Jamie Thompson, a financial planner with accountants Old Mill, has won a prestigious award following an impressive performance in his Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) exams. Jamie, an accredited personal financial specialist (APFS), was presented with the Best Paper – J05 (Pension Income Options) Award at the Insurance Institute of Bristol’s (IIB) 2011 awards evening....
Wessex Water has won two Green Apple Awards in a national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities. The Bath-based company submitted entries for its catchment management and waste reduction and recycling projects, competing against 500 other nominations for the awards, which are organised by The Green Organisation, an independent group dedicated...
Good week for . . . the founders of Bath microchip firm Picochip. They sold the 11-year-old firm for a cool £34m. Bad week for . . . most retailers, including Tesco, which suffered a sales slump at Christmas.
Event: Viva entrepreneurs – the rise of the Adventure Capitalists When: Thursday, 29 September 2011 – Friday, 30 September 2011 Where: Bath Ventures Innovation Centre, Broad Quay, BA1 1UD Contact: 01225 388639 Event: Silicon South West Dinner When: 7-10pm Thursday 29th September, 2011 Where: Bath Ventures Innovation Centre, Broad Quay, Bath,...
Bath deserves a quality business news service – and that is exactly what this dynamic city will get with the launch of Bath Business News. The website will focus on the innovation and creativity of Bath, its key entrepreneurs and the people and businesses that make the city a forward-looking business centre. Bath Business...
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) will by sponsoring the food hall at the Royal Bath & West Show (June 1-4) for the first time this year, helping to showcase and support the region’s incredible range of local food suppliers in Somerset and the South West. The FSB is proud to lend its support...
Law firm Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons has rebranded to become Thrings. The UK top 100 firm, which has roots going back nearly 300 years, has grown rapidly since forming through the merger of Swindon-based Townsends and Thrings & Long in 2000 and with London firm Lee & Pembertons in 2007. Today it has...
Bath has emerged as Britain’s second favourite small city in a new survey. It was pipped to the post by York in a poll of nearly 1,500 people for travel publisher Rough Guides. The survey has been published to coincide with the launch of the new Rough Guide to Yorkshire, although the firm insists...
Government minister Ed Vaizey has sung Bath’s praises as he embarked on a whistle-stop tour of the city’s cultural attractions. The Conservative visited the Holburne Museum, the Fashion Museum, the Museum of East Asian Art and the egg theatre, as well as attending a reception at the Roman Baths. He was able to find...
