Firms in the Bristol area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Award nominations are...
Monday 9 February Final: Randgold Resources EGMs: Kofax, Tissue Regenix Tuesday 10 February Finals: Catlin, entu, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Trading statements: Bellway, Cable & Wireless Communications, ICAP AGM: RWS Holdings Economics: BRC sales, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, NIESR GDP estimate (January) Wednesday 11 February Interims: City of London Investment Group, Dunelm, Redrow Finals:...
Julia Dean, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) communications and marketing manager – MetroBus and MetroWest rail – dispels the myths that have built up around the project There’s been a lot written about MetroBus. Some bad, some good – but frustratingly, it’s often inaccurate. I’ve been working on the MetroBus project for...
Highly-acquisitive Chippenham-based speciality pharmaceutical company Alliance Pharma has hit the takeover trail again, snapping up eye care products firm MacuVision Europe for £5.5m. MacuVision sells MacuShield, a once-a-day capsule eye care treatment taken by sufferers of dry age-related macular degeneration and other eye conditions. In the year to March 31 Solihull-based MacuVision made earnings...
Bath’s burgeoning business links with Bethlehem will be strengthened next month when a trade delegation from the biblical birthplace of Jesus visits the city to explore import and export opportunities. The visit is being arranged by Business West and Bethlehem-Bath Links, the Bath-based charity that is creating cultural, business, educational and sporting links between...
A voice-recognition smartwatch banking app developed by Bath-based IT services firm IPL for building society Nationwide is in the running for two top industry awards. The cutting-edge app, built in less than a month, enabled Nationwide to become the UK’s first financial service provider to offer its customers real-time balances on Android watches. Working...
Chris Blackwell, the chief executive of Chippenham-based drug development firm Vectura, is to step down after 12 years in the job. Dr Blackwell, pictured, joined the firm before its Initial Public Offering (IPO) and has led the company to its current position as a leader in the treatment of airways diseases. The firm, which...
Peasedown St John-based Halsall Construction has been appointed as the main contractor to build the East Melksham Local Centre by developer Guildhall Estates. Building work on the mixed-use development will start over the next few months. The development, on a site close to the A3102, will include six shop units, anchored by a Morrisons...
Winning a raft of new contracts helped supply chain group Wincanton steer a positive course over the past three months. The Chippenham-based group said in an update to the London Stock Exchange that it continued to trade in line with expectations following new business wins linked to the recovering construction sector and the extension...
Four students from Bath Spa University have triumphed in the Royal Television Society West of England awards. BA Creative Media Practice (CMP) graduates Luke Taylor, Gabby Hawes and Geoffrey Clinch along with BA (Hons) Film and Screen Studies graduate Rosie Jones were among the award winners at the presentation evening staged on Monday at...
