1pm, the Bath-based specialist lender to growing small and medium-sized firms, is predicting more rapid growth itself after securing another source of new finance. The firm, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, has negotiated a £14.5m increase in its block discounting facilities with six existing funding partners, taking the...
Business growth consultancy Cool Ventures has appointed experienced business coach Peter Bridge to work on its Bath Business Support Programme. Peter, pictured, a former senior commercial manager with HSBC bank, will advise businesses enrolled on the programme, which provides up to 12 hours of free, intensive support to pre-start businesses as well as small...
Bath Building Society has appointed Tom Leach as finance director designate ahead of current finance director Kevin Gray’s promotion to chief executive later this month. Tom, pictured, joined the society in February as an executive director from Cardiff-based Principality Building Society. In his new role he has responsibility for the society’s accounting, liquidity management...
Monday April 9 Interim: Centamin Tuesday April 10 Trading update: Card Factory Wednesday April 11 Final: Tesco Interims: ASOS, McCarthy & Stone Trading update: PageGroup Economic announcement: Trade balance (February) Thursday April 12 Final: Sage Interim: WH Smith Trading updates: Man Group, Mothercare, Dunelm, Hays Friday April 13 Interims: Citigroup, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Yvonne Bignall, award-winning personal development facilitator and life motivator, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film You Watched: Unbroken – the inspirational story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympian and...
More than 200 advanced engineering firms and digitally-innovative small and medium-sized enterprises are to gain access to expert support and advice through two new ‘business acceleration hubs’ set up by the University of Bath. The university has been awarded £1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to deliver start-up, scale-up, open innovation...
