Rotork, the Bath-based specialist manufacturing group, today appointed Helen Barrett-Hague as its new group general counsel and company secretary with immediate effect. Helen, pictured, arrives at Rotork – the world-leader in the design and manufacture of specialist valves for the oil and gas industry – from utility group Pennon, where she was general counsel...
Bath-based MoveGB, the UK’s largest activity membership business, has appointed consumer marketing expert Chris Wood as its head of brand acquisition. Chris has joined the six-year-old business as an investor as well as a member of its core leadership team. He has a wealth of experience in consumer marketing having served as director of brands at hotel...
Women in Property, the group that creates opportunities and inspires change for women working in the property and construction industry, has appointed Ros Trotman as its new South West chair. Ros, pictured, is an expert in planning matters in the Bristol office of regional law firm Thrings and has been on Women in Property’s...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at . . . The Spring Statement: what to expect Click here to judge whether it will be a Brexit blockbuster or a damp squib? HMRC delays self-assessment penalty...
The University of Bath Council, the institution’s governing body, has been appointed Pamela Chesters CBE as its new chair following a competitive recruitment process. Pamela, pictured, will take up the position on April 8 for an initial term of three years. Her arrival will coincide with that of the university’s new vice-chancellor Prof Ian...
A Bath Spa University research project helping to create the ‘smart’ cities of the future is to receive more than £540,000 to develop its work further. The funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) will enable the project to address major knowledge gaps in the implementation of smart city initiatives in Bristol...
