A successful Skills Bootcamp programme for the unemployed and those seeking to change their career is to be extended following the allocation of £3.3m in new government funding. The money, which will enable a further 1,200 learners to take part in the scheme across the West of England, was secured by Metro Mayor Dan...
Winning new contracts ranging from running clothing retailer Primark’s warehouse-to-store transport operations to storing PPE for the government, along with the boom in home shopping, have set logistics group Wincanton on the way to stronger revenue growth. In a trading update to shareholders, the Chippenham-headquartered group said revenue in its fourth quarter was expected to accelerate...
A rapidly expanding space-tech firm has relocated its UK headquarters in a move that will enable it to create up to 20 jobs. Millimetre-wave specialist Arralis, which has been on a continuous growth trajectory since its launch in 2013, is to transfer its operations to Chippenham from Swindon, where it has outgrown its serviced...
The government has been urged to help Bath businesses weather the storm of soaring energy, raw material and wage costs at a time when they are still being buffeted by the combined impact of Brexit and the pandemic. The plea has come from Business West, the regional business group that runs Bath Chamber of...
Bath-based real estate firm CSquared has merged with ETP, Bristol’s oldest independent property consultancy, in a move that will enable it to go head-to-head with the region’s largest operators in the sector. The combined business, which will trade as CSquared, has a multi-million pound turnover and a full service portfolio spanning occupational, investment and development agency...
Aequus, Bath & North East Somerset Council’s housing company, has returned a total of £7.9m to the council in capital receipts and revenue since its launch five years, new figures show. It has also delivered more than 140 new homes over that period, including 95 apartments at Riverside View in Keynsham, pictured below –...
Lawyers from Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King have helped a fast-growing pub group to expand its portfolio with the acquisition of six more outlets. Five of the pubs taken over by Portobello Starboard are on the South Coast, with the sixth in Essex. The move, which takes the ambitious pub group’s estate to...
A novel feature has been added to the innovative project masterminded by Bath landscape architecture practice Grant Associates that will turn the Tower of London’s moat into a vibrant sea of flowers this summer – a giant slide. Visitors will be able to make a dramatic entrance to the Superbloom attraction via the 21ft...
Bath’s top tourism businesses are hoping to repeat their success in a recent major awards scheme when they take part in another round of awards next month. They are among more than 90 contenders in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards. Some 476 businesses, including hotels, restaurants, caravan parks and tourist attractions, had originally...
Bath’s hospitality and tourism firms battling with staff shortages are set to benefit from a new jobs website built by city-based software company Cognisess. The site, commissioned by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and officially launched this week in Bath, will enable businesses to post vacancies while jobseekers can log on to...
