South West firms looking to explore export opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean will be able to find out about support from the Department for International Trade (DIT) at an event next month. The DIT’s national LatAC Roadshow arrives in the region on March 12 when experts will provide insights into the vibrant...
Last Friday is a date that will go down in history. Britain formally left the European Union – but will you remember it as the date that you failed to submit your tax return? January 31 was the online filing deadline in respect of tax returns for the year ended April 5, 2019. If...
A 1,000-acre dairy farm owned by Radstock Co-operative Society is undergoing expansion following a £2.5m funding package from Barclays. The investment is enabling Manor Farm at Hardington, between Frome and Radstock, to upgrade its machinery and buildings and increase the size of it herd – boosting its milk yield. Its 550-strong herd produces around...
Monday February 3 Final: Porvair Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday February 4 Finals: Micro Focus, RM, St Modwen Properties Interims: Genedrive, K3 Capital Group, Mattiolo Q4 result: BP Trading announcement: Larsen and Toubro Economic announcement: PMI construction Wednesday February 5 Final: Smurfit Kappa Interims: Barratt Developments, Frontier Developments Q4 result: Glaxosmithkline Trading announcement: Vodafone...
The Bath area’s entrepreneurial spirit has been recognised as the best in the West in a business awards scheme that champions the region’s ‘ones to watch’ – with five of the nine trophies going to firms, organisations or individuals based in and around the city. Paulton-based data management specialist 101 Data Solutions landed the...
A Bath retail and leisure development is now fully let after three new occupiers signed deals for commercial units. Spring Wharf, formerly known as Roseberry Place, pictured, includes 17,340 sq ft of retail and leisure space and 171 homes for private rent. On a prominent site at the junction of Lower Bristol Road and...
Three Bath organisations have teamed up to provide a weekly debt management advice service for people living in Twerton and Whiteway. The two areas of the city were last year listed among the most deprived in the UK – a situation made worse by their location on the outskirts of the city and a...
Eight organisations helping Bath residents tackle the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions and addressing fuel poverty have received money from a city-based energy fund to support their work. The £28,370 has come from the Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) Fund, which supports projects that raise awareness of climate change and encourage behavioural...
Business owners and HR managers will get a chance to discover how engaged their teams are at a free workshop in March. The event, in Chippenham on March 3, will hear from Andrea Riding, managing director of AARC Opportunity and a licensed Engage & Grow coach specialising in helping businesses enthuse their workforce so...
Creative agency director Lee Nathan has been chosen as the new South West chairman of the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses). The 35-year-old, who moved from Devon to Bristol last year, has become the youngest FSB regional chair in the country. Lee, pictured, who has worked at Bristol and Plymouth-based Studiovine for nearly eight...
