Firms across the South West have taken advantage of the slump in sterling to go on an exporting spree, with the value of goods from the region sold overseas soaring by 30%. New figures from HMRC, which collates information on exports, shows exports from South West-based companies hit £6.3bn in the first three months of this year, up from...
Two senior managers in the South West office of national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) have been promoted to the position of director. James Banks, pictured right, who leads the South West lease advisory team and has more than 10 years’ experience in the property sector, joined LSH from Cushman & Wakefield...
Monday 12 June Finals: Eckoh, Mitie, Motorpoint AGMs: Ascent Resources, CEPS EGMs: Eagle Eye Solutions, Europa Oil & Gas, Mitie Tuesday 13 June Interims: Autins, Crest Nicholson, Oxford BioDynamics Finals: Abzena, Ashtead, CML Microsystems, Evgen Pharma, FIH Group, Halma, iomart, Oxford Instruments, Park Group, Telecom Plus, Trifast AGMs: Action Hotels, Boston International Holdings, Capita,...
Two of Bath’s most exciting hi-tech, high growth potential start-ups have been showcased to big name corporates at a high-profile event in London. The pair took part in the Open Innovation Showcase organised by SETsquared, the global number one university business incubation programme run by a partnership of the universities including Bath. Vaccines Without...
Bath College’s landmark Ralph Allen Building is to be converted into much-needed office space after being acquired by a London-based property investment group. The five-storey 40,000 sq ft building on James Street West has been bought by Dominvs Group, a real-estate investment, development and asset-management company, for an undisclosed amount. Dominvs said the acquisition...
1pm, the acquisitive Bath-based specialist lender, has completed its latest takeover following after successfully issuing more than 28.8m new shares. The group has paid £5.25m to acquire Oxfordshire-based Tracx Finance, a leading invoice finance provider to SMEs operating under the Gener8 Finance brand. At the time of issuing the new shares, which are worth...
