A Bath lawyer has warned that the UK’s drone law is not fit for purpose following the chaos caused at Gatwick Airport by rogue unmanned aircraft. As flights started again at the beleagured airport after around 36 hours of disruption, the head of drone law at Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King, Philip...
Bath-headquartered residential developer Crossman Homes is leading a project to convert a derelict swimming baths in Bristol into much-needed social housing. The firm has teamed up with Somerset-based Yarlington Housing Association to create 31 affordable homes for local people on the site of Speedwell Swimming Baths, pictured in a CGI. The baths were built...
HSBC UK has appointed Daniel Felton as head of corporate banking for the South West and Wales as part of a drive to support mid-market businesses. Daniel, pictured, will head a 110-strong team working with businesses turning over between £7.5m and £350m. Based in Bristol, he will have four area directors report into him...
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SCISYS, the Chippenham-headquartered specialist IT group, has appointed Natasha Laird to its board as an executive director and general counsel with immediate effect. Natasha, pictured, joined the group, which also has a base in Bristol as general counsel in 2014 and has been company secretary since September 2016. She is the daughter of SCISYS...
Bristol Airport has said it will create more than 1,000 jobs over the next decade as part of its further development to enable it to handle 12m passengers a year. The scheme, which has just been submitted to North Somerset Council planners, would also generate an additional £1.4bn for the regional economy by the...
To cynical observers such as BrandSoup, the festive season may hold few surprises – the same old songs, the same old traditions, the same old advertising campaigns. And that’s precisely why we love it so much: it’s a beacon of consistency and reliability in a fast-moving, uncertain world. So imagine our astonishment when we...
A mullti-million pound deal will drive innovation and create jobs at a West of England car and motorbike wheel manufacturer. London-based Puma Investments is injecting £3.6m of private equity into Chippenham-based Dymag, a pioneering British designer and manufacturer of carbon hybrid automotive and motorcycle wheels. The deal will enable to Dymag to expand its...
Confidence among the South West’s firms has fallen once again and is now significantly below the national average, according to two new surveys. The latest quarterly report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reflects a level of SME pessimism among members across the region not seen since the aftermath of the financial crash...
Bath firms that make ethical business a priority by selling or using Fairtrade products are to be championed in a unique annual awards scheme that is about to return for its seventh year. The South West Fair Trade Business Awards recognise the contribution that businesses, organisations and institutes across the region make in support...
