Monday January 3 Bank holiday Tuesday January 4 Interim: Vulcan Industries Trading update: Tasty Wednesday January 5 Nothing listed Thursday January 6 Trading announcements: Next, Ten Entertainment, Sosandar, Made.com, British Honey, Greggs Friday January 7 Nothing listed
International audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars has strengthened its team in the region with the promotion of Jon Barnard to audit partner and a major intake of new trainees. Jon, pictured, joined Mazars’ South West office in Bristol nearly 17 years ago as a student chartered accountant and has worked there ever since, including...
Additional support announced shortly before Christmas by Chancellor Rishi Sunak for businesses impacted by the Omicron variant were welcomed by business groups as well as Bath & North East Somerset Council – although some in the hospitality sector dismissed it as “too little, too late”. The £1bn package is mostly aimed at hospitality and...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Grace Farrimond, founder of Young Blooms, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Mauritanian with Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch. It’s not for the faint-hearted but it’s extremely powerful....
The Chancellor must step up and provide an urgent package of measures to support Bath businesses as they suffer the effects of another Covid-hit Christmas, according to West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris. He has called for a package of support until the end of January to get businesses across the region...
Avon Protection, the defence manufacturing group, is to wind down its body armour business after it failed tests for the US military. The Melksham-headquartered group, which earlier this year rebranded from its historic name of Avon Rubber, said closing the armour division in two years would allow it to refocus as a global...
Bath-based broadband provider Truespeed is expanding its full fibre network to further into Somerset as it continues to target under-served towns, smaller cities and rural communities. It said more than 600 customers across Glastonbury, Street and Shepton Mallet had already signed up – many ready to receive the ultrafast service before Christmas. In...
Bosses at Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative finance provider, have said they remain “vigilant and cautious” over the economic impact of the pandemic despite a strong ending its recent half year trading period. The group, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, closed the six months to November 30 with a...
A webinar to help Bath businesses with the new Covid rules, including checking the Covid-19 status of customers, is to be staged next week. Hosted by Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) with Bath Business Improvement District (BID), it is primarily aimed at operators of nightclubs and other venues which are now...
Independent PR firm Carnsight Communications has completed the five charity challenges it set itself at the start of this year to mark its fifth anniversary. The Marshfield-based agency, which works with small and creative businesses, announced the move in January and completed all five between March and this month. The charities supported were...
