A panel of successful Bath women are to share their stories at an International Women’s Day networking event at the city’s iconic Pump Room. They will be shed light on the challenges they faced achieving success in their professions as well as how they have managed to combine work with fulfilling personal lives. Guests...
A six-acre industrial estate with development potential has come onto the market – with property agents saying it could help plug the shortage of suitable schemes in the area. The site on the outskirts of Frome has a range of buildings totalling 32,500 sq ft including offices, warehousing, workshops and a showroom. It is currently occupied...
1pm, the Bath-based specialist lending group, has appointed James Roberts as its new chief financial officer. James, pictured, who takes up the new role on May 1, brings extensive financial and commercial experience to the group. He is currently finance director at Stroud-based Catalyst Business Finance, which provides invoice and loan financing in the...
Bath business adviser Richard Tidswell has demonstrated confidence in his founding company by buying a part of the firm and taking on a broader development role across the region. Richard Tidswell is one of half a dozen successful individual franchisees to invest in Business Doctors – a support network dedicated to helping small and...
Bath and the West of England should aim to become the UK’s first city-region to have full employment – but it must also tackle a huge social divide made worse by spiralling housing costs. The challenge has been thrown down to the soon-to-be-elected Metro Mayor, who will lead a combined authority taking in Bath...
National property adviser GVA has appointed six new members of staff to its South West office, heralding an optimistic start to 2017 across its multidisciplinary business. Harry Hancock, Joanna Murray and Jordan Andrews have joined its building consultancy and architectural teams, Kimberley Brown and Emma Norman have been taken on by its planning team...
Funding of £10.6m has been awarded to the West of England to help young people, the long-term unemployed and those facing barriers to work develop new skills and find local, sustainable employment. The funding, from the Skills Funding Agency, was secured through the European Social Fund (ESF) – EU funding designed to help people...
Monday 30 January Interims: Conviviality, Filtronic Final: Porvair AGM: Ixico Tuesday 31 January Interims: Alumasc, NWF Finals: Ocado, Oxford Biodynamics Trading statements: Britvic, Carpetright, CYBG, Greencore, Intermediate Capital, Pentair, SCS, SSE AGMs: Britvic, C4X Discovery, Greencore, Infrastrata, John Lewis of Hungerford, Servoca, Stride Gaming, Sunrise Resources, Tertiary Minerals EGM: GCP Student Living Economics: GfK...
Further growth is being forecast this year at specialist personal injury law firm Novum Law, which has an office in Bath, following five key promotions, including one at partner level. Kim Chamberlain, pictured, a highly experienced serious personal injury solicitor who joined Novum Law in 2010, joins the firm’s 10-strong senior management team as a...
Regional law firm Mogers Drewett has expanded its human resources and employment legal services offer to clients with the appointment of in-house HR consultant Lucy Cotterell. Lucy, pictured, who has 20 years’ experience in HR, has joined Mogers Drewett after an extensive and varied career within the HR team at Bath College – including...
