Business Showcase South West, the region’s largest free business event, returns for a third year in May following its huge success in 2014 and 2015. After two years at Bristol’s Colston Hall, this year’s Business Showcase (BSSW) will take place at the newly redeveloped Ashton Gate Stadium in South Bristol on May 17. A...
Firms across Bath and the West of England ended 2015 on a positive note with higher domestic and international sales, according to the results of Business West’s latest survey. Almost two thirds also said they were confident for the year ahead. But with slightly fewer firms planning to recruit over the next three months,...
Shares in Chippenham-based specialist drugs developer Vectura Group hit a record high today after it announced its asthma treatment had completed a clinical trial in the US – paving the way for a potential $45m (£31m) payment. The generic, inhaled combination therapy – known as VR315 – uses Vectura’s innovative dry powder inhaler and...
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BMT Isis, the Bath-based specialist safety and environmental risk consultancy, has appointed Barry Flower as marketing and sales director. Barry, pictured, has 25 years’ experience in the defence and government sectors, successfully building and leading teams to develop and win a considerable number of strategic high-value competitions in professional services, commodities, engineering and logistic...
Alliance Pharma, the speciality pharmaceutical firm, has completed the £132.2m acquisition of rival Sinclair IS Pharma’s range of skincare products – a move that effectively doubles the size of the business. Exports of the 27 products will widen Chippenham-based Alliance’s global reach from 30 countries to 85. Alliance’s 85 staff in Chippenham will grow...
A University of Bath engineering graduate has launched a Christmas fundraising campaign to provide poor farmers in Africa with an innovative, low-cost irrigation pump designed to help them take their first steps out of poverty. The Flexipump can collect water from a source six metres below ground to spray on crops up to 100...
Partnerships between schools and businesses, a key issue for firms across Bristol, can have significant benefits, according to the results of a national survey of education chiefs and company bosses. Some 3,500 teaching staff and business leaders took part in the research run by the British Chambers of Commerce – with the vast majority...
A sustainable transport project at Bath’s Riverside regeneration area that has exceeded its targets for the past three years has won the West of England’s top green travel award. The project, led by developer Crest Nicholson, took Gold at the Travelwest Sustainable Travel Business Awards, which recognise firms that go the extra mile to...
Hi-tech engineering firm M+W Group is to help develop the UK’s largest waste-to-energy plant of its kind. When completed, the £200m Energy Works scheme in Kingston upon Hull will be able to generate up to 28MW of electricity a year by treating waste – enough to supply 40,000 homes. It will be the largest...
