A Bath-based specialist business has added a second hotel in the city to its portfolio, describing the move as making it “custodian of an iconic establishment”. Hospitality management group Providence Hotels has taken on Grade I listed The Kennard boutique guesthouse on Henrietta Street through a lease agreement. The hotel, pictured, built in 1794...
A not-for-profit organisation that has recycled and redistributed thousands of laptops and other devices to the community free of charge is set to make an even bigger impact following the appointment of a new CEO. Wiltshire Digital Drive was set up during the 2020 lockdown to help combat the negative effect of school closures...
Bath businesses will be able to find out how to create a happy workplace at a special event hosted in the city by the legal and financial planning firm Mogers Drewett. The event takes place at the Abbey Hotel on North Parade next Wednesday, 20 March – which has been designated International Day of...
The Western Gateway, the pan-regional partnership that stretches from Swindon to Swansea via Bath, has appointed a new chair as it focuses its efforts on net zero and creating jobs and economic growth. Sarah Williams-Gardener, former CEO of FinTech Wales, takes over from Bristol-based Katherine Bennett CBE, who was the partnership’s first chair, having...
Specialist property firm Rengen has extended for a further three years its partnership with Team Bath, which encompasses the University of Bath’s sport and fitness activities. The firm, which specialises in student, residential and commercial developments and lettings, has been an official partner of Team Bath since 2019. During that time it has supported...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his ‘Budget for long-term growth’ last week, in which he promised ‘more investment, more jobs, better public services and lower taxes’. Here Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden sets out some of the major announcements. National Insurance rates cut again Following the Autumn Statement last year, the main rate of Class...
Monday March 11 Finals: HG Capital Trust, MinCon Group, MTI Wireless Edge Tuesday March 12 Finals: TI Fluid Systems, Synthomer, Persimmon, TP ICAP Group, Costain Group, Genuit Group, H&T Group, Domino's Pizza Group, Foresight Solar Fund, BATM Advanced Communications Interims: Fonix Mobile, Target Healthcare REIT Economic announcements: Claimant count rate, Unemployment rate Wednesday March 13 Finals: Balfour Beatty,...
Industrial giant Siemens has said its new £100m rail equipment manufacturing plant announced this week will be the most sophisticated of its kind in the world. The Chippenham factory, which will employ around 800 skilled workers, will replace one on the same site which has produced signalling and control systems for much of the...
The drive by European countries to secure their energy supplies in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has benefited Bath-based manufacturer Rotork as oil and gas producers invest in new equipment. The firm, which designs and makes high-quality pipeline flow control equipment, also overcame the supply chain issues which had held new orders...
Logistics group Wincanton, which is poised to be taken over by US group GXO, hit the acquisition trail itself today by snapping up a specialist warehousing software firm. Chippenham-headquartered Wincanton, which has 20,300 employees and 8,500 vehicles in more than 170 sites across the UK, said buying Invar represented a key milestone in its...
