Bristol Airport’s multi-million pound terminal extension has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal – 15 years after she performed a similar ceremony at the then-new terminal building. In 2000, when The Princess Royal officially opened the terminal, the airport handled just 2.2m passengers. Numbers have since soared to an expected...
Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo is to launch a programme of activities for 100 vulnerable young people who are not in education, employment or training after securing finance from a special fund run by NatWest. The Working Well programme will aim to improve participants’ wellbeing and employability through coaching in cooking, employment goals,...
Alliance Pharma, the speciality pharmaceutical firm, has completed the £132.2m acquisition of rival Sinclair IS Pharma’s range of skincare products – a move that effectively doubles the size of the business. Exports of the 27 products will widen Chippenham-based Alliance’s global reach from 30 countries to 85. Alliance’s 85 staff in Chippenham will grow...
Regional law firm Thrings has bolstered its commercial property offering with the appointment of Richard Pike as associate solicitor based in its Bath office. A highly-experienced commercial property specialist, Richard, pictured, joins from Swindon law firm Clark Holt having previously practised for eight years in the City with Shepherd and Wedderburn and in-house at...
SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has landed two contracts worth nearly £8m – ending a tough year for the company on a high note. The firm, which develops high-end software for blue-chip customers in the defence, government, media and space sectors, is to supply software and support services for the Ministry of Defence’s...
A University of Bath engineering graduate has launched a Christmas fundraising campaign to provide poor farmers in Africa with an innovative, low-cost irrigation pump designed to help them take their first steps out of poverty. The Flexipump can collect water from a source six metres below ground to spray on crops up to 100...
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, David Munday, practice manager at DKA Architects, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I’m a huge fan of iTunes movies and Netflix so rarely venture to...
Bath businesses have supported the launch of a new book by local author and Homes under the Hammer presenter Martin Roberts to help vulnerable primary school children who may be suffering abuse or neglect. A free copy of Sadsville, written in support of the NSPCC Schools Programme, will go to every primary school child...
Bath architectural firm Nash Partnership’s urban design director Amanda Taylor has been appointed to a national network of design experts. Amanda is one of 150 professionals recruited recently as the first of 400 built environment experts (BEEs) by Design Council Cabe. She is one of just 22 to have been appointed in this round...
Bath-based integrated marketing agency AgencyUK has rounded off a successful year with five wins at the prestigious Drum Network Awards, including the coveted Chairman’s Award for its work with Welsh lamb. AgencyUK also took home awards for Agency Creative Team of the Year, Crisis PR Strategy, Food and Drink Campaign of the Year for...
