The University of Bath’s newest building, The Edge, will be formally opened by The Earl of Wessex at a special showcase evening of music, dance and debate on Monday. The Earl of Wessex, the university’s Chancellor, will be joined by 200 guests at the ceremony, which will feature an ‘in conversation’ panel debate with...
Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo’s gas team has been named Contractor of the Year for the South West at the national Gas Safety Awards. The 18-strong team is responsible for servicing and maintaining gas appliances in 8,823 Curo homes across the South West and for ensuring every one of these properties is safe...
National independent financial advice firm Chase de Vere has appointed Andrew Hawkins and Kate Thomas as independent financial advisers in its Bath office. They will join the office’s team of 28 advisers providing retirement, investment and financial planning advice to clients across the South West. Andrew has 14 years’ industry experience having previously worked...
A series of property and construction networking events in Bath has been kicked off by TV property expert, journalist and author Martin Roberts. The presenter of BBC One’s property auction show Homes Under The Hammer, pictured, was invited to launch the group at Hall and Woodhouse in Old King Street. The inaugural event was...
A family solicitors’ free legal advice to a father with learning disabilities in a custody battle has earned Bath law firm Withy King a place on the shortlist for the legal sector’s top ethical award. Rebecca Stevens, pictured, provided more than 100 hours of pro bono support to the father, who was battling to...
Elliott Woodhead, director SME & partnerships at vehicle leasing group Arval, explains… In our experience, most SMEs think fleet management isn’t for them. They’re too small for a dedicated fleet manager, so the company typically buys its cars or vans (anything up to around 50) outright and someone in admin, HR or finance looks...
Logistics group Wincanton has renewed its long-standing transport contract with food giant H.J.Heinz. Chippenham-based Wincanton will now run Heinz UK’s transport, warehouse and repack operations until at least 2019 – taking the two businesses’ relationship beyond the 20-year milestone. Wincanton handles around 35,000 loads – or 90m cases – a year for Heinz through...
A new brand and advertising campaign for Chippenham aimed at raising the town’s profile as a shopping and leisure destination is to be launched next month. A series of events will also be staged in the town this summer and in the run-up to Christmas to attract visitors and increase footfall for its town...
Monday 4 May Bank holiday: nothing scheduled Tuesday 5 May Interim: Aberdeen Asset Management Trading statements: Glencore, Greene King, HSBC, Indivior AGMs: BG, Bioquell, Burford Capital, Macfarlane, Pentair, Randgold Resources, Spirent Communications, Stratex International Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction – purchasing managers' index, Halifax house prices Wednesday 6 May Interims: Imperial Tobacco, Sage Finals: boohoo.com,...
Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, has called on all political parties contesting next week’s General Election to focus on policies that promote growth in the light figures showing a slowdown over the past three months. It said the official GDP statistics published earlier this week, which revealed first-quarter growth fell...
