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Bath businessman joins board of regional investment firm as it targets local companies

January 16, 2015
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Bath businessman joins board of regional investment firm as it targets local companies

Bath businessman Graham Miller has been appointed by alternative finance provider South West Investment Group (SWIG) Capital as a non-executive director to the board of its fund-holding arm. Mr Miller, pictured, a non-executive director of Bath-based IT services group IPL, joins the group as it looks to raise its profile in the West of...

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2014 ended on ‘a whimper’ for West firms as business confidence evaporated, survey reveals

January 13, 2015
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2014 ended on ‘a whimper’ for West firms as business confidence evaporated, survey reveals

Confidence among West of England businesses petered out at the end of 2014 and has started the new year lower than at any time over the previous 12 months, new research shows. Domestic sales, cashflow and recruitment expectations all fell during the fourth quarter, according to results of the latest business survey by Business...

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University of Bath gains funding for world-class research into next-generation semiconductors

January 9, 2015
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University of Bath gains funding for world-class research into next-generation semiconductors

The University of Bath is to play a key role in helping the UK develop a hub to manufacture next-generation advanced semiconductor materials. Along with the universities of Bristol, Sheffield and Strathclyde and industrial partners, it has received £2.65m from the Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund research into advanced manufacturing techniques for nano-engineered...

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What’s the big idea? Search to start for Bath’s young inventors

January 8, 2015
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What’s the big idea? Search to start for Bath’s young inventors

A competition aimed at inspiring the next generation of inventors in Bath is launched next week. The Bath Young Inventor of the Year Award 2015 is for under-18s who love exploring ideas and coming up with new inventions. It is being staged by Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) and supported by the...

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Development deal struck with US firm by Vectura for its pioneering asthma treatment

January 8, 2015
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Development deal struck with US firm by Vectura for its pioneering asthma treatment

Vectura, the Chippenham-based drug development firm, has extended further extended its global network of blue-chip collaborators by signing a licence agreement with a major US biotech company. Vectura will exclusively develop anti-inflammatory therapies for the treatment of asthma/ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for Janssen Biotech under the agreement. Vectura said the collaboration would...

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Bath bounced back in 2014 – don’t ruin it next year, Chamber of Commerce boss warns politicians

December 29, 2014
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Bath bounced back in 2014 – don’t ruin it next year, Chamber of Commerce boss warns politicians

Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, looks back at the past 12 months and considers why next year’s General Election is set to be one of the most important in recent memory. “The noise and glare of fireworks this New Year must not mask the fact...

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Tower of London projects make case for timber producer’s use of mighty English oak

December 23, 2014
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Tower of London projects make case for timber producer’s use of mighty English oak

Vastern Timber, the sawmill based at Studley, near Chippenham, is using two restoration projects it completed at the Tower of London this year to showcase its use of English oak and to make the case for British timber. The firm supplied wood for the reinstatement of the historic building’s drawbridge as well for furniture...

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University of Bath’s world-leading research recognised in major new report

December 18, 2014
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University of Bath’s world-leading research recognised in major new report

The University of Bath’s standing as one of the UK’s leading centres for industry-related research has been further enhanced by a major new national report which classified 87% of its work as world-leading. The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) place the university 13th in the research quality ranking of UK universities,...

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Jobless fall welcomed by Bath Chamber, but it warns of weaknesses in economy

December 18, 2014
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Jobless fall welcomed by Bath Chamber, but it warns of weaknesses in economy

Bath Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the latest decrease in unemployment but warned that “fundamental weaknesses” remain in the economy which threaten to hold back recovery. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published on Wednesday show unemployment across the South West fell by 2,000 between August and October, taking the region’s jobless...

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Specialist funder 1pm clocks up record growth as small firms fuel demand for loans

December 15, 2014
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Specialist funder 1pm clocks up record growth as small firms fuel demand for loans

1pm, the Bath-based lender to small and medium-sized firms, is on target for another record financial performance as demand for its loans continues to grow. In a trading update released to the London Stock Exchange, the firm said it had written new business worth more than £6.8m in the six months to November 30...

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