelmores in Bristol, and Julian Blake, previously joint head of charity and social enterprises at London firm Bates Wells Braithwaite. Caroline,...
Future, the highly acquisitive Bath-based media group, has completed its takeover of four specialist consumer titles from rival Haymarket – but has decided not to buy its gadget review magazine Stuff. Future said the move followed initial discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). As a result, the £14m cost of the...
Bath-based property management firm Touchstone has promoted three members of its expanding team to director. In their new roles, James Perrett and Ben Beadle will lead operational activity across the firm’s entire business, while Dane Matthews will oversee the continued growth of contracts for its clients, including Dolphin Living and The Wellcome Trust. Rachel...
