Somerset-based luxury fashion brand Mulberry has appointed former Dyson Group finance chief Neil Ritchie as group finance director as it continues on its recovery from several loss-making years. Mr Ritchie takes up his new role at the group, best known for its designer leather bags, on May 16. Existing group finance director Roger Mather...
Keynsham building contractor Dribuild has extended its sponsorship of Bath Racecourse with a three-year deal that makes the firm one of the venue’s principle partners. Dribuild branding will appear in the new hospitality suites now nearing completion at the Lansdown course as well as continuing to be used on the parade ring, winner’s enclosure...
Good Energy, the Chippenham-based renewable energy company, has unveiled plans for a community-owned wind farm which could become the first in the UK to operate without government subsidy. The Government last year announced an end to subsidies for onshore wind farms in Britain. As a result, Good Energy plans to fund its Big Field...
West of England healthcare businesses looking to export their expertise, products or services to China will be able to get advice and support at a half-day forum in May. With an aging but wealthier population of more than one billion, demand for healthcare is soaring in China and the country is set to become...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has stepped into the row over British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) director-general John Longworth’s support for the Vote Leave campaign in the EU referendum. Business West managing director Phil Smith, pictured, said he was “appalled” by Mr Longworth’s comments, in which claimed that the EU was “incapable...
Monday 7 March Interim: Abcam Finals: Clarkson, Escher, Irish Continental, Pennant International, RTC, Telit Communications AGM: Arden Partners Tuesday 8 March Interims: Allergy Therapeutics, Close Brothers, Craneware, Regenersis, St Ives, Ten Alps Finals: Anpario, Brammer, CLS, Dialight, Dialog Semiconductor, Equiniti, esure, Foxtons, John Laing, John Menzies, Paddy Power Betfair, SQS Software Quality Systems, Tyman,...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week Louise Scott, director of relocation business Yellow Brick, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Suffragette. Hard-hitting whilst uplifting British cinema at its best. Good for the...
Bath-based global engineering group Rotork this week said it saw opportunities for it to increase its market share despite a 28% fall in annual pre-tax profits caused by tough trading conditions. The group, which makes highly specialised valves for the international oil and gas industries, also said a cost management programme introduced last year...
Hundreds of trees and thousands of daffodil bulbs are putting a major new business park in the vanguard of environmental standards. The 35-acre, £50m Hawke Ridge Business Park near Westbury could support over 1,000 jobs when its 500,000 sq ft of business space is completed. In the meantime Bath-based developer HPH has appointed consultancy...
Bath is putting fair trade in the spotlight with a series of events over the next fortnight, including a visit by a Nicaraguan Fairtrade coffee farmer. The University of Bath is partnering with Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) and Bath Spa University to host a Fairtrade Producer event next Wednesday. Nicaraguan Fairtrade...
