The Tour of Britain stage in Bath this September will be sponsored by Bristol Airport and Dutch airline KLM. The city will host a stage finish of the tour for the first time on September 8. Stage five of what has become Britain’s premier cycling race will begin in Aberdare and finish in Bath having...
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has topped Bristol Airport’s annual rankings of airlines that do the most to minimise the noise of their aircraft when they land and take off. The Tracker Awards are based on flight records for the year and measure compliance with departure routes set up to ease disturbance for local residents...
Monday 9 May Interims: ITE, Premier Veterinary Trading statements: Dignity, Greggs, Liberty Global AGMs: 888, Fairpoint, Integrated Diagnostics EGMs: Corero Network Security, Cyprotex, Redrow Tuesday 10 May Interims: Cambria Automobiles, easyJet Finals: Gear4Music, Quantum Pharmaceutical, Venn Life Sciences Trading statements: Bovis Homes, Capita, Grafton, Hiscox, Interserve, Markit AGMs: 4imprint, Anglo Pacific, Bovis Homes, British...
An online platform that brings together West of England innovators and entrepreneurs with members of the public living with different health conditions has been launched. Called Design Together, Live Better, it aims to make connections that co-create new healthcare projects based on real needs. It will link patients, carers, family members, friends or anyone...
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...
