The CBI has issued another dire warning of the likely effects on the South West’s economy of leaving the EU without a deal – the potential loss of global export orders worth millions of pounds. The business organisation highlighted what it said would be the damaging implications of crashing out of the trade deals...
Low-cost airline easyJet is to introduce a second new route from Bristol Airport in as many months as it continues to bolster its position as the site’s largest operator. Flights to the Greek island of Rhodes will start on June 2, taking to 70 the number of destinations served by easyJet from Bristol. Last...
Automotive sector learning and development agency RTS Group has appointed Mark Smith as its new chief executive to drive further growth at the 30-year-old business. Mark, pictured, joins the firm, based at Notton, near Chippenham, after a career that began in consumer magazines – including editing the official magazines for Arsenal and Liverpool...
A new generation of academics specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) is to be trained by the University of Bath under a programme aimed at keeping the UK at the forefront of the disruptive technology. The university will lead one of 16 new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) announced today, creating the experts of tomorrow...
Shares in Bath-based media group Future shot up to their highest-ever price last week after its directors told investors they expect its financial results to be “significantly ahead” of market expectations this year. Future, which has its shares listed on the London Stock Exchange, has achieved strong growth recently following a root-and-branch restructuring five...
Monday February 18 Final: Reckitt Benckiser Tuesday February 19 Finals: HSBC, InterContinental Hotels Interims: BHP Billiton, Walmart Economic announcement: Employment data (December: unemployment and average earnings) Wednesday February 20 Finals: Lloyds, Glencore, Hochschild Mining, Intu Trading updates: First Group, Babcock Thursday February 21 Finals: Anglo American, BAE Systems, Barclays, Serco, Rathbone, Relx, Centrica Interims:...
Bath’s buoyant economy will help the West of England become one of Europe’s fastest-growing city-regions for job creation over the next three years with thousands of new posts in the digital and creative sectors, according to a new economic forecast. By adding forecasts for Bath’s economy to those for its larger neighbour Bristol, the...
Bath media group Future has bought two cycling titles back from rival publisher Immediate as it looks to expand its presence in the sport and leisure market. The acquisition of Cycling News and Procycling Magazine comes five years after Future sold them along with most of its sports, craft and hobby magazines and websites...
Ambitious redevelopment plans for Twerton High Street and Bath City FC’s home ground are to go on show to the public. Following more than a year of community and stakeholder engagement, the latest designs for the scheme, which will transform the shopping area of Twerton into a new thriving focal point for the community,...
Hundreds of retailers across Bath and North East Somerset are being invited to apply for a discount to their business rate bills which could cut them by a third. The government announced in its Autumn Budget that over the next two financial years – 2019/20 and 2020/21 – retail premises with rateable values of...
