The founder of renewable energy group Good Energy has slammed the government’s decision to go ahead with the much-delayed Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project. Juliet Davenport OBE, who built Chippenham-based Good Energy from scratch in 1999 into one of the largest businesses of its kind with a £37m market value, described the green...
Bath’s top law firms have been praised in the UK’s leading independent guide to the sector. Regional law firms Thrings and Royds Withy King, both of which have large offices in the town, are ranked among the South West’s ‘regional heavyweights’ by the Legal 500, which was published yesterday, while a number of their partners and specialists –...
Bath businesses are teaming up to back the Big Bath City Bid – the campaign to turn Bath City FC into a community-owned club. Firms gathered in Queen Square on Tuesday to sign a pledge board and encourage others to back Bath City FC Supporters Society – which is spearheading the campaign – to...
Integrity Print, the UK’s largest label printer, has launched a service to meet the needs of artisan food and drink manufacturers requiring small print runs of bespoke, high-quality labels. Called Ready, Willing and Label, it allows companies to go from design to fully printed label in a fraction of the time usually required –...
The Archway Project, which includes a new learning centre for the Roman Baths, has been granted full planning permission and listed building consent. The complex, which includes an underground link to the nearby Baths, will also include a much-needed world heritage centre. The learning centre in Swallow Street will be a fully accessible state-of-the-art...
A team of Bath-based corporate advisers have helped the UK subsidiary of a French firm with a major acquisition that involved complex cross-border negotiations. The corporate and commercial team at law firm Royds Withy King, tax advisers at Bishop Fleming and specialist technology merger and acquisition (M&A) advisers ICON Corporate Finance advised on the...
