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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

February 15, 2015
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Monday 16 February Finals: Acacia Mining, Fidessa, Hammerson Trading statement: Infinis Energy Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 17 February Interims: Hargreaves Services, Monitise, Sinclair IS Pharma Finals: Brammer, InterContinental Hotels, John Wood Group, Pendragon AGM: Medicx Fund EGM: WANdisco Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, ONS house prices Wednesday 18 February...

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The LAST WORD: Peter Cusick, partner, Thrings

February 13, 2015
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The LAST WORD: Peter Cusick, partner, Thrings

THE LAST WORD Each week Bath Business News lets a prominent member of the area’s business community have the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Peter Cusick, partner and head of agriculture at commercial law firm Thrings, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Last film you watched? Boyhood (coming-of-age drama,...

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Curo’s 700-home Foxhill redevelopment scheme gets green light from planners

February 13, 2015
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Curo’s 700-home Foxhill redevelopment scheme gets green light from planners

Plans to build 700 homes on the former Foxhill MoD base have been approved in a move that will transform a large part of Bath. Now called Mulberry Park, the 48-acre development by Bath-based housing organisation Curo gained outline planning application from B&NES council on Wednesday after two years of consultation with local residents...

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University of Bath research opens door for UK’s first straw houses to go on market

February 13, 2015
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University of Bath research opens door for UK’s first straw houses to go on market

Research from the University of Bath’s Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering has resulted in the UK’s first affordable straw homes going on sale this week. The houses are an affordable, low carbon and fuel-efficient means of housebuilding with fuel bills up 90% cheaper than an equivalent brick-built house. Part-desinged by Bath-based Integral Engineering...

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‘Connected’ Curo takes number one spot in the West for its digital communication strategy

February 13, 2015
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‘Connected’ Curo takes number one spot in the West for its digital communication strategy

Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo has been named as the most digitally engaged housing association in the West of England. Curo, which manages 12,000 homes, was the highest climber on the annual Connected Housing index, rising 60 places to rank 13th in the whole of the UK and first in the region. The...

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Kavanaghs appointed to market East Melksham Local Centre shops

February 13, 2015
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Kavanaghs appointed to market East Melksham Local Centre shops

Melksham and Trowbridge-based property agent Kavanaghs has been instructed by Guildhall Estates to market new retail units at the East Melksham Local Centre. Guildhall is developing the neighbourhood centre on a site about a mile from Melksham town centre next to the town’s new link road. A pre-let to a food outlet has already...

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Porter carries off another major national beer award for Bath Ales

February 13, 2015
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Porter carries off another major national beer award for Bath Ales

Bath Ales has won another trophy for its beer – this time taking home silver from the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Winter Beer of Britain awards this week for its Festivity porter. The seasonal tipple has now won four awards. Its latest was presented at the National Winter Ales Festival in Derby based...

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Former Bath Royal High Junior School site to become housing development

February 13, 2015
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Former Bath Royal High Junior School site to become housing development

Fifty-eight homes are to be built on the former Royal High Junior School campus in Bath’s Lansdown conservation area. Property agent Alder King secured planning permission for the development on appeal. London-based developer Square Bay will now build 54 homes on the upper part of the 2.5 hectare brownfield site now occupied by vacant...

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New research shows South West tech firms predict strong growth

February 13, 2015
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New research shows South West tech firms predict strong growth

South West tech firms are poised to grow at four times the rate of the economy this year, according to new research. Some 58% of the firms quizzed as part of Barclays’ Fast Growth Tech survey said they expect their business to grow by up to 10%, with 19% forecasting growth of between 10%...

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Chance for Bath businesses to put city’s General Election candidates on the spot

February 13, 2015
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Chance for Bath businesses to put city’s General Election candidates on the spot

Bath business owners will get the chance to quiz the five candidates who will be battling it out to become the city’s next MP at a hustings staged by the Institute of Directors (IoD). Lining up at the Question Time-style event will be General Election hopefuls Steve Bradley (Lib Dem), Ben Howlett (Conservative), Ollie...

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