Time Finance, the Bath-based alternative financial services firm, has appointed Ed Rimmer as interim chief executive officer. Ed, pictured, returns to the firm – which changed its name from 1pm two months ago – having previously served as chief operating officer. He left last April following a reorganisation of the senior management team. Time...
Law firm Stone King has further strengthened its Bath-based private client and education teams with two new appointments. Luke Watson, pictured, has joined as a partner in the firm’s dispute resolution & litigation team from Mogers Drewett in Bath, where he spent nearly five years. He brings with him expertise in commercial and property...
Zap-Map, the electric vehicle mapping service majority owned by renewable energy group Good Energy, has strengthened its senior leadership team by appointing an interim CEO and commercial director as it charts further rapid growth. Richard Bourne, pictured, joins the firm in the interim CEO role and work alongside its board to develop the long-term strategic plan, positioning...
The Institute of Directors in the South West has appointed experienced tech sector independent director James Savage and Steve Hill, the former managing director of defence contractor SEA, as ambassadors. James, pictured, who has spent 30-plus years in the sector, will be the IoD’s regional ambassador for high-tech industry and tech ventures, having been an independent director on the boards...
Good Energy founding chief executive officer Juliet Davenport is to stand down from the role as the green energy provider undergoes a major transformation. Juliet, pictured, founded the Chippenham-based firm as a fledgling entrepreneur two decades ago with a clear purpose to give consumers the power to tackle climate change by choosing renewable power. ...
Specialist investment and fund manager Hawksmoor Investment Management is to open an office in Bath after appointing three members of rival Investec’s former base in the city. Hawksmoor’s Bath Office will be staffed by senior investment manager Dean Hodgson, business development manager Mike Topham and trainee investment manager Sally Overton. All three previously...
Regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has promoted two directors to partner as it continues its growth strategy despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. Dan White and Rob Pearce’s promotions will bring the firm’s partner group to 34 and, with a record number of trainees recruited last...
PwC, the Global accountancy group, has promoted five senior managers into director roles in its West & Wales practice and hired a sixth as it continues its investment in the region. The group, which covers from the region from offices in Bristol and Cardiff, has also made 15 promotions to senior manager and 34...
Boutique hotel The Bird, Bath, has made a trio of new appointments to bolster its senior management team. Ashley Ely, pictured, joins the 31-bedroom venue on Pulteney Road, part of Bath-based hoteliers Ian and Christa Taylor’s Kaleidoscope Collection, as general manager from March 1. He was most recently cluster general manager for London-based Locke...
Construction group Bouygues UK has appointed John Boughton, the former deputy managing director of rival Willmott Dixon in Wales and the South West, as its managing director for the same region. John, pictured, has worked in the industry for more than 30 years, four of them at Willmott Dixon, where he was instrumental in helping...
