The valued of frauds committed in the South West and Wales rose more than seven-fold last year, according to professional services firm KPMG. Having said that, one fraud accounted for 80% of the entire region’s total. Notable offenders included a woman who was ordered by Bristol Crown Court to undertake 150 hours of community service after...
1pm, the independent Bath firm providing asset leasing finance to small firms, has increased its funding lines by £700,000 via two separate loans. The money is exclusively for the purpose of writing new leases. The company says it also continues to generate profits on a monthly basis and to fund part of its growing lease portfolio...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group which recorded a £75.5m first half loss, said in an interim statement that it has continued to trade in line with its expectations since October 1. Last year the group refinanced its debt through a £185m bank facility and a £75m term facility following completion of the sale of its...
Bath’s Holburne Museum, which reopened last May following a £11.2m refurbishment, has been nominated for the Art Fund Prize 2012, the UK’s museum of the year award. The prize, the biggest for arts and cultural organisations in the country, rewards excellence and innovation for a project completed or undertaken in the previous year. The...
The Bath Priory Hotel, Restaurant and Spa has added to its ever-growing collection of accolades with a hat trick in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2011-12. The hotel collected gold in the Small Hotel of the Year category, sponsored by accountants Bishop Fleming, and in the Taste of the South West category, sponsored...
Luxury hotel Ston Easton Park launches its series of breakfast events for business leaders and owners tomorrow with an invitation to Meet the Press. Robert Buckland, editor of Bath Business News and its sister titles Bristol Business News and Swindon Business News, and Philip Welch, editor of Mid Somerset News & Media, will discuss...
Bath-based solicitor Mark Hambleton has added his voice to the growing national concern over the dangers of cycling on Britain’s roads. The Times newspaper has launched a campaign, Cities Fit for Cycling, following news reporter Mary Bowers’ near-fatal accident on her way to work. It has already received support from a number of famous...
The economic slowdown is taking its toll on Bath's hotels with room occupancy declining 4.1% to 72.4% in November. This meant that despite a 2.2% rise in room rate to £88.69 compared to a year earlier, overall, room yields fell 2% from £65.50 a year ago to £64.21 in November. But compared to the...
Free business expertise is to be offered to Bath’s advanced engineering companies under a link-up between UWE Bristol’s MBA programme and the South West’s advanced engineering and aerospace iNet (AAE iNet). Firms will benefit by working with highly-experienced postgraduates on the MBA programme across a number of specialist areas such as marketing, HR and...
Development of the second phase of Bath’s long-awaited Western Riverside scheme is to go ahead thanks to a kick-start grant from the Homes and Communities Agency as part of the Government’s £420m Get Britain Building programme. The scheme being developed by Crest Nicholson totals 2,000 units, including retail/commercial and recreational public provision, The first phase...
