Economy UK grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy but lower than 3% predicted in December 2.5% growth forecast in 2015, up from 2.4% predicted in December, followed by 2.3%, 2.3%, 2.3% and 2.4% in the next four years Alcohol, tobacco and gambling Beer duty cut by 1p, cider by 2%,...
Global designer brand Mulberry has appointed fashion industry veteran Thierry Andretta as chief executive almost a year after it parted company with the role’s previous occupant. Bruno Guillon left the Somerset-based firm – best known for its upmarket bags – last March after an attempt to take it further into the high-end luxury goods...
Bath Business News will report on the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) hustings with the city’s six prospective Parliamentary candidates in May’s General Election. Steve Bradley (Lib Dem), Ben Howlett (Conservative), Ollie Middleton (Labour), Dominic Tristram (Green), Julian Deverell (UKIP) and Loraine Brinkhurst-Morgan MBE (Independent) shared their visions and plans for Bath as a business...
Entrepreneurs from the Bath area are being invited to apply for a place on a free accelerator programme offering support, mentoring, networking and office accommodation. Entrepreneurial Spark, which is backed by NatWest, will open the hub for start-up businesses from all sectors in Bristol this summer. Applications are now open. Up to 80 fledgling...
More help for entrepreneurs, tech start-ups and exporters, better high-speed broadband and a simplification of business support are among the items on Barclays’ wish list ahead of next week’s Budget. Chancellor George Osborne will present the last Budget of this Parliament on Wednesday with many commentators expecting him to announce a few pre-election sweeteners....
Bath and the West of England’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life have been put on the map in Westminster at a high-powered gathering of MPs and key Government figures aimed at challenging the so-called Northern Powerhouse. A giant map charting some of the area’s success stories and future opportunities was...
RFL, the Chippenham-based communications infrastructure and outsourced IT service provider, has made two strategic acquisitions after receiving a £3.5m investment from the BGF (Business Growth Fund). The firm’s takeover of Chippenham-based IT Solutions 4 Business Limited (ITS) and Plymouth-based IT support firm Zantra Technology means RFL will double in size. From April 7 the...
Bath-based asset management group Chelverton has completed the first deal this year for its investor club with a growth capital investment into Hypersonica, an early stage technology business. London-based Hypersonica Safe Search is a mobile application which combines internet search results from the world’s leading providers with premium consumer internet security. The application gives...
Bath’s new Riverside Enterprise Area will give it the chance to become the world’s best small city, with an internationally-renowned creative sector attracting talented people. The ambition, unveiled to the city’s business leaders last week in a new ‘vision for Bath’, will build on its Roman and Georgian heritage to create a 21st century...
The West of England’s strength in innovation and its high quality of life is being showcased in Westminster this afternoon with a giant map being unveiled to MPs, Lords and and other key government figures. Compiled by the area’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the map and accompanying policy document champions the area’s success stories...
