Bath Spa University has been ranked among the UK’s best universities for its environmental and ethical commitments. It has been awarded a First Class rating in the latest People and Planet University League Table. Compiled annually by the UK’s largest student campaigning network People & Planet, the table is the only comprehensive and independent...
Chippenham-based learning and development agency RTS has been officially recognised as a great place to work, having been awarded a two-star accreditation by the Best Companies organisation. It is the second time RTS has achieved the accreditation from Best Companies, which assesses a business’s commitment to engaging, recognising and developing its people. The firm,...
Bath-based integrated marketing firm The Agency’s record in winning awards last year has earned it top slot in a highly-respected creative industry league table. Magazine The Drum’s annual list ranks UK agencies according to the number of awards they were received during 2014. The Agency emerged as the highest-placed independent agency and the top...
Big Four accountancy firm EY has appointed Karen Kirkwood as a partner to lead its South West tax practice as it continues to expand the team. Karen, pictured, has 20 years’ experience providing tax advice to a broad range of companies and private equity backed businesses. She joins from PwC in London and will...
National property advisory firm GVA has appointed Jo Davis to head its South West office. Jo, who also leads the firm’s planning team covering the South West and South Wales, becomes one of nine regional senior directors at GVA – the title given to those heading UK offices. In an industry where senior positions...
Pre-tax profits at 1pm, the fast-growing Bath-based specialist lender, rose by 25% to £700,000 in the six months to November 30, it announced this week. The profits rise came on sales up 31% to £2.56m as the firm’s expansion continued. New business written during the period was up 36% on the same period last...
Specialist restructuring firm Quantuma has expanded into the South West with an office headed by former BDO regional head Graham Randall. The firm, which already operates from bases in Southampton, Marlow, London and Brighton, has opened a Bristol office to provide specialised restructuring advice on all forms of insolvency procedures. Until recently Mr Randall,...
Monday 19 January Interim: Conviviality Retail Trading statement: Evraz EGM: BSD Crown Economics: Rightmove house prices, CBI trends – total orders, selling prices, business optimism Tuesday 20 January Interim: IG Group Final: Unilever Trading statements: BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto EGM: IS Solutions Wednesday 21 January Trading statements: Diploma, Dixons Carphone, Computacenter, FirstGroup, Halfords, Hochschild...
University of Bath PhD graduate David Liptrot has been listed as one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 scientists for 2015. The list recognises some of the top young scientists from around the world. David, 25, pictured, has an ambition of solving the world’s problems through chemistry. His goal is to find ways to undo...
Bath-based celebrity chef Martin Blunos’ award-winning restaurant in the city has closed after less than a year. The 60-cover fish and seafood restaurant, based in the luxury County Hotel in Pulteney Road, has not opened since New Year’s Eve. The stylish restaurant – called Blunos – earned rave reviews from food critics and won...
