Confidence among West of England firms has dropped significantly following the vote to leave the European Union, according to one of the first regional surveys conducted since the historic referendum result. A third of businesses expect sales to flatline over the next 12 months while more than half plan no new recruitment over the...
Strong sales of its Exparel pain relief drug have triggered a $8m (£6.1m) payout for specialist pharmaceutical firm Vectura. Exparel, an injectable single-dose drug used post-surgery, became part of Chippenham-based Vectura’s portfolio following its £440m acquisition in March of Skyepharma. Exparel was initially developed by London-based Skyepharma but its development was completed by US...
No other news service in the Bath area can compete with Bath Business News for authoritative, independent online business news and information. Here are 9 reasons why Bath Business News is essential reading for anyone serious about business. 1) We have a strong track record of quality journalism and news coverage dating back more than 30 years. Our award-winning editor Robert Buckland...
SETsquared, the University of Bath-backed innovation partnership, has hosted an event for its member firms to help them get into the driving seat for automotive technology. It invited its start-up companies with a potential link to the auto industry to meet experts from Ford and Visa Europe and other major companies to discuss future technology. ...
A warehouse has come onto the market, offering expanding businesses the rare chance to buy their own building on a sought-after business park. The 10,000 sq ft unit on the Bumpers Farm industrial estate in Chippenham, pictured, was most recently used as a fitness centre. It is being marketed jointly by the Swindon office of regional...
Bath-based mechanical electrical and civil engineering contractor Northavon M&E plans to expand and open two regional offices following investment in the business by three newly appointed directors. Paul Halfpenny, former managing director of Cheltenham-based specialist construction and civil engineering contractor Britannia Construction, this week joined Northavon as CEO. His arrival coincides with the board appointments of...
Profits at Bath-based advanced engineering group Rotork tumbled by nearly a third in the first half of this year as the low oil price combined with political uncertainty across the world to hit its key markets. The firm, which makes valves and actuators for the global oil and gas markets, warned that the rest...
The on-off, on-off Hinkley Point C rollercoaster may have failed to come to its expected conclusion on Thursday, but work on the massive site goes on, as Business West managing director Phil Smith found when he visited it last week. Thirty tonnes with one scoop! That’s what each of the three massive yellow diggers...
Melksham-based Avon Tyres has signed a sponsorship deal with Sky Bet Championship team Derby County for the upcoming 2016/17 season. Under the agreement, the firm’s logo will appear on the back of the side’s first-team shirts and shorts for the entire campaign, which kicks off this Saturday. Avon, which makes high-performance car and motorcycle...
The £1bn devolution deal and the West of England combined authority formed by it would increase control and resources for business including: Integrated and locally relevant inward investment and trade services, led by Invest in Bristol & Bath Support for developing the West of England Growth Hub Increased support for the Bristol & Bath...
