The clock is ticking for Bath directors to enter the region’s top award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The deadline for the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 is March 31 and organisers are urging Bath’s top executives to get their skates on and submit...
Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King has strengthened its property disputes team in the city with the appointment of associate Sarah Taylor. Sarah, pictured, joins from the Bristol head office of national firm Bevan Brittan, where she helped NHS trusts, housing associations and other clients to resolve their property disagreements. She brings significant...
Friska, the healthy fast food group started by two University of Bath graduates, has signed its first franchising deal – a move that is enabling it to open its ninth outlet. The new site, due to open in June in the newly-refurbished Luton Airport departure lounge, will be the biggest Friska yet with more...
Monday 20 March Interims: Diurnal, Finsbury Food Group, Volution Finals: MaxCyte, One Media IP Group, Phoenix Group Holdings, Satellite Solutions Worldwide, Taptica International Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 21 March Interims: Bellway, SCS Finals: 888 Holdings, Amec Foster Wheeler, Augean, EKF Diagnostics, Fevertree Drinks, Gamma Communications, Hansteen Holdings, Huntsworth, IQE, Judges Scientific, Mears Group,...
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. Third of adults not saving into a pension The latest wealth and assets survey by the Office for National statistics has revealed what people think about the various strategies for saving for employment. Some 32% of the respondents who expected...
Bath’s business scene is buzzing with bags of optimism and plentiful opportunities, according to stand holders and visitors at yesterday’s Bath Expo. The city’s largest event of its kind, the Bath Expo attracted hundreds of attendees to the Assembly Rooms, where they could chat to a wide range of businesses which had taken the...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King 11-strong team in last Sunday’s Bath Half Marathon raised more than £2,200 for Dorothy House Hospice Care – the law firm’s chosen charity as voted for by staff. Team member lawyer Nicola Cutler said: “The Bath Half is a great event in aid of so many fantastic causes...
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been told to follow up his dramatic Spring Budget U-Turn on proposed National Insurance increases for the self-employed by reversing planned tax rises on small business owners. Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has a large office in Bath, welcomed the Mr Hammond’s decision to scrap the NI self-employed increase,...
Bath-based media group Future has further developed its e-commerce team with the appointment of Jason Kemp to its executive leadership team as e-commerce & trading director. Jason, pictured, will focus on Future’s merchandising strategy, improving the way it converts potential customers into paying customers and developing retail best practice. He will also work on promotions...
Expanding Chippenham-based recruitment firm 24-7 Staffing has opened an office in Bristol to capitalise on spiralling demand for quality candidates in the city. The move forms part of the growth ambitions at 24-7 Staffing, which provides permanent, temporary and contract staff for the driving, industrial, commercial and healthcare sectors. As well as Chippenham and...
