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Law firm Thrings has reached gender parity at partner level following the appointment of experienced commercial property lawyer Salma Maqsood. Salma’s arrival means the firm’s 52 partners are now evenly split between men and women. This reflects a 20% shift over the past six years in a move the firm – which employs more...
Bath workspace design consultancy Interaction has helped a software development firm named as one of the best places to work in the UK expand into new offices designed to promote staff wellbeing. Bristol-based Ghyston, which was founded in 2012 by husband-and-wife team Emily and Ric Hill, is seeking to build a happy workplace community...
Another Bath hotel is to embark on an extensive refurbishment project after its plans were approved by councillors. The Grade-I listed Parade Park Hotel on North Parade, pictured, will undergo ‘essential repair and refurbishment’, its owners South African asset management firm Fairtree has said. The work on the 33-bedroom hotel will also create a...
International healthcare group Alliance Pharma has said new product development and increased marketing will lead to growth in the medium term as it seeks to draw a line under a troubled period. Shares in the Chippenham-headquartered firm, which owns a portfolio of products ranging from anti-dandruff shampoo to stomach ulcer treatments, have fallen by...
Bath’s Beckford’s Tower and Museum is to reopen this weekend following a £3.9m refurbishment – with visitors being able to step inside a 19th century grotto hidden for more than 100 years. The project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and other public and private funders, began in October 2022 on the tower, pictured,...
Two Bath youth charities are inviting businesses based in the area to get involved in a new outdoor fundraising challenge. The Big BaNES 100k runs until 27 September to support life-changing young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing services delivered by Mentoring Plus and Off The Record Bath & North East Somerset. The challenge invites fundraisers...
The boss of a charity based near Bath is competing for a top national business accolade for the second consecutive year. Sonya Chowdhury, the chief executive of Action for M.E., has again been shortlisted in the Public and Third Sector category of the Director of the Year Awards. The awards are staged by the Institute...
Children’s Hospice South West has transformed its care delivery operations, thanks to support from Bath-headquartered change management consultancy Nine Feet Tall. The charity, which cares for children and young people living with life-limiting conditions and their families from its three hospices in Devon, Somerset and Cornwall, commissioned Nine Feet Tall to manage the roll-out...
Bath legal and financial planning firm Mogers Drewett has made a record number of promotions – including the first non-lawyer to become a partner. The appointments include four new partners and other promotions across the commercial and private client teams at the firm, which also has offices in Wells, Sherborne and Frome. The moves...
