New chief financial officer for high-growth Bath lender 1pm

January 30, 2017
New chief financial officer for high-growth Bath lender 1pm

1pm, the Bath-based specialist lending group, has appointed James Roberts as its new chief financial officer. James, pictured, who takes up the new role on May 1, brings extensive financial and commercial experience to the group. He is currently finance director at Stroud-based Catalyst Business Finance, which provides invoice and loan financing in the...

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Development role for Bath business adviser after he buys into franchise

January 29, 2017
Development role for Bath business adviser after he buys into franchise

Bath business adviser Richard Tidswell has demonstrated confidence in his founding company by buying a part of the firm and taking on a broader development role across the region. Richard Tidswell is one of half a dozen successful individual franchisees to invest in Business Doctors – a support network dedicated to helping small and...

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‘Full employment’ challenge to West’s Metro Mayor to help end region’s social divide

January 29, 2017
‘Full employment’ challenge to West’s Metro Mayor to help end region’s social divide

Bath and the West of England should aim to become the UK’s first city-region to have full employment – but it must also tackle a huge social divide made worse by spiralling housing costs. The challenge has been thrown down to the soon-to-be-elected Metro Mayor, who will lead a combined authority taking in Bath...

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Investment in new staff continues at GVA with six new joiners in regional office

January 29, 2017
Investment in new staff continues at GVA with six new joiners in regional office

National property adviser GVA has appointed six new members of staff to its South West office, heralding an optimistic start to 2017 across its multidisciplinary business. Harry Hancock, Joanna Murray and Jordan Andrews have joined its building consultancy and architectural teams, Kimberley Brown and Emma Norman have been taken on by its planning team...

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£10.6m funding to boost skills and help tackle long-term unemployment

January 29, 2017
£10.6m funding to boost skills and help tackle long-term unemployment

Funding of £10.6m has been awarded to the West of England to help young people, the long-term unemployed and those facing barriers to work develop new skills and find local, sustainable employment. The funding, from the Skills Funding Agency, was secured through the European Social Fund (ESF) – EU funding designed to help people...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

January 28, 2017
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Monday 30 January Interims: Conviviality, Filtronic Final: Porvair AGM: Ixico Tuesday 31 January Interims: Alumasc, NWF Finals: Ocado, Oxford Biodynamics Trading statements: Britvic, Carpetright, CYBG, Greencore, Intermediate Capital, Pentair, SCS, SSE AGMs: Britvic, C4X Discovery, Greencore, Infrastrata, John Lewis of Hungerford, Servoca, Stride Gaming, Sunrise Resources, Tertiary Minerals EGM: GCP Student Living Economics: GfK...

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