1pm, the Bath-based lender to the small and medium-sized business sector, is poised for further expansion after completing its move to larger premises The fast-growing firm has taken just over 4,000 sq ft of refurbished office space in St James House, The Square, on Lower Bristol Road and will now go ahead with plans...
Trowbridge-based charity People against Poverty (PaP) has appointed Jessica Docherty as its youth ambassador to launch a youth community that engages with under-25s from schools, colleges and other organisations across the South West. Jessica, pictured, currently a final year student of French with International Studies at Warwick University, worked with PaP for five weeks...
Creative firms in Bath are invited to question the city’s aspirant MPs on how they would help the high-growth sector if they are elected in May’s General Election. Staged by Creative Bath, the network for the city’s highly-successful creative, tech and cultural community, the unique Question Time-style event takes place at the Museum of...
More than 200 people attended law firm Withy King’s annual ‘meet the team’ event in Bath when, along with enjoying champagne and canapés, they heard a brief overview of its recent achievements. Managing partner Graham Street outlined the firm’s success in becoming one of The Sunday Times’ Top 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work...
Bath businessman Graham Miller has been appointed by alternative finance provider South West Investment Group (SWIG) Capital as a non-executive director to the board of its fund-holding arm. Mr Miller, pictured, a non-executive director of Bath-based IT services group IPL, joins the group as it looks to raise its profile in the West of...
Teachers and pupils are being encouraged to save energy through simple, everyday changes in behavior in a new competition for primary schools across Bath and North East Somerset. The new B&NES Energy Saving Teams (BEST) competition, which is being run by Bath & North East Somerset Council, is part of the council’s Schools Carbon...
Businesses are increasingly falling victim to fraud – most of it committed by their own employees, new figures show. The number of cases in the South West soared by 136% last year to 33, from 14 in 2013, according to accountants KPMG’s latest Fraud Barometer. Thirteen firms in the region were hit by the...
Confidence among West of England businesses petered out at the end of 2014 and has started the new year lower than at any time over the previous 12 months, new research shows. Domestic sales, cashflow and recruitment expectations all fell during the fourth quarter, according to results of the latest business survey by Business...
Visitors to Wiltshire College Chippenham’s open evening next week will also be able to sign up to tour the new campus in-the-making. Due to open this autumn, the £21m building is the UK’s biggest skills funding project and will transform the site into a state-of-the-art facility boasting the latest equipment for vocational study in...
Law firm Withy King, which has two large offices in central Bath employing 172 people, has been named as one of the UK’s best employers. The firm appears in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For with a highly sought after two-star ‘outstanding’ accreditation for the second year running. The...
