Cloud Direct, the Bath-based cloud services firm, has hit the takeover trail for the third time in just over a year as it accelerates its growth. The takeover of London-based managed service provider (MSP) Redblade gives Cloud Direct customers access to an increased level of technical expertise. Cloud Direct sees this as strategically important...
Bath-based independent publishing firm Crimson is to publish the iconic Time Out Guides across the world after securing a deal with Time Out Group. Under the agreement, Crimson will also distribute all new Time Out Guides and the previously produced range of books, which total more than 50 titles. Time Out Guides give invaluable...
Property consultancy CBRE has promoted seven staff in its South West office as it continues to invest in its workforce. Staff numbers have grown by 10% over the past year at the office. Guy Mansfield, Peter Craske and Ian Banks have been promoted from associate director to director; Mark Kelly and Marcus Hutchings are...
By Donna Kehoe, the Bank of England’s agent for the South West of England We are entering what is likely to be a period of significant change for our economy, with the vote to leave the European Union ushering in a new era for the UK’s relationship with the rest of the world. Some...
SETsquared, the University of Bath-backed innovation partnership, has hosted an event for its member firms to help them get into the driving seat for automotive technology. It invited its start-up companies with a potential link to the auto industry to meet experts from Ford and Visa Europe and other major companies to discuss future technology. ...
Solar Communications, the fast-growing Chippenham-based business communications managed service provider, has strengthened its offering with the takeover of Response Data Communications. This acquisition, Solar’s second in three years, will strengthen its share of the UC (unified communications) market and cements its position as one of the leading cloud and managed service providers in the UK...
Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards has recruited widely experienced Court of Protection, estate planning and care matters lawyer Heledd Wyn as an associate solicitor. Heledd, pictured, is a regular commentator in the legal press on issues relating to estate planning, care and mental capacity and is also an active social media commentator on these...
A warehouse has come onto the market, offering expanding businesses the rare chance to buy their own building on a sought-after business park. The 10,000 sq ft unit on the Bumpers Farm industrial estate in Chippenham, pictured, was most recently used as a fitness centre. It is being marketed jointly by the Swindon office of regional...
Danielle Kirk, director of property management in property agents Lambert Smith Hampton’s South West office, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national industry award. Danielle, pictured, aged 33, is one of just six to make it onto the final shortlist in Property Week’s Rising Star of the Year award, which recognizes talented young achievers in...
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