Monday April 2 Bank holiday Tuesday April 3 Economic announcement: Manufacturing PMI (March) Wednesday April 4 Trading update: Topps Tiles Economic announcement: Construction PMI (March) Thursday April 5 Final: HSS Hire Trading updates: Electrocomponents, Homeserve, Ferrexpo Economic announcement: Services PMI (March) Friday April 6 Nothing listed
The University of Bath has revealed plans for a landmark £70m School of Management building on its Claverton Campus. The 170,000 sq ft building, which will form a new gateway to the campus, will house state-of-the-art facilities to further boost the school of management’s already UK-leading reputation. In a planning application submitted to Bath...
The growing popularity of ‘hard asset’ leasing among ambitious small and medium-sized firms has prompted Bath-based specialist lender 1pm to sign an agreement giving it an extra £35m to meet demand. The asset finance facility with the British Business Bank (BBB) means 1pm now has more than £155m available to lend to customers. 1pm,...
Last year’s Bath Christmas Market boosted the city’s economy by more than £40m – the most in its 17-year history, organisers revealed today as they announced the dates for this year. According to independent research carried out for Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing body responsible for staging the market, its 200-plus stalls –...
Confidence among small business owners in the South West has bounced back thanks to lower inflation, progress on Brexit talks and the Chancellor’s positive Spring Statement, according to a survey published this week. The report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – Britain’s biggest business representation group – also reveals a two-year high...
Bath-based specialist software developer The Filter, which was co-founded by musician and entrepreneur Peter Gabriel, is predicting its next phase of innovation after appointing a new CEO. The firm, which provides leading-edge machine learning software to the media and retail sectors, said the appointment of Neil Morris was a statement of intent as it...
