Monday 4 January EGM: RPC Group Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI Tuesday 5 January Trading statement: Next EGM: Falkland Oil & Gas Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI, Halifax house prices Wednesday 6 January Trading statements: Johnson Service Group, Topps Tiles Economics:...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group, has completed the sale of its records management division for £60m. The group signed a conditional agreement in November to dispose of the business to Restore, the Surrey-based document management firm, on a cash and debt-free basis. At the time Wincanton said the move would allow it to focus...
Bath Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the city’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Bath Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday, January 8.
West of England chartered accountancy firm Monahans has strengthened its Trowbridge office with two recent appointments. Client portfolio manager Katherine Richards and tax technician David Wright recently joined the firm to work with private and corporate clients. Katherine, pictured, who previously worked at accountants Old Mill’s Melksham office, is advising small and medium-sized businesses...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. In Christmas week Ebenezer Scrooge, miser and partner in Scrooge & Marley money lenders, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Bah, humbug. The cinema’s too expensive so I wait...
Many thousands of people who owe extra tax can effectively ask the taxman to spread the cost – interest free – over 12 months provided they file their online return by December 30. According to experts at accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson, many of those who pay tax under self-assessment...
Bath integrated marketing firm AgencyUK has called on the talents of local artist Kate Davies to create a unique interactive Christmas card with hidden clues to 25 festive songs. Illustrator and watercolourist Kate hand-painted the chaotic, snowy scene – based on the agency’s Beehive Yard location – to include intriguing and witty hints at...
Bath-based specialist lender 1pm, which has grown rapidly this year, is forecasting further expansion in 2016 on the back of a positive trading update and a better-than-expected contribution from its first acquisition. The firm, which provides finance for small and medium-sized enterprises, said in a trading statement that it wrote new lease and hire...
BMT Isis, the Bath-based specialist safety and environmental risk consultancy, has appointed Barry Flower as marketing and sales director. Barry, pictured, has 25 years’ experience in the defence and government sectors, successfully building and leading teams to develop and win a considerable number of strategic high-value competitions in professional services, commodities, engineering and logistic...
Plans for 95 homes on former Royal High School land in the Landown area of Bath have been given outline approval. The site, known as The Chill, is next to the former MoD Ensleigh north site, which is itself being redeveloped for housing. Bath-based regeneration practice Nash Partnership has masterminded The Chill scheme to...
