Chippenham-based renewable power pioneer Good Energy has sold a solar site in Norfolk to Chinese photovoltaic firm Trina Solar for up to £6.8m. The cash sale forms part of the supplier’s strategy of developing a portfolio through a combination of site disposals and building and holding others. The net profit on sale of the...
Bath could get its first major office development for more than 20 years if a scheme described as a “gamechanger” gets the go-ahead. Plans for the 113,000 sq ft grade A office scheme have been submitted to Bath & North East Somerset Council by developer Edinburgh-based Ediston Real Estate and Europa Capital, the London-based...
Alliance Pharma, the highly-acquisitive speciality pharmaceutical company, has around £22m on tap to add to its growing portfolio of branded medicines and treatments, it said this week. The undrawn funds are available in its bank facility, the Chippenham-based firm announced in a pre-close trading update to the London Stock Exchange ahead of its interim...
Bath-based magazine and website group Future has announced a new-look executive management team as it continues to slash costs and restructure the business. The group, whose print portfolio ranges from Total Film to Xbox: The Official Magazine and owns websites such as musicradar.com, recently sold most of its sport and craft titles to Bristol-based...
Bath businesses, along with residents and international visitors, are being urged to take part in a new campaign to combat the scourge of the city – gulls. The Don’t Feed the Gulls campaign, launched this week by Bath & North East Somerset Council and Bath Business Improvement District (BID), builds on previous work carried...
West-based accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has achieved another year of expansion with fee income up by more than 3% to almost £17m. The increase follows two years in which Accountancy Age magazine ranked Bishop Fleming as Britain’s fastest-growing accountants. As a result of its latest performance, the firm...
A strong order intake from the US, including contracts worth £25m with the Pentagon, has helped manufacturer Avon Rubber overcome the impact of the strong pound. The firm, whose core respirator products are used by the military and emergency services, also benefited from buoyant orders for its dairy industry products, which are used by...
Commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) is expecting further growth for its West-based public sector division following the appointment of Jaime Blakeley-Glover as regional director. Jaime, pictured, who joined LSH in 2011, takes on the role alongside his current national position of consultancy director within public sector services. LSH has recruited seven staff...
The strong pound has hit profits at Bath-based specialist engineering group Rotork, taking the shine off a record half-year order intake and increased activity in many of its markets. First-half pre-tax profit at the group, which makes high-value valves controls and actuators for the global oil and gas industry, fell by 3.3% to £61.5m...
Bath communications agencies Media Safari and DWP Public Relations have been shortlisted in the top awards for the region’s PR industry. Established tech PR and social media agency Media Safari is in the running for two awards at the 2014 Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards. It is the fourth consecutive year...
