The views of employers in Bath and across the West of England are being sought on recruitment experiences, skills gaps and more to influence the area’s future skills strategy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Annual Employer Skills Survey, is aligned to its vision to develop a local workforce with the skills...
Trade waste is being collected quicker and more efficiently from Bath city centre in a three-month trial aimed at growing the evening economy as well as escalating the war on gulls. Under the scheme, rubbish bags are being collected from outside businesses between 5.30pm and 6pm to ensure they are only on the street...
Staff at Bath communications agency Highlight PR are celebrating after picking up three regional industry awards – including the coveted Small Consultancy of the Year title. Highlight collected the accolades at the fourth annual PRCA DARE South West and Wales Awards in Bristol last week – the only agency to score a hat-trick on...
Bath businesses have been urged to be fair and flexible in their approach to staff wanting to watch Euro 2016 matches over the next month. Some matches during the tournament, which kicks off in France this evening, take place in normal working hours – among them England v Wales next Thursday. As a result,...
Andrews, the Keynsham-headquartered property group, has appointed Ellie Donaghy to the role of area manager for its letting and management business across Bath, Bristol and Midsomer Norton. Ellie, pictured, has worked at Andrews for nine years, having joined as a trainee negotiator. She was most recently district manager for Gloucestershire while also managing the...
An energetic financial adviser from Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management is preparing to run the length of Hadrian’s Wall in just one day to raise vital funds for charity. Ed Grobler, pictured, will run 69 miles when he competes in a gruelling cross-country race that follows the famous Roman monument from Carlisle to Newcastle. The...
A spate of new contract wins this year have boosted specialist IT firm SciSys as it continues to recovery from a disastrous 2015. A year ago the Chippenham-based firm was rocked by serious problems with a major fixed-price contract. The crisis pushed the firm, which develops complex IT projects for clients in sectors such...
Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards has made a key appointment as increasing demand in its private client practice continues to drive the growth of the business. Solicitor Elizabeth Metcalfe, pictured, joins Mowbray Woodwards’ personal tax, trusts and probate team from Goughs Solicitors in Chippenham, where she specialised in all aspects of private client work...
Regional law firm Withy King, which has two offices in Bath, is to merge with London firm Royds. The tie-up, which will take effect from September 1, will create a £33m turnover business employing around 450 people. Withy King also has offices in Swindon, Marlborough, Oxford and Thame and a small base in London,...
Bath has emerged as one of the UK’s skills hotspots in new research, ranking just behind the academic powerhouses of Oxford and Cambridge and above London. Nearly 60% of the city’s workforce is classified as highly skilled, ranking it fourth in a national table compiled from Office for National Statistics data. The total number...
