Annual profits at Bath online sex toy retailer Lovehoney trebled in the year to last March thanks to strong demand for its exclusive Fifty Shades of Grey licensed range. The firm said its broadening mass market appeal – it now advertises on mainstream TV – and other top-performing own-brand lines also added to the...
IPL, the Bath-based tech consultancy, has won a contract as part of a consortium to work on a new IT system that will improve road safety and efficiency in the UK and Holland. The work will support the introduction of state-of-the-art control room and traffic management systems for the Highways Agency and its Dutch...
Confidence among West firms is far higher than for those in most other parts of the UK and is almost back to pre-recession levels, according to a new report. The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor shows that businesses in the region are starting to feel the benefits of the burgeoning UK economic...
Intelligent design and its role in low carbon construction is the topic for the first Low Carbon Business Breakfast of the new year, held in Bath on January 21. Among innovations to be discussed will be self-healing concrete, use of nanoparticles in construction and building houses that make their occupants happy. The session will...
Bath-based digital media and publishing business Future has launched a dedicated design and development team for mobile applications as it strives to lead the market for innovation in the fast-growing sector. The firm, whose titles include Total Film and Xbox: The Official Magazine, is already one of the world’s leading tablet publishers and the...
The Bath office of West accountants Bishop Fleming has appointed a record number of trainees. The six join shortly after the firm gained the title of Britain’s fourth best accountancy employer. Iain Parnell and Joshua Goode have been appointed as graduate trainees for the three-year qualification as chartered accountants. School leavers Mem Bradley and...
Businesses, entrepreneurs and community organisations are invited to a breakfast event at St Mark’s School, Larkhall, Bath, to help them start the new year with a renewed vision. Guest speakers Richard Tidswell of Business Doctors, pictured, and Louise Ladbrooke of Business West will show businesses how to focus on working on their business, rather...
Bristol Airport operator Air Malta has brought forward the launch of its summer 2014 charter season by four weeks to satisfy demand from holidaymakers wanting to visit the Mediterranean island over the spring/Easter period. The direct flights from Bristol will now start on April 8 and will continue weekly until October 21. Air Malta,...
Further evidence that the West of England’s economy is growing at a solid pace has emerged from the latest British Chambers of Commerce quarterly survey. Confidence among West firms is running high as sales, orders and recruitment increase, according to the survey findings, which were described as a “fantastic to start the New Year”...
Construction work has started on the UK’s largest solar power farm, thanks to Bath-based agricultural land specialists at West law firm Thrings. The firm acted in collaboration with land agency WebbPaton on behalf of the landowner of the 230-acre site near Didcot, including negotiating the lease of the land to Hampshire-based solar farm developer...
