Bath-based integrated communications firm The Agency has won a 12-month contract to help promote Welsh lamb across the UK. The appointment by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), the organisation responsible for the development, promotion and marketing of Welsh red meat, followed a three-way strategic and creative pitch against stiff competition from...
Bath law firm Stone King has made a number of senior appointments as part of ambitious plans to grow its legal teams. New recruits include leading probate litigation lawyer Peter Steer, who will head Stone King’s growing legacy dispute team. Peter, who joins Stone King as a partner from the legal practice Wilsons, specialises...
HSBC has appointed Mark Self as deputy area commercial director of its Bristol and Bath commercial team, focusing on companies turning over between £500,000 and £30m. Mark, pictured, joins HSBC from Barclays Corporate, where he worked for nine years, the last six based in Bristol. Prior to that Mark worked for a number of...
Commercial property solicitor Andrew Johnson has joined law firm Withy King’s 26-strong commercial property team, now one of the largest in the South West. Andrew, pictured, has expertise in high-value healthcare property developments. Based in Withy King’s Bath office, he joins from Bristol firm Bevan Brittan. His extensive healthcare property experience includes advising NHS...
Bath Business News travel editor Anne Gorringe has been shortlisted in the Travel Article of the Year category of the prestigious annual VisitEngland Awards for Excellence for her article offering an insider’s guide to Manchester for business visitors. The high-profile awards will be presented at a glittering ceremony at Cheltenham Racecourse next Monday when...
The Pitch, one of the UK’s longest-running competitions for small business owners, has opened for applications for the seventh year. Founded in by West-based BusinessZone.co.uk and UK Business Forums, it has helped thousands of entrepreneurs secure top-class business support and access to investors. Having been launched as a local event in the city, it...
Invest Bristol & Bath, the inward investment body for the West of England, has helped 30 companies locate or expand in the area in its first year of operation. These businesses, from a mix of sectors including creative, low carbon, hi-tech, and advanced engineering and aerospace, have the potential to create more than 530...
Monday 5 May UK bank holiday – nothing scheduled Tuesday 6 May Interim: Aberdeen Asset Management Final: Blinkx Trading statements: Barclays, Countrywide, Glencore Xstrata, Hiscox AGMs: 4imprint, Randgold Resources, Salamander Energy, Stratex International Economics: Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI Wednesday 7 May Interims: Imperial Tobacco, Numis Corporation Finals: Experian, J Sainsbury, Vertu Motors...
Two entrepreneurs from the Bath area have been shortlisted in one of the UK’s most prestigious awards scheme recognising the individuals who are driving business innovation and growth. David Broadway, pictured right, managing director of Radstock-based CFH Docmail, and Terry Hillier, pictured below, owner of RACS Group, a specialist outsourcing firm based at Warminster,...
Bath Building Society has said focusing on specialist parts of the mortgage market helped it boost its profits and increase reserves last year, despite the continuing challenging market conditions. The society’s pre-tax profits rose by 22.9% to £2.8m while its reserves increased by 11.5% to £21m. Assets rose by 0.95% to £272.5m and its...
