Confidence among West of England businesses petered out at the end of 2014 and has started the new year lower than at any time over the previous 12 months, new research shows. Domestic sales, cashflow and recruitment expectations all fell during the fourth quarter, according to results of the latest business survey by Business...
Visitors to Wiltshire College Chippenham’s open evening next week will also be able to sign up to tour the new campus in-the-making. Due to open this autumn, the £21m building is the UK’s biggest skills funding project and will transform the site into a state-of-the-art facility boasting the latest equipment for vocational study in...
Law firm Withy King, which has two large offices in central Bath employing 172 people, has been named as one of the UK’s best employers. The firm appears in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For with a highly sought after two-star ‘outstanding’ accreditation for the second year running. The...
Monday 12 January Trading statement: Taylor Wimpey AGM: Epistem Holdings Tuesday 13 January Trading statements: Ashmore Group, ASOS, Cairn Energy, Carr's Milling Industries, Debenhams, Greggs, Michael Page International, Rathbone Brothers, SIG, William Morrison AGMs: Carr's Milling Industries, Spirit Pub Co EGMs: Alba Mineral Resources, Greene King, Gulfsands Petroleum Economics: British Retail Consortium sales (December),...
The University of Bath is to play a key role in helping the UK develop a hub to manufacture next-generation advanced semiconductor materials. Along with the universities of Bristol, Sheffield and Strathclyde and industrial partners, it has received £2.65m from the Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund research into advanced manufacturing techniques for nano-engineered...
Aria Networks, the leading-edge Chippenham-based tech firm, is planning to strengthen its lead in the fast-growing Software Defined Networking (SDN) market after securing further investment. The firm, whose customers include major US and European telecoms companies, cloud and datacentre operators, and social network providers, is already ahead of its SDN rivals. Its products, developed...
Accountancy firm Old Mill has smashed its 2014 fundraising target of £5,000 by raising more than four times as much for its charity of the year – the Piers Simon Appeal’s School in a Bag initiative. The firm, which has offices in Melksham and Wells, netted £22,000 for the Yeovil-based charity that provides rucksacks...
A competition aimed at inspiring the next generation of inventors in Bath is launched next week. The Bath Young Inventor of the Year Award 2015 is for under-18s who love exploring ideas and coming up with new inventions. It is being staged by Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) and supported by the...
Vectura, the Chippenham-based drug development firm, has extended further extended its global network of blue-chip collaborators by signing a licence agreement with a major US biotech company. Vectura will exclusively develop anti-inflammatory therapies for the treatment of asthma/ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for Janssen Biotech under the agreement. Vectura said the collaboration would...
Three magazines formerly published by Bath-based media group Future have their third owner in eight months following an enforced sale sparked by the UK competition watchdog. Your Family Tree, Cross Stitcher and Cross Stitch Collection were among a package of craft and cycling magazines sold by Future last May to Bristol-based rival Immediate Media...
