Jane James, managing director of Chippenham-based community health and social care group HFH, has stepped down from the board of the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) due to an increasing workload at HFH. This has meant that she has been unable to play as full a part as she wanted in making...
The first direct flights between the West of England and the Danish capital of Copenhagen have been launched by easyJet, the largest operator at Bristol Airport. The four-times weekly service operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with easyJet saying it will appeal to business and leisure passengers. One-way fares start from £24.99, including...
More than a third of pubs and bars in the South West risk going out of business over the next 12 months as drinking habits change and competition from supermarkets intensifies, new research shows. The 34% licensed premises deemed to be ‘at risk’ across the region is far higher than the 24% figure for...
Businesses can gain a better understanding of Customs and VAT procedures when they trade overseas at an event staged this week. Organised by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) South West in partnership with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the event will to explain the customs and VAT processes involved in importing and exporting, and...
UK airline bmi regional is to introduce direct flights from Bristol to Aberdeen, putting it in competition with existing route operator Eastern Airways. The service will be the first from Bristol for bmi regional, which recently split from the larger bmi international airline group following its acquisition by British Airways parent IAG. The airport...
The leadership qualities and business policies needed to navigate today’s vital corporate responsibility issues are to be explored at an exclusive conference next month. The exclusive event, the latest in the Board 2020 seminar series, will look at how, in a rapidly-changing environment, businesses should present themselves to the world. It will pose the...
Optimism among UK businesses has fallen to a 20-year low, hitting depths not seen since comparable data began in 1992, according to the latest Business Trends report from accountants and business advisers BDO. BDO’s Optimism Index, which predicts business performance two quarters ahead, suggests the economy will continue to contract at the start of...
Tuesday August 28 INTERIMS Bouygues SA, Bunzl, Eurasia Drilling Co Ltd GDR (Reg S), FBD Holdings, G4S, Inspired Energy, Lamprell, OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works GDR (Reg S), Regus, UTV Media, Yule Catto & Co Q2 OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works GDR (Reg S) AGMS Advanced Computer Software Group, Development Securities, Livermore...
Bristol Airport has reported record passenger numbers for July, with more than 650,000 people passing through the terminal. The 5.1% year-on-year increase took the monthly total beyond the previous July high recorded in 2008 – before the recession began to bite. Airport aviation director Shaun Browne said: “High passenger volumes have been driven by...
A six-strong team from Bath law firm Stone King is to scale the three highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales to raise money for two charities. The team will set off on September 15 to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon as part of the Three Peaks Challenge, climbing 9,800ft of mountainous...
