Estate agent and property group Andrews has sold its surveying business Landmark Chartered Surveyors for an undisclosed sum to The SimplyBiz Group. Keynsham-based Andrews said the jobs of all 55 staff would be protected in the sale to the Huddersfield-based group, which since its launch in 2002 has become the UK’s largest provider of...
Small Businesses group the FSB is to boost its grassroots lobbying activity in Bath and across the South West after appointing a new-look senior team. Roger Tarrant, pictured right, previously one of the FSB’s branch chairman in the region, has become the first holder of the new wider role of regional chair for the...
Just before Christmas, an old friend asked BrandSoup for some help with a spot of online infringement. Our friend, a town crier (yes, such things do still exist!), was having trouble with his Twitter account. He tweets as @ramsburycrier, sharing snippets from the village diary and details of upcoming local events. But late in...
Monday January 22 Interims: UBM, Halliburton, Netflix Trading updates: Computacenter, Essentra, Lamprell Tuesday January 23 Interims: EasyJet, Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon Trading updates: Dixons Carphone, N Brown, Pets at Home, Fevertree, Cairn Energy Wednesday January 24 Final: Crest Nicholson Interims: Antofagasta, Fresnillo, Polymetal, General Electric, Ford Trading updates: Sage, JD Wetherspoon,...
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 Pippa Russell, head of corporate communications at Bath-based Novia Financial, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I watched the inspirational Hidden Figures on a long and...
Investment in Bath’s commercial property market is continuing to grow strongly but businesses are increasingly being hit by the ongoing severe shortage of new office space, according to new research. Regional property agents Alder King’s influential annual Market Monitor shows Bath’s commercial property sector outperformed many other towns and cities across the South West...
Airline easyJet has signalled a quiet revolution in its operations in the West of England by showcasing one of its new-generation Airbus aircraft at Bristol Airport. The airline, the airport’s largest operator, has taken delivery of the first batch of its A320neo (new engine option) planes from Airbus. While the aircrafts’ new energy-efficient engines...
Bath-based specialist lender 1pm this week reiterated its ambition to more than double in size as it posted a 77% increase in half-year pre-tax profits. The firm, which has grown rapidly in recent years through a series of strategic acquisitions, achieved the growth in profits to £3.6m on revenue up 74% to £13.9m. 1pm...
One of the West of England’s greenest office buildings has been put up for sale following the decision by iconic office furniture maker Herman Miller to centralise its UK operations. The showpiece 20,000 sq ft building in Chippenham, pictured, known as VillageGreen, was designed as the European headquarters of the US-owned firm by renowned...
Specialist divorce and family law solicitor Sarah Jackson, a partner in the Bath office of regional firm BLB Solicitors, has become one of only a handful of lawyers in the UK to be able to consult directly with children during family mediation cases. Sarah, pictured, who heads BLB’s family team and has more than...
