The education team in the Bath office of law firm Stone King is warning head teachers in the city to be on their guard against online fraudsters who demand thousands of pounds in so-called ransomware attacks. It says schools are being targeted by cyber criminals who first encrypt school data then seek money to...
Monday 23 January Final: SThree Trading statement: Petra Diamonds AGMs: easyHotel, Redefine International EGM: Fastjet Tuesday 24 January Interims: IG Group, PZ Cussons Finals: Benchmark Holdings, Blue Prism, Crest Nicholson, Lakehouse Trading statements: Dixons Carphone, easyJet, Genel Energy AGMs: BMR Group, Marston’s, Mitchells & Butlers Economics: Public sector borrowing Wednesday 25 January Final: Staffline...
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 Donna Kehoe, the Bank of England’s South West agent, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Hail Caesar starring George Clooney. It is always fun to watch...
Bath-based specialist lending group 1pm’s half-year sales have surged by more than 50% as demand for finance from small and medium-sized businesses continued to soar. The acquisitive group, which achieved revenue growth of 52% to £7.99m in the six months to November 30 with pre-tax profits up 23% to £2.05m, said it continued to look for further...
Upmarket car retail group Dick Lovett is to create 150 jobs at a new flagship Jaguar Land Rover dealership in West Wiltshire. The firm, which has a string of dealership along the M4 selling marques such as Porsche, Ferrari and BMW, has acquired a four-acre greenfield site at Hampton Park West, south of Melksham,...
Confidence levels among property and construction professionals in Bath and across the South West are the second highest in the UK, according to a new report from accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson. Only professionals in London and the South East are more optimistic about their prospects, the firm’s annual survey...
Minuteman Press Bath – the UK’s largest Minuteman franchise – has started the new year by extending its range of cutting machines. The firm has become the first in the UK to acquire a state-of-the-art Valiani Optima V 250 flat-bed cutting table, which has allowed it to perform short-run cutting in-house. The Italian-built machine,...
Bath entrepreneurs are being invited to attend the second meeting of The Royall Wealth Club, the innovative West-based community of forward-thinking individuals, on Monday. The club, which covers Bath and Bristol, was launched last October to bring together successful people from all walks of life to meet, share and develop their personal goals around wealth,...
Annual turnover at Bath-based building firm Halsall soared by 34% to £26.7m last year as it continued to grow into a major player in the regional construction industry. Halsall, headquartered on the Bath Business Park at Peasedown St John, said the opening of an office in Exeter and a mix of housing, construction, and care...
Time is running out for Bath firms to enter the prestigious South West Fairtrade Business Awards. Applications for the hotly contested awards, which are free to enter, close on January 31. Now in their fifth year, the awards champion organisations across the region that put ethical responsibilities at the heart of their business and...
