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January blues banished at Withy King’s ‘meet the team’ gathering

January 23, 2014
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January blues banished at Withy King’s ‘meet the team’ gathering

More than 150 businesses, private clients and friends of Withy King attended the firm’s annual New Year’s drinks reception in Bath recently and took advantage of the opportunity to ‘meet the team’. The annual event was hosted at Withy King’s offices at Midland Bridge House and provided a forum for networking and socialising with...

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Key business issues tackled at Bath’s Rugby Business Network

January 23, 2014
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Key business issues tackled at Bath’s Rugby Business Network

Maximising benefits for companies from rugby sponsorship, transferable skills for business from the sport and the upcoming Six Nations were hot topics at the second Bath meeting of the Rugby Business Network. More than 60 guests attended the event, which followed the inaugural meeting in Bath last September of the world’s largest business networking...

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Major Singapore project is child’s play for Bath landscape architects

January 23, 2014
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Major Singapore project is child’s play for Bath landscape architects

The latest attraction at a massive park on reclaimed land in central Singapore has opened to the public – the result of a major contract by Bath-based landscape architects Grant Associates. The Children’s Garden is a one-hectare site with play experiences for all ages, including water play, rainforest tree houses, ridge top trails and...

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Major utility works in Keynsham ‘could force some firms out of business’

January 23, 2014
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Major utility works in Keynsham ‘could force some firms out of business’

Businesses in Keynsham fear that major utilities work in the town is keeping away potential customers and could result in force some firms to close. Takings are already massively down for some retailers in the town centre, according to Keynsham Chamber of Commerce, which says visitors may think the town has “shut up shop”...

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Gold partnership links Bath tech firm IPL with major software software group

January 23, 2014
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Gold partnership links Bath tech firm IPL with major software software group

Bath-based IT consultancy IPL has become a Gold Partner of global open source software seller Talend in move it says has strengthened its position as a market leader for information management services. The partnership will help organisations gain a consolidated, accurate and up-to-date single view of their information assets, according to IPL, which works...

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New chapter for Stone King’s historic Bath HQ

January 23, 2014
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New chapter for Stone King’s historic Bath HQ

Bath law firm Stone King has completed a major refurbishment of its headquarters in the city as demand for its specialist legal services continues to grow. Scaffolding has now been removed from outside the firm’s Queen Square offices following three months of extensive work on the Grade 1 listed building where Jane Austen is...

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Interest rate rise would choke off recovery, Business West says, despite fall in jobless

January 23, 2014
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Interest rate rise would choke off recovery, Business West says, despite fall in jobless

Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, has called on the Bank of England not to raise interest rates despite a further fall in unemployment across the UK. Welcoming the latest labour market figures – which show the national unemployment rate has fallen to 7.1%, its lowest level since April 2009 –...

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Specialist funder 1pm clocks up huge increase in profits as new business soars

January 21, 2014
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Profits have soared by 84% at 1pm, the Bath-based firm providing finance to small and medium-sized businesses, after it signed up a record number of new customers. Total revenue for the six months to November 30 rose by 37% to £1.95m compared with the same period last year with pre-profits reaching £609,000. The firm,...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

January 19, 2014
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Monday January 20 Trading update InternetQ Economics CBI financial services survey Tuesday January 21 Full-year results Unilever Interim results PZ Cussons Trading update African Barrick Gold, Cairn Energy, Carphone Warehouse, Hochschild Mining, Intermediate Capital Group, Polymetal International, SABMiller Economics CBI Industrial Trends Meetings Marston’s (AGM) Wednesday January 22 Trading update BHP Billiton, Findel, Land...

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Keep out of decision on Minimum Wage rise, Business West urges politicians

January 17, 2014
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Keep out of decision on Minimum Wage rise, Business West urges politicians

Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, has called on politicians to stay out of any decision to increase the Minimum Wage. The plea, by chamber director Ian Bell, pictured, comes after Chancellor George Osborne hinted that he may raise the Minimum Wage by an above-inflation amount. Business Secretary Vince Cable has...

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