Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams had a starring role at Bath’s Summer Masquerade Ball in aid of NSPCC. Bristol-born Maisie, who plays Arya Stark in the hit TV series, drew the raffle ticket for the lucky winner of the top prize – a £5,000 diamond ring donated by one of the country’s leading...
Ten Bath business figures who swapped their offices for a day in the dog house have raised more than £15,000 for charity. The group were locked up in a dog kennel at Bath Cats and Dogs Home for its annual Kennel Break challenge. The inmates were allowed to use their laptops and phones to...
Keynsham-based property group Andrews’ use of social media and its commitment to local communities earned it a hat-trick of trophies at the prestigious Lettings Agency of the Year Awards. The firm, which has offices across the South of England, landed Bronze in the Large Lettings Agency of the Year category, where it came up...
Creative industry freelancers Helen and Richard Forsyth have launched a professional skills match-making website to help firms recruit creative talent. The husband-and-wife team from Bradford on Avon want Find a Creative Pro to be a new model for freelance recruitment. Professional creative freelancers such as writers, designers and web developers registering with the site...
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has renewed its distribution deal with Chippenham-based logistics group Wincanton – taking the relationship between the two businesses to more than 25 years. The five-year contract extension will include further efficiency and performance improvements in the logistics operations Wincanton operates at four key Sainsbury’s sites, which support its supermarket and convenience...
Vectura, the Chippenham-based specialist pharmaceutical firm, has shaken up its boardroom following its £440m merger with Skyepharma in March. As announced at the time of the tie-up with London-based Skyepharma, Vectura’s chief financial officer Andrew Oakley has stepped down from the board. Andrew joined Vectura in January last year from Swiss biopharma firm Actelion...
Bath-based content marketing agency M2 Bespoke has been named among the finalists in a unique competition to find the region’s happiest workplace. M2, based in the beautiful surroundings of Stokewood House at Limpley Stoke, will now line up against four other firms – three from Bristol and one from Swindon – in the final...
Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – of its members...
Commercial property specialist Colliers International’s South West industrial & logistics team has been expanded in response to rising demand for warehouses. Over the past six months the Bristol-based team has been involved in a number of major deals including representing German supermarket group Lidl in its purchase of 33 acres at Avonmouth for a...
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