Estate agents and property group Andrews and its principal shareholder Andrews Charitable Trust have received a prestigious national award for their work to support young people leaving the care sector. The Keynsham-based group topped the Charity Partnership: Fashion and Retail category of the Business Charity Awards, staged as part of Fundraising Week. Andrews set...
Monday 29 May Bank holiday. Tuesday 30 May Finals: Advanced Oncotherapy, Horizon Discovery, Kainos Group, Renold AGMs: EU Supply, Management Consulting, Starcom, ValiRx EGM: Money Swap Wednesday 31 May Finals: LondonMetric Property, Telford Homes Trading statements: IG Group, OPG Power Ventures AGMs: AG Barr, Central Asia Metals, Cluff Natural Resources, e-Therapeutics, Ingenta, Polar Capital,...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Edward Thompson, associate solicitor in Mowbray Woodwards’ dispute resolution team, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Empire of the Sun. One of my favourite books and...
The next government must strengthen the UK’s ability to help businesses start up and grow – including ditching the view that all immigration is bad – according to the director-general of the Institute of Directors. Speaking on his first visit to the West of England yesterday, Stephen Martin, pictured, also called for clarity over...
Organisers of Bath’s highly successful Christmas Market are urging city traders to forgot the heatwave and look ahead to the festive season by booking their chalet now. The deadline to reserve space at the market – which this year will be between Thursday November 23 and Sunday December 10, subject to planning and licensing consent...
This year’s Bath Boules is set to surpass all previous years with more sponsors, partners and prizes than ever before. Regarded as Bath’s unofficial summer party, the much-loved event this year is staged this weekend, starting tomorrow. As previously, it will be free to attend – whether residents, businesses, visitors, adults or children. Organiser...
Brexit is already having an impact on the number of overseas firms investing up in the South West, according to new research. The number of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the region fell by a quarter from 37 in 2015 to 28 last year, with experts predicting the number could fall further as the UK...
Diversity in the West of England’s burgeoning tech sector will come under the spotlight at a major event next month. Called DIVERSITY? and taking place on Saturday June 24 at Bristol’s Watershed media centre, it will bring together a wide range of people from across the region who are keen to increase diversity in...
Urban regeneration specialist Helm Construction has been brought in to transform an historic area of central Bath, drawing on its experience with similar sensitive sites around the region. Helm is building a courtyard of eight three-bedroom townhouses at Walcot Yard, off Walcot Street, for Bath-based developers Kersfield. The previous buildings on the site had...
Bath Building Society Group has appointed its chief risk officer Tonia Lovell to its board as director of risk management. Tonia, pictured, who is also society secretary, took up her new role on May 1. She joined the society in May 2008 as head of compliance, a job in which she managed the relationship...
