Chancellor Rishi Sunak this week delivered his much-anticipated Spending Review, outlining how the government will tackle the huge economic challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Among the main points were: The government is spending £280bn on tackling Covid-19 But the Chancellor says: “The economic damage is likely to be lasting.” Forecast for UK borrowing...
Bristol Airport has welcomed government plans to introduce Covid-19 testing for people arriving from overseas, which could cut their quarantine period from two weeks to six days. Passengers using the scheme – which starts on December 15 – will have to book and pay for a test from a private firm to be taken...
National law firm Stone King has furthered strengthened two key teams based in its Bath head office. Solicitor Emma Seaton joins the firm’s international & cross-border team while associate Ryan O’Donnell is now a member of its crime and regulatory team. Emma, pictured, who previously worked at London firm Bishop & Sewell, will focus on providing UK...
The government has been warned that it cannot “keep switching businesses on and off like a light switch” through Covid-19 related national lockdowns and regional tiers without expecting severe consequences. Instead, firms need a plan that keeps them, and the economy, open throughout winter and beyond, according to Business West, the organisation that runs...
Monday November 23 Finals: Carr’s Group, Cerillion, Daily Mail Interims: Cake Box Holdings, Codemasters Group Holdings, LXI REIT, Mind Gym, NextEnergy Solar, Northern Bear, Sirius Real Estate, Sysgroup, Thruvision Group Tuesday November 24 Finals: Compass Group, Greencore, Ten Lifestyle, Treatt, UDG Healthcare Interims: AO World, CML Microcircuits, Eckoh, Design Group, Pennon, Pets At Home, Record, Severfield, Trifast Trading...
Inspecs, the fast-growing Bath-based eyewear design house and manufacturer, is poised to double in size after conditionally agreeing to acquire a German firm for €94.85m (£84.78m). Inspecs said the takeover of Eschenbach Optik would represent a key strategic step in its expansion as a global, vertically-integrated eyewear firm. The deal would make Inspecs, which...
