Healthcare sector innovators from Bath can test out their ideas in a four-day programme hosted by SETsquared – the world’s number one university business incubator – and the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) next month. The Health Innovation Programme (HIP), which is free to companies that meet the eligibility criteria,...
Bath companies will gain an insight into doing business in the nuclear sector in the UK and overseas at a major conference on Wednesday. The Nuclear South West Annual Conference will focus on collaboration in the industry and important international links – with a recent report by host organisation Nuclear South West revealing that...
Regional chartered accountancy firm MHA Monahans has appointed James Keeton as a partner in a role that looks to develop the business further in Somerset. The firm acquired long-established Taunton firm BJ DixonWalsh 18 months ago and has since looked to build a client base further into the South West from its traditional...
A snapshot of Bath’s start-up and scale-up ecosystem has been produced in an easy-to-use format to show where high-growth businesses can find essential support, information and advice. The innovative Growth Map – illustrated like a London Tube map and thought to be the UK’s first of its kind – has been launched by the...
The University of Bath has bought the Bristol & Bath Science Park with South Gloucestershire Council in a joint £18m deal they say will realise its potential and boost the West of England’s reputation as a centre of excellence for research. Since the park opened in 2011 after a quarter of a century...
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Dickies Workwear, the global brand with its UK headquarters in Midsomer Norton, has launched a search for ‘real’ tradespeople to model its clothing and footwear. In a break from traditional workwear advertising, the firm wants to photograph people at their place of work – or in a typical environment for their job – in...
A construction lawyer who played a key role in advising members of EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C supply chain has joined regional law firm Royds Withy King’s construction & engineering team in Bath as a partner. Catherine Welch, pictured, arrives from South West law firm Ashfords, where spent more than five years as a...
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Bath-based chartered accountancy firm Richardson Swift has strengthened its tax and audit teams with two senior appointments. Deborah Sawyer has joined as a personal tax manager while Catherine Edwards has been promoted to director of audit services. The appointments follow another year of strong growth at Richardson Swift, the largest independent firm of chartered...
