Bath Festivals today appointed its new chief executive and director of development as it prepares for its new flagship festival of music and literature for the city. Ian Stockley joins as chief executive and Clare Jack as director of development. The two key appointments have been made ahead of the annual Bath Festival in...
Augmented reality, robotics and personalised health care are likely to be the big science trends of the next 12 months, according to the founder of SelectScience, the fast-growing Bath-based specialist publisher. The Corston-based global online publisher’s editorial team is made up almost exclusively of highly qualified scientists. That gives them unrivalled access to many...
The self employed could see their tax bills rise in measures expected to be announced in next week’s Budget, warns Jon Miles, director at Bath accountancy firm Richardson Swift. Changes to self-employed taxation are expected to be mentioned in the Budget on Wednesday and are likely to result in a consultation. The Chancellor may...
A Bath lawyer who specialises in providing legal advice to older clients has written to her former boss, Chancellor Philip Hammond, urging him to address the crisis in care funding in next week’s Budget. Sarah Clarke, pictured, who is based in the Bath office of law firm Stone King, was previously a researcher in Mr Hammond’s...
A family lawyer specialising in childcare cases has joined the Bath head office of regional law firm Royds Withy King after almost a decade working for local authorities. Robert Hearne, pictured, has joined the firm’s growing family team as an associate from Wiltshire Council. He has also worked as a family lawyer for Nottinghamshire...
Tickets for next week’s South West Fairtrade Business Awards ceremony have gone on sale as the full line-up of speakers is announced for the high-profile event. The prestigious awards – now in their fifth year – showcase organisations across the region for their commitment to using and promoting fairly traded products, and embedding Fairtrade...
Bath PR consultant Neil Whitehead and learning and development professional Jane Davidson have drawn on their decades of experience to launch a simple, easy-to-use way for managers to communicate with a mobile workforce. Called VOZ, it is downloaded to workers’ smartphones so they can receive targeted information anytime, anywhere. Unlike blanket emails, which can...
Property advisory firm CBRE has appointed Tom Morris as associate director of the capital markets team in its South West office. Tom, pictured, has moved into his new role from CBRE’s valuation team. Based in CBRE’s Bristol office, he will now be responsible for advising clients on the acquisition and disposal of their real estate assets,...
The UK’s most active provider of growth capital to small and mid-sized businesses, BGF (Business Growth Fund), is continuing to expand its team covering the South West with the appointment of James Skade as an investor. Before joining BGF, James, pictured, spent five years at accountancy group EY, most recently in the corporate finance...
Monday 27 February Interims: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, MJ Gleeson Finals: Ascential, Bunzl, Dialight, FBD Holdings, Hiscox, Keller, McColl’s Retail Group, Persimmon, Quartix Holdings, Rotork, RTC Group, Senior, Trinity Mirror Trading statement: Associated British Foods AGM: Formation Group EGM: Alexander Mining Tuesday 28 February Interims: Go-Ahead Group, Redde, Revolution Bars, Ricardo, Swallowfield, Waterman Group Finals: Bodycote,...
