The next round of consultation on plans for a new leisure, sporting and community destination at The Rec kicks off next week, offering the public the chance to speak to project team members and give feedback. Stadium for Bath – the partnership that brings together Bath Rugby, Bath Rugby Foundation and stadium developer Arena 1865 – hopes...
The strength of the South West’s manufacturing sector – and the challenges facing it – have been highlighted in a new annual survey which reveals that jobs in the sector have risen by more than 5% since 2010. According to the report from manufacturers’ organisation EEF and national accountancy firm BDO, manufacturing represents 11%...
Monday July 16 Interims: Bank of America, BlackRock, Netflix Trading Update: Total Tuesday July 17 Final: Walker Crisps Interims: Goldman Sacs, Johnson & Johnson Trading Updates: Royal Mail, Galliford Try, Dairy Crest, TalkTalk Economic announcement: Employment data (May) Wednesday July 18 Interims: easyJet, Electrolux, Novartis, ASML, American Express, Morgan Stanley, Alcoa, eBay, IBM Trading...
Nick Allan, head of global property agency Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets team in the South West, has become an international partner in the firm. Nick, pictured, is one of eight international partner promotions at Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world’s largest real estate businesses with 48,000 staff in 400 offices across 70...
UK tech industry figure Jim McKenna, who has helmed a number of Bath-based software firms, has been elected chair of the SS Great Britain Trust, the organisation that owns Brunel’s iconic ship on Bristol’s Harbourside. His appointment at the charitable trust’s AGM comes three months after it opened the £7.2m Being Brunel museum as...
Professional services firm Deloitte’s South West practice has promoted two staff members to director and appointed a new partner. The new directors in the office in Bristol are Gina Miles in audit and Marcus Chapman in tax while audit partner Andrew Holland joins from Deloitte in Toronto, having moved back to the UK from...
