Bath businesses are being urged to get to grips with new flexible working laws which came into effect this week. Under the changes, anyone who has worked for their employer for at least six months now has the right to request flexible working. Richard White, pictured, an employment law specialist at Withy King in...
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Ambitious second-hand and rare book retailer Bookbarn International (BBI), based near Bath, is shaking up the industry by becoming the first to pay royalties to authors whose books it sells. The firm, based at Hallatrow, has teamed up with the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to launch The Book Author Resale Right –...
A project carried out by Bath-based built environment planning and design practice Nash Partnership which transformed a run-down area of Cheltenham has won a national award. The St Paul’s scheme, consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes, came top in the Exemplary Planning to Deliver Housing category of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards...
A trio of new recruits have joined expanding specialist learning and development consultancy RTS Group. The Chippenham-based company, which creates and delivers learning and development programmes for automotive manufacturers, now has approaching 50 staff as well as more than 200 associates around the globe. Founded in 1989, it recently received a £50,000 grant from...
West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) chief executive Paul Wilson is to leave his job next Tuesday to take up a senior role at Bristol City Council. His surprise departure comes as the LEP awaits Government approval of its Strategic Economic Plan – the £90m blueprint for growth it submitted three months ago....
A team of lawyers from the Bath offices of Withy King joined colleagues from across the regional law firm to raise more than £9,000 for three charities by completing the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge. The 28 lawyers, including 16 from the Bath offices at Northumberland Buildings and Midland Bridge House, ran, walked and hobbled...
SETsquared, the centre for innovative part run by the University of Bath, has been named as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world. In a ranking published this week by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, SETsquared, whose Bath base is at the Innovation Centre in Carpenter House,...
Bath-based wealth management company Novia has relinquished its role as Bath Rugby’s main partner but will become an official partner and continue to have a “heavy involvement” with the club. Novia has been involved with the club since 2011 and among its roles has provided work experience for players and raised more than £100,000...
Creative industry and arts organisations in Bath and across the West of England have become the largest group in the UK to receive funding to help generate employment opportunities for young jobless people. The £170,000 from the Creative Employment Programme grant scheme will create more than 140 paid internships and apprenticeships in firms across...
