New finance director for Bath Building Society as chief executive prepares to retire

April 10, 2018
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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...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

April 9, 2018
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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...

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The LAST WORD: Yvonne Bignall, personal development facilitator and life motivator

April 6, 2018
The LAST WORD: Yvonne Bignall, personal development facilitator and life motivator

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...

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University of Bath ‘acceleration hubs’ will boost region’s advanced engineering and digital firms

April 6, 2018
University of Bath ‘acceleration hubs’ will boost region’s advanced engineering and digital firms

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...

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Longleat roars into table of UK’s 100 fastest-growing firms for first time

April 6, 2018
Longleat roars into table of UK’s 100 fastest-growing firms for first time

A 55% rise in average annual profits over the past three years has put Longleat Enterprises, the Warminster leisure firm that operates the famous safari park and Cheddar Gorge and Caves, among the UK’s fast-growth firms for the first time. The firm, which employs just over 700 people across its sites, appears this weekend...

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Pearson May weekly financial round-up

April 6, 2018
Pearson May weekly financial round-up

Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May team up to bring you the top national finance stories.  Five personal tax changes for 2018/19 How could your personal finances be affected? Find out more here Employer changes to auto-enrolment Minimum contributions to double this month. Read more here        

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