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Chinese New Year banquet offers cracking opportunities for Bath firms to establish links with China

January 2, 2018
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Chinese New Year banquet offers cracking opportunities for Bath firms to establish links with China

Bath firms considering doing business in China this year – or those already trading there – are being urged to take part in the region’s largest Chinese New Year reception and banquet. Organised by the Bristol & West of England China Bureau, the event brings together business leaders, key figures from the Chinese business...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

January 1, 2018
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Monday January 1 Bank holiday Tuesday January 2 Trading update: Playtech Economic announcement: Manufacturing PMI (December) Wednesday January 3 Trading update: Next Economic announcement: Construction PMI (December) Thursday January 4 Economic announcement: Services PMI (December) Friday December 22 Trading update: Sports Direct, Clarkson  

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Alliance Pharma shares hit new high after latest acquisition gets green light

December 29, 2017
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Alliance Pharma shares hit new high after latest acquisition gets green light

Specialty pharmaceutical firm Alliance Pharma has completed the acquisition of pesticide-free head lice treatment Vamousse, sending its shares to their highest-ever level.   The Chippenham-based firm, which buys underperforming drugs brands and realises their potential through investment, said the deal – announced on December 4 – had been approved by shareholders in Vamousse’s parent...

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Time for change at 1pm as asset finance division MD announces retirement

December 22, 2017
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Time for change at 1pm as asset finance division MD announces retirement

The managing director of Bath-based specialist lender 1pm’s asset finance division is to retire following the successful integration into the group of Academy Leasing, which it bought for £12m in 2015. Michael Nolan, who founded Lancashire-based Academy, will continue to serve in his role for his contractual 12-month notice period with a view to...

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The LAST WORD: Sue Marchant, director, Cool Ventures

December 21, 2017
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The LAST WORD: Sue Marchant, director, Cool Ventures

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 Sue Marchant, a director of business growth consultancy Cool Ventures, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? The Martian with Matt Damon. It was entertaining and an...

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Deal completed to get more Bath businesses connected to ultrafast broadband

December 21, 2017
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Deal completed to get more Bath businesses connected to ultrafast broadband

Thousands of businesses across Bath & North East Somerset are to be connected to an ultrafast full-fibre broadband network that promises some of the UK’s fastest speeds. The project is the result of a £10.3m investment deal signed by publicly funded body Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) with Oxfordshire-based ultrafast broadband provider Gigaclear. It...

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Pearson May weekly financial round-up

December 21, 2017
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Pearson May weekly financial round-up

Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories.  HMRC steps up crackdown on offshore evasion Stringent new penalties for non-compliance take effect in 2018. Does this apply to you? Click here Technology could solve SME productivity problem SMEs are optimistic about upskilling through technology. Find out more...

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Business West review of 2017: Just enough good news to help ease the Brexit hangover

December 21, 2017
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Business West review of 2017: Just enough good news to help ease the Brexit hangover

As we approach the end of another eventful year for business, Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – the regional organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – looks back at the highs and lows of 2017. After a tumultuous 2016, many of us were perhaps expecting 2017 to be something like the...

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End of an era as Old Mill receptionist Di retires after 41 years

December 21, 2017
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End of an era as Old Mill receptionist Di retires after 41 years

West of England accountancy and financial planning group Old Mill’s longest-serving employee, receptionist Di Hale, has retired after 41 years.   Di, pictured, 69, joined the firm in 1976 when it was called Berkeley Hall & Co with offices on the High Street in Shepton Mallet.   At the time the firm had just...

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Luxury holiday apartments created out of former city centre offices

December 21, 2017
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Luxury holiday apartments created out of former city centre offices

Obsolete office space in Bath city centre has been transformed into luxury holiday and short-term let apartments in a move that will strengthen the city’s high-end tourist offering. The redevelopment of 4-5 Westgate Buildings by Bath-based property developer Kersfield has created 17 upmarket studio and one-bedroom apartments arranged over three floors above a Tesco...

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