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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

January 12, 2025
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Monday January 13 Final: Hercules Site Services Economic announcement: PageGroup Tuesday January 14 Final: Ramsdens Holdings Interim: Games Workshop Group Trading announcements: Robert Walters, Grafton Group, Ocado Group, Knights Group Holdings Wednesday January 15 Final: Victorian Plumbing Group Interim: Frontier Developments Trading announcements: Hays, Fuller, Smith & Turner,  Currys, Vistry Group Economic announcements: Producer price index, Consumer price index, Retail price index Thursday...

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Pearson May financial round up

January 10, 2025
Pearson May financial round up

Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. New HMRC scheme targets excessive R&D tax claims Voluntary disclosure can mitigate penalties for excessive research & development claims. Click here for more details.  More than 90,000 Self Assessment tax returns filed over Christmas HMRC urges those who have yet...

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Isle of Man investment group says its £350m bid for Alliance Pharma will speed up its recovery

January 10, 2025
Isle of Man investment group says its £350m bid for Alliance Pharma will speed up its recovery

Directors at international healthcare group Alliance Pharma have accepted a £350m takeover offer from its biggest shareholder in a move they says will offer relief from a tough few years. The Chippenham-headquartered firm, which owns a portfolio of products ranging from eye care treatments to anti-dandruff shampoo, has transformed itself over the past five years...

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Traders hail Bath’s 2024 Christmas market a triumph – and look ahead to its return this December

January 10, 2025
Traders hail Bath’s 2024 Christmas market a triumph – and look ahead to its return this December

Bath’s iconic Christmas Market, widely recognised as one of the best in the UK, has again been rated a success as the dates for this year are released. While official figures for the economic impact of 2024’s market on the city will not be released for several months, organiser Bath & North East Somerset Council...

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Contracts linked to HS2 on track to bring £560m boost to pioneering railway signalling plant

January 10, 2025
Contracts linked to HS2 on track to bring £560m boost to pioneering railway signalling plant

A railway engineering plant is to start work this year on key infrastructure and long-term maintenance projects for HS2, one of Europe's largest infrastructure projects. Siemens Mobility, which has its main UK plant in Chippenham, has been awarded four significant contracts worth £560m by HS2 Ltd and will join key contractors under the Rail Systems Alliance. ...

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Event: Your Leadership Future in 2025 – navigating the challenges

January 10, 2025
Event: Your Leadership Future in 2025 – navigating the challenges

The way leaders can navigate the challenges brought in by the start of the new year will be explored at an event in Bath later this month. Speakers Sarah Williment from Farleigh Performance, the leadership coaching arm of Bath Rugby, and Bath healthtech firm director Mayden Alison Sturgess-Durden will also look at how leaders...

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