BMT Group, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy with a major presence in Bath, has merged two of its subsidiaries to strengthen its service to blue-chip customers. The move brings together Bath-based BMT Cadence, which sells safety and environmental risk management services, and BMT Reliability Consultants, which focusses on reliability and supportability...
Chippenham-based Solar Communications, the fast-growing business communications managed service provider, has made its second acquisition in six months to further boost its offering. Hot on the heels of July’s takeover of Essex-based Response Data Communications (RDC), Solar has snapped up Burnley-based Denwa for an undisclosed fee. Its enhanced portfolio now offers increased choice...
Lawyers from the Bath office of Royds Withy King have handled the sale of a privately owned luxury hotel recently named as the best in Bristol. The 20-bedroom Henbury Lodge Hotel, pictured, changed hands for an undisclosed sum in a deal in which Royds Withy King’s leisure and hospitality team acted for the private sellers....
Monday 12 December Interim: Cohort Final: Hardide AGM: Concha Economics: CBI retailing reported sales Tuesday 13 December Interims: Begbies Traynor, Carpetright Finals: Hollywood Bowl, Zytronic Trading statement: Bellway AGMs: Bellway, Getech, Tristel, Utilitywise EGM: Chesnara Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index Wednesday 14 December Interims: Dixons Carphone, Micro...
The University of Bath has teamed up with French power giant EDF Energy to launch a pioneering research partnership aimed at improving the management of supply chains in major capital schemes and including more local firms. The Hinkley Point C Supply Chain Innovation Lab will be based in the university’s School of Management and...
Bristol Airport is calling for improvements to its road and rail links to prevent millions of people from the region travelling to London to catch flights. Research commissioned by the airport shows that last year 7m people journeyed to London airports from the South West and South Wales – more than the total who...
Andrews, the Keynsham-based property group, has rounded off 2016 with another industry award, taking Silver in the training & development category at the Estate Agency of the Year Awards. The firm, which has 55 branches across the South of England, was commended by the judges for the way in which it does not view...
Businesses that get turned down by their banks for finance now have many other options available to them to secure the funding – but they need to take advice before approaching alternative lenders, warns regional accountants Bishop Fleming. Bath’s largest accountancy firm has welcomed a new legal obligation on high street banks to refer...
Epoch, the Bath-based wealth management firm, has donated a total of £10,000 to good causes this year and has plans in place to donate a further £4,000 by the end of March. The firm has a pledge to give a percentage of its annual profits to charity and this year’s beneficiaries include the Lewis...
Green utility Good Energy has won a major award for installing a spectacular rainforest display inside its Chippenham head office to mark the launch of a new eco product. Staff and visitors to the office were stunned when set designers transformed the building into a rainforest on the day the firm unveiled its eco-friendly...
