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Specialist lender 1pm ticks up another year of solid growth

September 12, 2017
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Specialist lender 1pm ticks up another year of solid growth

Shares in Bath-based specialist lender 1pm climbed this week after it posted another strong set of annual financial results, driven by organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Pre-tax profits at the group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, rose by 17% to £4.3m for the year to May 31 on revenue...

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Bath Business Blog: Joanna Randall, managing director, Purplefish. What the Bell Pottinger story can teach us about reputation

September 11, 2017
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Bath Business Blog: Joanna Randall, managing director, Purplefish. What the Bell Pottinger story can teach us about reputation

International PR agency Bell Pottinger – or Bell Rottinger, as it is now being referred to – has had a pretty rough ride over the past few months, culminating last week in being booted out of industry trade body the PRCA for the next five years. But what happened? How does a global PR...

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Places still available for ‘smart tech’ pioneers at Venturefest’s investor showcase

September 11, 2017
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Places still available for ‘smart tech’ pioneers at Venturefest’s investor showcase

Tech start-ups and scale-ups seeking funding have just a week left to apply for the Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase taking place as part of Venturefest Bristol & Bath next month. Applications, which must be in by September 15, are open to early stage tech firms – those looking for investment of between £100,000 and...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

September 11, 2017
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Monday 11 September Finals: Abcam, K3 Capital Group, 1pm, Seeing Machines Interims: Be Heard Group, Cloudcall Group, Crossrider, Deltex Medical Group, EKF Diagnostics Holdings, HGCapital, John Laing Infrastructure Fund, Luceco, Pennant International. Restore, Starwood European Real Estate Finance, XLMedia Trading statement: Associated British Foods AGMs: Bailey (C.H.), Empyrean Energy, Real Estate Credit Investment Tuesday...

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Valldata acquisition lifts charity services business Woods Group to top of sector

September 8, 2017
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Valldata acquisition lifts charity services business Woods Group to top of sector

The UK’s largest charity services business has been formed following the acquisition of Melksham specialist outsourcing firm Valldata by Chippenham-based Woods Group. Woods Group is best known for its strengths in raffles, lotteries, print production and payment processing for charities such as the RSPB, National Trust and Motability, while Valldata specialises in fulfilment, payment...

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Second Tech Track 100 placing for pioneering University of Bath spin-out

September 8, 2017
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Second Tech Track 100 placing for pioneering University of Bath spin-out

A company that spun out of the University of Bath is to appear in a league table of the UK’s fastest-growing private tech, media and telecoms firms for the second time in two years. Qualasept Pharmaxo, which has developed the UK’s single biggest aseptic clean room, has achieved annual sales growth of 77% over...

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SCISYS confident ahead of first-half results as spate of contract wins boost order book

September 8, 2017
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SCISYS confident ahead of first-half results as spate of contract wins boost order book

A raft of recent contract wins and a bumper order book means Chippenham-based specialist IT group SCISYS is on target to report solid half-year results later this month, according to its directors. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange earlier this week, the SCISYS board said they remained confident that the group...

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South West museum and archive organisation puts trust in Vysiion’s innovative cloud package

September 8, 2017
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South West museum and archive organisation puts trust in Vysiion’s innovative cloud package

Vysiion, the Chippenham-based communications infrastructure and outsourced IT service provider, is delivering an IT managed service for the South West Heritage Trust, which runs archives, museums and other historic services across Somerset and Devon.  The archives hold more than seven million original documents relating to the history of Somerset and Devon with open access...

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Avon Tyres appointed by TVR to supply its new 200mph high-performance sports

September 8, 2017
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Avon Tyres appointed by TVR to supply its new 200mph high-performance sports

Iconic British sports car maker TVR today unveiled its first new model for more than a decade – with Melksham-based specialist tyre manufacturer Avon playing a crucial supporting role. The £90,000 car, which can reach speeds of up to 200mph and 0-60mph in less than four seconds, was launched to much fanfare at the...

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Charities with big ideas urged to take part in software firm Mayden’s hack event

September 8, 2017
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Charities with big ideas urged to take part in software firm Mayden’s hack event

Bath-based​ ​software​ ​house ​Mayden is ​inviting​ ​local​ ​charities​ ​to​ ​get​ ​involved​ ​in​ ​its ​two​-​day​ ​hack next month. Charities​ ​will​ ​have​ ​access​ ​to​ ​the​ ​combined​ ​expertise​ ​of​ ​Mayden’s​ ​software developers,​ ​marketing​ ​and​ ​admin​ ​teams,​ ​and​​ ​coaches​ ​to​ ​help​ ​them​ ​move​ ​forward an​ ​idea​ ​or​ ​project of​ ​their​ ​choice​.  Mayden​ ​software​ ​developer​ ​and​ ​scrum​ ​master​ ​Rob​...

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