Bath safety consultancy BMT Isis is to sponsor a national competition that encourages young engineers to work on innovative projects in the fast-growing area of pilotless aircraft. Unmanned air systems (UAS) are already used in roles spanning surveillance and border control, agriculture and the media and are set to become commonplace over the next...
Property finance provider Cambridge & Counties Bank is gearing up for growth in the South West by hiring a new staff member and promoting another in its business development team. Paul Howard, pictured right, who opened the bank’s South West office in Bristol last year, is promoted to senior business development manager. He is...
Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo has won a prestigious national award for its work in preventing domestic abuse. Curo, which manages 12,000 homes across the West of England, received the accolade at the 2015 UK Housing Awards 2015 held in London earlier this week. The award recognises Curo’s approach to preventing domestic abuse...
Bath architects Grant Associates and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios have developed a masterplan for the University of Sheffield which will revolutionise its campus, open it up to the public and link it firmly with the city centre. The ambitious scheme sets out the university’s plans over the next 10-15 years to create a unified, sustainable and...
Bath paralegal Rob Beazley has finished a gruelling running challenge, completing 25 races in just over a year, and raising £2,500 for Cancer Research UK. Rob Beazley, who works in law firm Withy King’s Bath personal injury team, completed 25 runs, half-marathons and marathons in 14 months, culminating in the Brighton Marathon earlier this...
Bath lawyer Sarah Goodridge has scooped the prestigious President’s Award from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) in recognition of her outstanding service to it and the legal community. Sarah Goodridge, pictured, a chartered legal executive in law firm Withy King’s Bath commercial property team, followed CILEx’s vocational route to qualify as a...
Bath Business News has teamed up again with executive search firm Moon Consulting to seek the opinions of business leaders across the South West and find out more about the diverse attitudes and leadership abilities of the region’s boardrooms. The South West Board Effectiveness Survey 2015 enables board directors and non-executives to give a candid...
Monday 20 April Finals: HSS Hire, North Midland Construction Trading statement: Evraz AGMs: Fastjet, Juridica EGM: Fulham Shore Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 21 April Interims: Associated British Foods, Egdon Resources, Utilitywise Final: Toumaz Trading statements: Arm, Immunodiagnostic Systems, Informa, Pentair, Pets At Home, Rio Tinto AGMs: Brit, Domino's Pizza, Genel Energy, Progressive Digital...
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 Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? No Way Out – a great oldie starring Gene Hackman Book you read?...
Bath firms have been urged not to miss out when a new contest aimed at finding the West of England’s happiest workplace returns for a second year. The inaugural competition, staged by workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, has just ended – with no Bath area businesses making it to the final. While...
