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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

November 12, 2016
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Monday 14 November Interim: Redcentric Final: Carr’s Trading statements: Dignity, Ithaca Energy, Taylor Wimpey, William Hill AGMs: Aeorema Communications, Ecovista EGMs: EnQuest, Ironveld Tuesday 15 November Interims: BTG, Carclo, FirstGroup, Hayward Tyler, IMImobile, Intermediate Capital, James Cropper, Land Securities, Liontrust Asset Management, McKay Securities, Oxford Instruments, Premier Foods, Renold, RhythmOne, TalkTalk Telecom, Vodafone Finals:...

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The LAST WORD: Sarah Lane, head of business property, Stone King

November 11, 2016
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The LAST WORD: Sarah Lane, head of business property, Stone King

Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Sarah Lane, head of business property at Bath law firm Stone King, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? At the cinema it was Bridget Jones’s Baby....

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Bath prepares to rival Edinburgh with major new multi-arts festival

November 11, 2016
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Bath prepares to rival Edinburgh with major new multi-arts festival

Bath is to stage a new multi-arts festival next May as it looks to position itself alongside Edinburgh and Cheltenham as a major UK centre for the arts. Under the ambitious plan the city’s existing music and literature festivals will be merged with the new 10-day-long event also aiming to shake off Bath’s ‘elitist’...

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B&NES Council says Bath Tourism Plus will have brighter future as it takes full control

November 11, 2016
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B&NES Council says Bath Tourism Plus will have brighter future as it takes full control

Bath Tourism Plus, the city’s destination management services provider, has been promised a “more stable and robust” future after being taken completely into the control Bath & North East Somerset Council. The move ends the long-standing part ownership of Bath Tourism Plus (BTP) by Bath Chamber of Commerce. BTP, a limited company, was set...

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Mission control contract win for SCISYS puts it on launch pad for further space-related deals

November 11, 2016
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Mission control contract win for SCISYS puts it on launch pad for further space-related deals

Specialist IT group SCISYS has landed a contract to play a pivotal role in the launch of the world’s largest satellite constellation which aims to provide connectivity to billions of people around the world. The OneWeb global satellite system will consist of 648 orbiting mini-satellites which together will connect billions of people around the...

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Bank puts funds into Bath vets’ kitty to open cat-only clinic

November 11, 2016
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Bank puts funds into Bath vets’ kitty to open cat-only clinic

Bath vets’ practice Ashman Jones Vets has opened a cat-only clinic with a dedicated waiting and consultancy room with the support of a five-figure loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The funding has also enabled the award-winning practice to open an additional consulting room at its London Road base, which opened in 2010. The loan...

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Top chefs team up with Bath College students to serve up charity dinner

November 11, 2016
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Top chefs team up with Bath College students to serve up charity dinner

Students at Bath College had the chance to work with some of the city’s best chefs at a four-course networking dinner for professionals in the hospitality and catering industry. Organised by the Chefs’ Forum, the dinner was held at the Bath College Shrubbery Restaurant and included a special ‘pay-what-you-can’ lunch, raising £1,000 for industry...

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Bath’s Mr B & Friends breathes new life into Eastbourne’s image with town rebrand

November 11, 2016
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Bath’s Mr B & Friends breathes new life into Eastbourne’s image with town rebrand

It has a reputation as a sleepy town full of pensioners spending their twilight years sitting in deckchairs, but Eastbourne is about to shake off that image thanks to a new brand strategy and identity created for it by Bath creative agency Mr B & Friends. The firm jumped at the chance to create...

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Latest graduate trainee intake gets to work at Monahans

November 11, 2016
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Latest graduate trainee intake gets to work at Monahans

Monahans, the regional accountancy firm, has welcomed eight new graduate trainees. Based in its Trowbridge and Swindon offices, they will be completing their professional ACA qualifications to become chartered accountants. For the next three years Ashleigh Ward, Alex MacLachlan, Harris Huntley, Luke Midwinter, Raveethan Gunaratnarajah, Nicola Crick, Delane Janenthirarajah and Eiranjit Chahal will be...

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£3m funding for high-growth data archiving firm

November 11, 2016
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£3m funding for high-growth data archiving firm

Chippenham-based data archiving firm Arkivum is to expand into new sectors following a £3m investment. The firm said over the next six months it planned to announce new partnerships that will enable it to harness commercial opportunities in sectors facing regulatory and operational challenges around long-term data retention such as healthcare, life sciences and...

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