A team from the Bath office of regional law firm Thrings has handled the sale of a Bristol-based builders’ merchants to one of the industry’s largest operators. Thrings company commercial partner Alex Pyatt and solicitor Sarah Ellis advised Ashmead Building Supplies managing director Tony Swain and his team on all strategic and legal matters...
Bath public relations agency Highlight has enjoyed success in two prestigious awards scheme in one week for its social media campaigns. It collected gold in the 2015 South of England & Channel Islands PRide Awards for Best Use of Social Media for its successful campaign to mark the 30th anniversary of iconic toy brand...
Michele Bodman, who joined Bath home care company Butterfly earlier this year, has been promoted to operations manager. She is now overseeing the day-to-day operations for the firm, which provides high-quality social care in people’s own homes in Bath and Wiltshire. The company, which has offices in Bath and Westbury, employs more than 80...
Bath-based chartered financial planning firm Moore Stephens has expanded its team by promoting Samantha Skuse to financial planning consultant. Samantha, pictured, who has been with the firm for three years, has been working in the industry for more than six and in that time has gained the relevant financial planning experience and qualifications needed...
A Keynsham care home business has added a further 11 bedrooms to its operation after securing a finance package from Barclays. St Philips Care Home has invested more than £700,000 to take its number of bedrooms to 32 – an increase of 50% – by joining its existing properties in Priory Road with a...
Café group Boston Tea Party is opening its second outlet in Bath next month to meet growing demand. The outlet – the 17th to be opened by the group since it was founded in 1996 – is in a sensitively restored Grade II building in Alfred Street near the Assembly Rooms. The 130-seat café-bar...
Monday 30 November Interims: Acal, Cranswick, Great Eastern Energy, KCOM Finals: Aberdeen Asset Management, Intelligent Energy Trading statements: African Petroleum, IG AGMs: Petra Diamonds, Victoria Oil & Gas EGMs: Ascent Resources, Bango, Xeros Technology Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply Tuesday 1 December Interims: Collagen Solutions,...
Speciality pharmaceutical firm Alliance Pharma is to take on more staff and massively increase exports after buying a range of skin treatments in a £132.2m deal. The Chippenham-based firm yesterday snapped up rival Sinclair IS Pharma’s dermatology portfolio of 27 products in a move that effectively doubles the size of the business. Exports of...
The body tasked with driving up innovation in the West of England’s growing healthcare sector has generated more than £12m to support collaborative projects between health service providers, industry and universities. The West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) plays a critical role in improving healthcare delivery throughout the area and beyond. The...
Bath firms are being urged to check whether they have to pay for their staff’s travel time to and from customers’ business premises after the latest ruling from the European Court of Justice. The move confirmed the Advocate General’s earlier opinion that employees with no fixed place of work – such as carers, cleaners...
