Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

November 27, 2016
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Monday 28 November Interims: Kainos, Sirius Real Estate, Trakm8 Holdings Finals: Aberdeen Asset Management, Cerillion AGM: Petra Diamonds Tuesday 29 November Interims: Acal, Cranswick, Digital Barriers, Eckoh, GB Group, Hogg Robinson, IG Design, KCOM, Motorpoint, Park Group, Torotrak, Vp Finals: Countryside Properties, easyHotel, Gooch & Housego, ITE Group, Patisserie Holdings, Shaftesbury, SSP Group, Topps...

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Sales and profits surge brings pleasure to Lovehoney as Fifty Shades tie-up reaps rewards

November 25, 2016
Sales and profits surge brings pleasure to Lovehoney as Fifty Shades tie-up reaps rewards

Bath-based sex toy retailer Lovehoney is predicting more international expansion next year after achieving a 68% rise in annual pre-tax profits. The firm, which gained a Queen’s Award for International Trade earlier this year, said strong website growth in the UK and in export markets was behind the increase in pre-tax profits to £5.1m...

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Coveted Financial Adviser of the Year title ‘highlight of career’ for Bath director

November 25, 2016
Coveted Financial Adviser of the Year title ‘highlight of career’ for Bath director

Jonothan McColgan, director of Bath-based financial advisers Combined Financial Strategies, has been named Financial Adviser of the Year at the 2016 Growth Investor Awards after coming runner-up last year. The coveted awards, now in their second year, are staged by Intelligent Partnership, the UK’s leading curator of education and insights on alternative investments. Jonothan,...

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Women in Wealth Awards triumph for Chase de Vere IFA

November 25, 2016
Women in Wealth Awards triumph for Chase de Vere IFA

Chase de Vere independent financial adviser Rachel Sartin, who works in its Bath office, has been named the Best Wealth Management Consultant for Somerset at the Women in Wealth Awards 2016. The awards have been created by Wealth and Finance magazine and website to showcase the very best women from across the financial services...

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Integrity Print continues growth in its centenary year as it snaps up label firm

November 25, 2016
Integrity Print continues growth in its centenary year as it snaps up label firm

Business printer Integrity Print has acquired a small label printing company that works with toy makers Lego and Hasbro UK. Cardiff-based Alliance Labels now becomes a trading division of Integrity Print, which employs more than 300 people and operates more than 50 presses on its 16-acre site on Midsomer Norton’s Westfield Trading Estate. The...

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Weak pound eases margin pressure on valve maker Rotork

November 25, 2016
Weak pound eases margin pressure on valve maker Rotork

Profits at Rotork, Bath’s largest manufacturing company, will be 10% higher than expected thanks to the weak pound, it has told shareholders. The advanced engineering firm, which makes sophisticated valves and actuators for the dollar-denominated global oil, water and gas industries, said the fall of sterling since the EU referendum meant its financial results would be...

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