Property agents DTZ has recruited Chris Hays to head a new town planning team that will provide consultancy services across the South West. His role will involve developing DTZ’s town planning profile and portfolio in the region and nationally. A chartered town planner with 16 years’ experience, Chris, pictured, is also a member of...
Monday 13 July Interim: SThree Finals: Conviviality Retail AGMs: Mitie, Styles & Wood EGMs: Hornby, Kea Petroleum Tuesday 14 July Final: Begbies Traynor Trading statements: Carillion, dotdigital, ITE Group, Michael Page International, Polymetal International AGMs: Dairy Crest, Development Securities, N Brown, Next Fifteen Communications, Prospex Oil & Gas, Rurelec, Software Radio Technology, Summit Therapeutics...
Business leaders across the West of England have turned up the heat on the region’s local councils to work together to gain greater economic powers as the Government’s devolution plans gather pace. They pointed out that Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Budget this week that more autonomy will be given to the so-called...
Bott, the workplace storage equipment firm, and Devon Air Ambulance Trust have won the PWC Business of the Year Awards – the South West’s most coveted business accolades. Bude-based Bott’s CEO Clive Woodward received his trophy for the £30m-plus turnover category from Mark Beard, chief executive of last year's winner, Swindon construction firm Beard....
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Debbie Boulton, director of business services at Bath accountancy firm Richardson Swift, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Jurassic World in 3D with my daughters –...
A project to ensure Bath continues to be at the forefront of digital innovation by training the next generation of software engineers has been launched by city-based software house Mayden. The Mayden Academy is a unique, employer-led intensive training opportunity for entry level staff. Based at the firm’s new offices in the centre of...
Marshfield Farm Ice Cream has won gold in the annual Taste of the West Awards for its new salted caramel ice cream. Judges in the ice cream and sorbet category commented on the ice cream’s “excellent flavour”, describing it as “very well balanced and moreish”. The ice cream, available at restaurants and scooping sites...
Bath-based brand agency The House has developed the overarching concept and design executions for the University of Bath’s £66m fundraising campaign, launched to mark its 50th anniversary. The new concept – Help Us To Look Further – was inspired by the university’s ground-breaking research achievements as well as Bath’s scientific heritage, which includes the...
IPL, the Bath-based systems integrator specialising in digital innovation, has become one of the first UK organisations to achieve a new international certification for information security. Gaining ISO/IEC 27001:2013 places IPL among the forerunners in transitioning from the 2005 edition of the international security standard to the latest version. IPL has been building high-profile...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group, has appointed Tim Lawlor as group finance director and an executive director. He takes up the role on September 28, replacing Adrian Colman who will become chief executive on August 1. Current chief executive Eric Born steps down from that role on July 31 to take up a new...
