A top lawyer has urged Bath’s not-for-profit organisations to embrace the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an opportunity to strengthen existing relationships and improve the way they are run. Graeme Fearon, intellectual property partner at West law firm Thrings – which has an office in Bath – believes while the new rules...
Bath-based Wessex Water has won two awards for its efforts to make its business travel more sustainable. The firm, which employs 2,290 people – many of them at its Claverton Down operations centre south of the city – topped the ‘Organisation of the Year’ and ‘Best Newcomer’ categories at the annual Travelwest Business...
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has made five promotions in its Bath offices, including Sharon Hunter and Tom Lowe to associate partner. Sharon joined the firm in 2011 and has more than 12 years’ experience in the property industry. Based in its Wood Street branch in the city centre, she specialises in all aspects...
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. Introduction to automatic re-enrolment What is automatic re-enrolment and what do employers have to do? Find out more here State pension top-up proves a flop Only 13,000 people took advantage of government scheme. Find out more here ...
A series of inspirational talks by high-profile business women is to be launched next year by The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel in conjunction with the University of the West of England’s Bristol Business School. Called Phenomenal Women, the bi-monthly events will run from February to November with the aim of celebrating, supporting and inspiring...
The digital innovator credited with the success of Moneysupermarket.com is to join Chippenham-based renewable energy group Good Energy as an independent non-executive director. Tim Jones, chief information officer of Moneysupermarket.com Group, has more than 20 years’ experience in using digital to drive change in organisations. He is widely regarded as one of the UK’s top...
