Chippenham-based renewable energy company Good Energy has been recognised at one of the UK’s top green energy awards. The 100% renewable electricity and green gas firm scooped the New Energy Champion of the Year trophy at the 2016 New Energy and Cleantech awards in recognition of its achievements since it was founded in 1999....
The Bath area’s small and medium-sized firms are employing more staff while making fewer redundancies, according to figures gathered by regional accountancy firm Monahans. The firm, which has a string of offices across the West of England, is one of only a handful of its size offering specialist HR consultancy services to SMEs. Over...
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has strengthened its services to education establishments in the South West with the appointment of Christina Winter and Clare Thomas as specialist education relationship managers. The pair will each work with a broad range of education clients across the region offering tailored guidance and support. Christina joins the education team...
A founding partner of Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has been included in a list of the UK’s top 250 independent financial advisers published in The Sunday Times. Markas Gilmartin, pictured, who has more than 20 years’ industry experience as a financial planner, is featured in the prestigious list based on positive reviews from the...
Automotive sector learning and development agency RTS Group is driving up its headcount by taking on four new staff. The recruits at the Chippenham-based firm – Simon Snowdon, Debra Pitchford, Clare Campbell and Shaun Targett – will be working in its teams supporting Mazda, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz. Simon Snowdon has been appointed programme and...
Bath-based specialist systems integrator IPL has been acquired by major UK IT group Civica to create a digital business with more than 750 staff and annual sales of nearly £90m. IPL, based in Grove Street, was formed 37 years ago and now employs more than 370 people. It has developed secure software for more...
Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo has today been named among the finalists of the region’s most prestigious business awards. Curo, along with Corsham-based pharmaceutical manufacturing company Bath ASU, line up against some of the South West’s top firms in the accountants PwC’s annual West of England Business of the Year Awards. The coveted...
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Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Chris Smith, managing director of Marshfield Bakery and the new chairman of the Institute of Directors Gloucestershire branch, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Eddie the...
Bath-based advanced engineering group Rotork today said a spate of recent acquisitions and more favourable exchange rates had lifted first-quarter revenues as it hit the takeover trail again. The group, which makes highly specialised valves for the international oil and gas industries, said its order intake and revenue edged ahead by 2.5% and 0.7%...
