Bath-based housing group Curo is due to start construction work next month on another affordable homes scheme in Bristol – including repurposing one of its own offices – as it continues to work towards easing that city’s housing shortage. Curo has appointed family-owned construction group Jehu as the main contractor on The Willows regeneration...
Time Finance, the Bath-based alternative financial services firm, has appointed Ed Rimmer as interim chief executive officer. Ed, pictured, returns to the firm – which changed its name from 1pm two months ago – having previously served as chief operating officer. He left last April following a reorganisation of the senior management team. Time...
Bath businesses will be able to learn how to boost their online overseas sales from successful women in eCommerce at a virtual conference next week. The free ‘Women in Global eCommerce’ event on Tuesday is being hosted by the Department for International Trade (DIT) in collaboration with Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber...
Milsted Langdon, the regional accountancy firm with an office in Bath, is starting a trainee recruitment campaign as it seeks to grow its team and develop local talent. The firm is reaching out to college students and university graduates to join its supportive training scheme, which helps them obtain a range of professional qualifications. ...
The South West’s largest business organisation has said many of its members will be “disappointed” with the government’s roadmap for taking England out of national lockdown. Business West, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, said following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement in the House of Commons on Monday the onus was now on ministers...
The South West CBI has backed Bristol Airport’s appeal against the decision by North Somerset Council last year to refuse its expansion. The council’s planning committee went against their own officers’ recommendation last February to throw out the scheme, which sought to increase the airport’s capacity to handle 12m passengers a year. At the...
Monday February 22 Finals: BATM Advanced Communications, RTC Group Interims: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Finsbury Foods, Tristel Trading announcement: AB Foods Economic announcement: Public sector net borrowing Tuesday February 23 Finals: Croda International, Fondul Propriatetea, HSBC Group, InterContinental Hotels Interims: Clinigen Group, Diurnal Group, McBride, Springfield Properties Economic announcements: Claimant count rate, unemployment rate Wednesday February 24 Finals: Georgia Capital, Lloyds, Petrofac, Telecom Egypt ...
Shares in rapid-growth Bath media group Future soared above £21 for the first time in its history today as it said its full-year profits are likely to be much higher than expected. The highly acquisitive group, whose titles span TechRadar, PC Gamer and Country Life, also updated shareholders on its latest deals, including the...
A surge in sales of sex toys during the pandemic has resulted in retailer Lovehoney taking on an additional 70 staff at its Bath headquarters. The firm – which was launched, appropriately, from a bedroom in the city in 2002 – has enjoyed a whopping 200% sales boost in many of its overseas markets...
The vice-chancellors of both of Bath’s universities and the principal of its main college have joined business leaders from across the West of England in backing the creation of a ‘free port’ in the region. Prof Ian White and Prof Sue Rigby of the University of Bath and Bath Spa University respectively and Laurel...
