Mid-market private equity investor LDC has strengthened its South West & Wales team with the appointment of Stefan Gunn as investment director. Stefan, pictured, joins from NatWest, where he was a director in its Bristol-based structured finance operation with responsibility for originating and executing transactions across the South. In his new role in the...
Monday August 5 Interims: BBA, Dialight, Senior Economic announcement: PMI Services Tuesday August 6 Interims: Genel Energy, HSBC Holdings, InterContinental Hotels, IWG, Meggitt, Pisc Polyus S, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Rotork, Synthomer, TP ICAP, Zotefoams Economic announcement: Retail Sales Wednesday August 7 Interims: BPKD, Glencore, Hill & Smith, Legal & General, Morgan Sindall Group, PageGroup, Phoenix...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Simon Face, IoD South West regional director, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Arrival, which made it onto TV recently. It’s about a linguist who deciphers an...
The co-founders of Bath-based sex toy retailer Lovehoney are to relinquish day-to-day operations of the fast-growth business next month when one of the UK’s top marketers is appointed as CEO. Ex-journalist Richard Longhurst and DJ Neal Slateford formed Lovehoney in 2002 – appropriately from a bedroom. Since then the firm has grown to boast...
Bath media group Future has crossed the Atlantic again for its latest multi-million pound deal as it continues to build its presence in the US market. The group, whose UK titles include TechRadar, PC Gamer and Guitar World, has bought Washington DC-headquartered digital media publisher SmartBrief for an initial sum of $45m (£37.2m). SmartBrief...
Bath-based specialist lender 1pm has made two senior appointments to support the ambitious growth of its asset division in the North. Ian Kavanagh joins the division as business development manager. He will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with intermediaries in the North and supporting businesses looking for asset-based funding solutions. Stuart...
Bath-based specialist software house Mayden has been awarded funding to help with the digital transformation of the way patients get access to mental health services. The financial support from the Small Business Research Initiative for Healthcare – which supports tech innovation in the NHS – will enable Mayden to digitise and streamline each stage...
Novia Foundation, the charitable arm of Bath-based wealth management firm Novia Financial, has raised more than £3,500 from its inaugural Kwik Cricket tournament. Nine teams of six players from Bath firms battled it out at Bath Rec to raise money for the foundation, which Novia set up last year to primarily support projects that...
Bath Ales is seeking individuals who are passionate about beer to become its first brewing apprentices. The brewer behind Gem bitter is offering two people the chance to train at its state-of-the-art Hare Brewery, pictured, at Warmley between Bath and Bristol to learn the craft of beer production. As well as gaining hands-on experience...
Bath-based Artificial Intelligence pioneer firm Cognisess has signed a deal potentially worth millions of pounds to supply its expertise to the second-biggest recruitment company in China. Beijing-based Zhaopin, which operates online and has more than 140m candidates on its books, called on Cognisess to help it better understand the best roles for students. Cognisess’...
