A four-day cycle challenge by staff from accountancy firm Old Mill in memory of a colleague who died last year has raised nearly £20,000 – almost double the amount they expected. After Nick Baker, who took part in the two previous Old Mill charity cycle rides, lost a short and sudden battle with cancer...
Monday 24 July Interims: Ascential, Dialight, McColl’s Retail, Microgen, Reckitt Benckiser, SThree Final: Tungsten Corp Trading statements: Cranswick, Ryanair AGMs: Active Energy, Connemara Mining, Cranswick, Mx Oil, Paternoster Resources, Petrel Resources, Prime People, Proxama, Solo Oil, Uvenco EGM: Proxama Tuesday 25 July Interims: Croda International, Domino’s...
Bath brand, creative and digital agency Mr B and Friends is to move to Bristol after failing to find a suitable office in its home city to meet its expansion plans. The firm was formed in a bedroom 11 years ago by CEO Simon Barbato, pictured, and moved into Bath city centre around nine...
Serviced office group Clarendon has opened its first centre in the West of England, taking over four floors of a Bath city centre office block and transforming it into modern, high-quality workspace. Clarendon had been seeking a base in Bath for about six years before taking 13,000sq ft in Cambridge House on Henry Street....
Bath’s forward-looking employers now have more time to enter a top awards scheme that champions the happiest workplaces in the West following a decision by organisers to extend the deadline for entries. Staged by Bristol-based and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the Happiest Workplace competition recognises firms that go the extra mile to ensure...
Exporting firms based in the South West received support worth £3.2m from the government’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) over the past year – helping them achieve overseas sales of more than £41m. The figures emerge from UKEF’s latest annual report. The agency works alongside the Department for International Trade (DIT) to...
Manor house-turned-business centre Hartham Park has been given a new look as it expands its offering to embrace more flexible ways of working. The Georgian building, pictured below, set in 50 acres of parkland near Corsham, called in workplace designers Wylde IA to refurbish its restaurant, formerly called Jack’s, replacing it with a new...
Expanding independent recruitment company 24-7 Staffing is looking to add two further branches to its office network by 2020 after the successful launch of its third base earlier this year. The firm, which increased revenue by 25% last year and is on target for similar growth this year, opened in Bristol in May to...
Bristol Airport is trialling self-service bag drop technology aimed at cutting passenger queues as it prepares for its busiest weekend of the year. The bag drop pilot is being piloted for passengers flying with easyJet – the airport’s largest operator serving 64 destinations. The scheme – already being used at other airports – is...
Four Bath area parks have been named among the best in the world through the respected Green Flag Award scheme. Bloomfield Green, Henrietta Park and Royal Victoria Park in Bath and Keynsham Memorial Park are among a record-breaking 1,797 UK parks and green spaces to receive a prestigious Green Flag Award – the mark of...
