International healthcare firm Alliance Pharma has strengthened its board by appointing Martin Sutherland as an independent non-executive director and promoting Richard Jones to senior independent director. Chippenham-headquartered Alliance, whose products range from stomach ulcer treatments to anti-dandruff shampoo, said the move supported its growth strategy as it recovers from Covid-induced supply chain disruption and global...
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett is to build longer-term relationship with three foodbanks throughout 2023 after donating £1,000 to each of them amid unprecedented demand for their services. The money was raised by staff from the firm’s offices in Bath, Sherborne and Wells, who sold hundreds of raffle tickets in the run-up to Christmas. Prizes...
Three areas of legal expertise at Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King have been enhanced with a number of new appointments. The firm’s leading charity team has been further strengthened by the appointment of Frances Godden as a senior associate, and its dispute resolution team has also been boosted with the appointment of senior associate...
The High Court has dismissed the legal challenge brought against the Planning Inspectorate’s permission for Bristol Airport’s expansion. The Planning Inspectorate decided last February to allow the airport to increase its annual limit on passengers from 10m to 12m after North Somerset Council rejected the plan, which includes major investment in the existing terminal building,...
Bath Building Society has appointed Joanne Evans as its first female chair as it enters a new phase in its 118-year history. Joanne, pictured, joined the society’s board as a non-executive director in 2021 and has also chaired its risk committee. Her career in financial services started as a management trainee at a building society,...
The private client team at RWK Goodman, the Bath-headquartered law firm, has been boosted by the arrival of Cherry Stuckey as a partner. Cherry, pictured, has more than 15 years’ private client experience specialising in estate planning and estate administration. Prior to joining RWK Goodman, she was head of the Bristol private client team...
Interaction, the Bath-based office design company, has taken on an experienced senior designer who has helped create some of the South West’s most acclaimed new workplaces. Sarah Pasquall, pictured, joins from the Bristol office of architecture practice AWW, where spent nearly six years as a senior interior designer working on large-scale building projects. These...
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Bath’s office market is enjoying a period of very positive growth, according to new research from property agents in the city, as new high-quality space has become available. As a result, headline rents – which reached a record £36 per sq ft in 2022 – are expected to rise further to £38 per sq...
Confidence among the South West’s small businesses has plunged to the lowest level since the country emerged from Covid lockdowns, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly confidence report from the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) reveals that fears of inflation, falling consumer demand and the general cost of doing business left optimism...
