Mendips-based aggregates firm Wainwrights has completed its new £9m asphalt plant near Bristol, increasing capacity for the historic firm and ensuring further growth. The plant, financed by Barclays, has been built on a 4.5-acre site at Avonmouth is within a mile of the regional motorway network, so opening up access to new markets for...
Regional graduate jobs board Gradsouthwest has launched a partnership with Business West, the South West’s largest business membership organisation, to provide firms with a quality service to access an unlimited pool of graduate talent. The collaboration marks Gradsouthwest’s first anniversary as a private company. Founded in 2001 by university careers departments, the service is...
Monday 6 June Finals: Active Energy, Palace Capital Trading statement: easyJet AGMs: Bagir, Cambian, Chapel Down, Forbidden Technologies, Global Energy Development, Hansteen, REA, React EGMs: Forbidden Technologies, GLI Finance, UK Commercial Property Economics: New car registrations Tuesday 7 June Interims: Gooch & Housego, Idox, RWS Finals: BP Marsh & Partners, Carclo, Fulcrum Utility Services,...
Confidence has soared among creative firms from Bath and across the West of England – with more expecting to make higher profits and take on more staff this year compared to 2015, according the most authoritative survey of the sector in the region. Three-quarters say they feel more assured about their business prospects than...
The Bath Economic Question Time debate gave the city’s business leaders the chance to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Bath as well as get an update on the UK economy. The event, staged by law firm Withy King in association with accountants Bishop Fleming at the Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel, heard from HSBC’s...
Bath’s political leaders should be more courageous in their vision for the city or risk holding it back, according to senior business figures. A dearth of grade A office space and a lack of support for independent retailers were among the factors preventing the city achieving its potential, guests at the recent Bath Economic...
A down-at-heel pub has been transformed with contemporary styling and a menu packed with fresh ingredients to create The Bath Pub Company’s fourth outlet. Following months of refurbishment, The Locksbrook Inn in Bath’s Lower Weston is now open. The £250,000 refurbishment work on the former Dolphin Inn on Locksbrook Road has been sympathetic to...
Bath-based brand and design agency Mytton Williams has been ranked alongside some of the world’s largest creative organisations by winning two highly coveted awards. The firm, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary, was presented with the accolades – both for calendars produced as side projects – at the D&AD professional awards. The awards...
Midsomer Norton-based business printer Integrity Print is focusing on acquisition and diversification in the run-up to its 100th birthday later this year. As well as acquiring food packaging specialist C&P Packaging earlier this year, the company has invested £600,000 to expand its laser printing and label printing capacity and has recruited more staff to...
Landlords planning to transfer their properties into a company to avoid recent tax changes are being warned of the dangers. In a bid to cool the market, Chancellor George Osborne has introduced new taxes – and his 20% cap on mortgage interest relief is causing the most anxiety in the buy-to-let sector. The cap...
