Business West, the region’s largest business body and the organisation that runs the Bath Chamber of Commerce, is collaborating with two other powerful chambers to highlight the impact of uncertainty over Brexit a year before it takes effect. The Three Chamber Alliance – which includes the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and...
Local media in Bath quite properly concentrate on Bath itself, the global tourist brand and the economic engine for the area. But the district is called Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) for a good reason and the business community is very conscious of what the whole patch can do if we use all...
Specialist manufacturer Avon Rubber has sold its US-based hovercraft skirt and bulk liquid storage tank business, for $9.25m (£6.58m). Melksham-based Avon, which makes respirators for military, homeland security and first responder customers as well as rubber products for the dairy industry, said it had been reviewing strategic options for Avon Engineered Fabrications (AEF) –...
Acquisitive Bath media group Future has hit the takeover trail for the second time in two weeks, snapping up US-based information and events business Newbay Media, the publisher behind Music Week magazine. Future, which recently bought five titles from rival publisher Haymarket, including the world’s biggest football magazine FourFourTwo, is paying $12.25m (£8.62m) in...
The hunt is on to find the individuals and businesses that are helping maintain the West of England aerospace sector’s position as one of the world’s largest and most innovative. Nominations have opened for its the second annual West of England Aerospace Forum’s (WEAF) coveted annual Aerospace Ambassador Awards. Following last year’s success, a...
Property consultancy Colliers International has strengthened its building surveying and project management team in the South West with the appointment of Jessica Harding as a trainee surveyor. Jessica, who will be based in Colliers’ Bristol office, will be involved in work on behalf of commercial landlords and tenants on matters including dilapidations, due diligence,...
