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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

December 23, 2024
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Monday December 21 Final: River UK Micro Cap Interim: Kodal Minerals Trading announcement: Proteome Sciences Economic announcements: Current account, Gross domestic product Tuesday December 24 Nothing listed Wednesday December 25 Nothing listed Thursday December 26 Nothing listed Friday December 27 AGMs: Skinbiotherapeutics, OPG Power Ventures, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas

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Bath tourism sector ends year on a high after bouncing back from devastation caused by the pandemic

December 20, 2024
Bath tourism sector ends year on a high after bouncing back from devastation caused by the pandemic

The West of England’s vital tourism industry has fully recovered from the dire impact of the pandemic, figures out today show, with it contributing a record £2.46bn to the regional economy. According to the research carried out by Visit West, the destination marketing organisation behind the Visit Bath brand, the sector supports 46,000 jobs...

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Planning green light signals start of building work on world-leading railway engineering plant

December 20, 2024
Planning green light signals start of building work on world-leading railway engineering plant

Construction work is to start early next year on industrial giant Siemens’ state-of-the-art £100m factory, which will make the West of England a global leader in railway engineering. The Chippenham plant, pictured, which recently received planning consent from Wiltshire County Council, will employ around 800 skilled workers producing cutting-edge rail infrastructure and digital engineering...

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Time Finance clocks up its strongest-ever lending as its four-year strategy continues to pay off

December 20, 2024
Time Finance clocks up its strongest-ever lending as its four-year strategy continues to pay off

The chief executive of Bath-headquartered specialist funder Time Finance has expressed his “real confidence” in the group’s continued strong growth following a half year in which it achieved record lending. The group, which provides asset, loan and invoice finance products to more than 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK, had a lending book...

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New banking arrangement for Inspecs as it eyes opportunities to put recent sales worries behind it

December 19, 2024
New banking arrangement for Inspecs as it eyes opportunities to put recent sales worries behind it

Bath-headquartered eyewear group Inspecs has increased its financial flexibility by rearranging its existing banking arrangements as it looks ahead to a brighter 2025. The group, which designs and manufactures a wide range of spectacles, lenses and frames for global markets, warned earlier this month that its full-year revenue and underlying earnings were likely to...

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Pair of Bath architecture firms team up to work on redevelopment of historic industrial site in the city

December 19, 2024
Pair of Bath architecture firms team up to work on redevelopment of historic industrial site in the city

Bath architectural practices Grant Associates and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios have been appointed to lead the long-awaited regeneration of one of the city’s largest undeveloped former industrial areas. The firms will work on plans for the historic former Bath Press site for specialist heritage developer City & Country, which acquired it earlier this year.  The...

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