Specialist coach and holiday tour operator Hatts Coaches, which counted Bath Rugby among its clients, has gone into administration with the loss of nearly 90 jobs. Up to 1,000 customers who booked trips with companies in the Wiltshire-based Hatts group now face an anxious wait to see if they will get refunds or if...
Bath-based innovative social network Neighbourly.com has been officially launched with the ambition of revolutionising corporate social responsibility. The business, which connects community projects with companies, has been developed by entrepreneur Nick Davies and is the first digital platform to be created for the largely unstructured corporate giving sector within the UK, which is worth...
IPL, the Bath-based IT consultancy, has launched its own academy with the aiming of develop the best business analysts in the industry. It will provide up to 20 graduates a year with a dedicated three-year training programme, drawing on IPL’s extensive consultancy and business analysis expertise with clients as diverse as GlaxoSmithKline, BP, FirstGroup...
A garden centre business owned by the same family since opening in 1884 is future-proofing itself against spiraling energy costs and enhancing its green credentials after securing £400,000 funding from Barclays. Whitehall Garden Centre at Lacock near Chippenham, which also owns and operates a site near Bristol, is installing three biomass energy cabins using...
Bath integrated communications firm The Agency has won a 12-month contract to promote Welsh beef across the UK – just three months after it was appointed as lead agency for a nationwide Welsh lamb promotional campaign. Both contracts have been secured from Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), the organisation responsible for...
Four pioneering Bath firms have showcased their innovation to a large group of senior business and technology directors at Barclays’ global headquarters in London. The four fledgling businesses were among six chosen by SETsquared – the business hub supported by the University of Bath – to represent its groundbreaking innovation. The event was part...
Melksham’s Avonside Enterprise Park has been put up for sale for £2.75m with the property agents marketing it saying the new owner could take advantage of major redevelopment opportunities. The mixed-use scheme includes retail, office, industrial and warehouse space covering 87,000 sq ft of floor space on the 2.54-acre former Unigate Dairy site close...
Property consultancy DTZ has expanded its investment agency team covering the West of England with the appointment of Hollie Ruddle as an associate director. Hollie, pictured, will provide disposal, acquisition and asset management advice across a wide range of commercial property as well as strategic analysis for real estate property companies, funds, institutions and...
Property consultancy CBRE has strengthened its West operation with two new appointments. Robert Moran has joined the valuation consultancy team as a surveyor following four years at rival GVA and after qualifying as a chartered surveyor last year while Marcus Hutchings arrives from Workman to become part of the property asset services team as...
Global workspace provider Regus is looking to open its first base in Bath as it widens its search for new business centre locations across the South West and South Wales. The firm, which operates from 300-plus centres across the UK, has appointed West-based property consultancy Alder King to find new locations. While it has...
