Café group Friska, which was launched by two University of Bath graduates, has been named as one of the UK’s 50 fastest-growing and innovative businesses. Economics graduates Griff Holland and Ed Brown started Friska in 2009 in Bristol and it has since grown from one to four restaurants around the city, including at the...
Bath headquartered law firm Withy King is to merge with Swindon lawyers Lemon & Co in a move that will create one of the largest legal firms in Wiltshire. Fast-growing Withy King, which has offices in Swindon and Marlborough, and Lemon & Co, a single-office practice, will join forces on June 30. The firms...
A new fund focusing on investing in the Bath area’s early stage tech businesses is to be launched by Technology Venture Partners, a new independent venture capital fund manager based in the region. Technology Venture Partners is to start the fund to run alongside YFM Equity Partners’ closed South West Ventures Fund, which it...
Monday 26 May UK bank holiday – nothing scheduled Tuesday 27 May Interim: Signet Jewelers Final: Aveva, Renold AGMs: Accesso Technology, AG Barr, Coalfield Resources, Highland Gold Mining, Mallett, Starcom, Tower Resources EGM: Johnston Press Economics: BBA house purchase loans Wednesday 28 May Interim: Brewin Dolphin Finals: Caledonia Investments, De La Rue, Iomart, McKay...
Bath-based media group Future has launched a 45-day consultation with its entire 900-strong workforce on a major restructuring of the business which it has admitted will lead to job losses. Staff, including the 500 working in its Bath headquarter, have been told by bosses that the company badly needs to cut costs and adapt...
Nursery group Snapdragons, which started in a farmhouse near Melksham in 1998, is to open its eighth site after securing a £850,000 finance package with HSBC’s Wiltshire Commercial team. The new nursery, Snapdragons first in Bristol, will open in the summer in the converted Grade II listed Old Chapel in the Horfield. It will...
In a constantly shifting legal landscape, Withy King highlights a few of the latest developments which may impact directors in their business and private lives. Using your pension to buy your own premises With the Budget changes to pensions and an improving property market, there may be no better time than the present to...
Bath firms of all sizes are being urged to get involved in the first Bath Business Expo, which will celebrate the city’s vibrant business scene and act as a showcase for its go-ahead companies. More than 50 businesses are expected to exhibit at high-profile event, which takes place in The Guildhall on July 4...
Bath branding consultancy The Agency has been appointed by Somerset specialist technology manufacturer Gooch & Housego as its lead planning, creative and digital agency. Ilminster-based Gooch & Housego, a $100m global business producing a range of fibre optic technologies, operates in more than 20 sectors with a high-profile role supplying critical systems and components...
Bath-based architects Stubbs Rich’s plans for a 35,000 sq ft Volkswagen dealership in Exeter have been given the go ahead. The showroom will be the first building to be constructed on the city’s Matford Green Business Park and will include a 22-car showroom and a 15-bay workshop, plus a large used car display area,...
