Monday 12 January Trading statement: Taylor Wimpey AGM: Epistem Holdings Tuesday 13 January Trading statements: Ashmore Group, ASOS, Cairn Energy, Carr's Milling Industries, Debenhams, Greggs, Michael Page International, Rathbone Brothers, SIG, William Morrison AGMs: Carr's Milling Industries, Spirit Pub Co EGMs: Alba Mineral Resources, Greene King, Gulfsands Petroleum Economics: British Retail Consortium sales (December),...
The University of Bath is to play a key role in helping the UK develop a hub to manufacture next-generation advanced semiconductor materials. Along with the universities of Bristol, Sheffield and Strathclyde and industrial partners, it has received £2.65m from the Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund research into advanced manufacturing techniques for nano-engineered...
Aria Networks, the leading-edge Chippenham-based tech firm, is planning to strengthen its lead in the fast-growing Software Defined Networking (SDN) market after securing further investment. The firm, whose customers include major US and European telecoms companies, cloud and datacentre operators, and social network providers, is already ahead of its SDN rivals. Its products, developed...
Accountancy firm Old Mill has smashed its 2014 fundraising target of £5,000 by raising more than four times as much for its charity of the year – the Piers Simon Appeal’s School in a Bag initiative. The firm, which has offices in Melksham and Wells, netted £22,000 for the Yeovil-based charity that provides rucksacks...
A competition aimed at inspiring the next generation of inventors in Bath is launched next week. The Bath Young Inventor of the Year Award 2015 is for under-18s who love exploring ideas and coming up with new inventions. It is being staged by Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) and supported by the...
Vectura, the Chippenham-based drug development firm, has extended further extended its global network of blue-chip collaborators by signing a licence agreement with a major US biotech company. Vectura will exclusively develop anti-inflammatory therapies for the treatment of asthma/ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for Janssen Biotech under the agreement. Vectura said the collaboration would...
Three magazines formerly published by Bath-based media group Future have their third owner in eight months following an enforced sale sparked by the UK competition watchdog. Your Family Tree, Cross Stitcher and Cross Stitch Collection were among a package of craft and cycling magazines sold by Future last May to Bristol-based rival Immediate Media...
Bath Spa University has exchanged contracts to buy Green Park House, the high-profile regeneration project in Bath city centre, for student accommodation. The re-development of the derelict former Green Park residential care home opposite Green Park station will create accommodation for 460 students along with a café and management suite. Construction work is already...
Thrings has become the first law firm in Bath to include an interactive, 3D virtual tour of its office in the city on Google – a move it believes gives it a commercial advantage over its rivals. Anyone searching for Thrings on Google will see high quality, 360-degree photographs of the firm’s main client-facing...
Bristol Airport has been named as the world’s most punctual in research based on 43.5m flights from 4,000 destinations across the globe. It has also just had its busiest-ever year with 6.3m passengers passing through the terminal. Bristol’s on-time performance rating of 94.6% placed it top of a prestigious international league table for small...
