Monday 16 December Interim: Cohort Trading statement: Aggreko AGMs: Leaf Clean Energy, Parkmead Group EGM: Ophir Energy Economics: Rightmove house prices data, Confederation of British Industry trends – total orders and selling prices data Tuesday 17 December Interims: Dixons Retail, Provexis Trading statement: National Express AGMs: dotDigital Group, Strategic Natural Resources, Tanfield EGMs: Circle...
Stone King, the Bath and Melksham-based law firm, has appointed Rupert Poole as IT director as it continues to expand its specialist legal services to individuals and organisations. Rupert, pictured, joins from technology outsourcing and consultancy firm Principality IT in South Wales where he was IT director working with a wide range of geographically-disperse...
Asset finance provider Lombard has appointed Paul Jenkins as business development manager for its South West and South Wales regions. Paul, pictured, who will be based in Bristol and report to director of asset finance David Connolly, will draw on his extensive experience in the vehicle rental sector to help businesses grow through investment....
Bath small business champion and tireless campaigner Angela Ladd has died in the city’s Dorothy House Hospice aged 65. Angela had been unwell for the last two years as she battled cancer. But she maintained a gruelling schedule of meetings and support for the city’s small business owners. She launched her own business, Angela...
Shares in 1pm, the Bath-based specialist funder, climbed strongly today after it said it is on target to achieve significant revenue and profits growth. In a trading statement to the London Stock Exchange, the AIM market-listed firm also said it continued to enjoy strong demand, writing more than £5m of new business during the first...
A recently-opened waterfront park in South Shields designed by Bath-based landscape architects Grant Associates has achieved a major national accolade. The CEEQUAL award recognises the £2.3m Harton Quays Park’s high environmental and social performance. CEEQUAL awards are presented to innovative civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and public realm projects. Harton Quays Park stretches along the River...
Bath-based media group Future’s interactive tablet magazine creation software arm FutureFolio has produced the first digital edition of the official Peppa Pig Bag-O-Fun magazine. Published by Redan Publishing, Peppa Pig Bag-O-Fun has an average circulation of 70,000 copies a month while the Peppa Pig brand, licensed by Entertainment One, is the number one...
The Manufacturing Advisory Service has appointed a supply chain specialist in the South West to ensure that manufacturers gain a significant share of the lucrative opportunities presented by the UK’s burgeoning offshore wind market. Nick Kirsop-Taylor, pictured, will help firms tap into the recently-launched £20m GROW:OffshoreWind service that supports companies looking to break into...
Duncan Parkes, head of compliance at West accountants and financial planners Old Mill, has been named Protection Planner of the Year by the Financial Times’ Money Management magazine. Duncan had to go through a rigorous judging process to win the title, including providing a solution to a real-life financial problem set by industry experts....
A West of England property expert is warning that Government plans to give communities a greater say over wind turbine proposals are deeply flawed and could scupper many small schemes. James Davis, pictured, who heads the regionally-based planning team at national property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall, fears the changes will make smaller renewable energy schemes...
