Monday 23 December AGMs: Berkeley Mineral Resources, Premier African Minerals EGMs: Raven Russia, SThree Tuesday 24 December Economics: British Bankers’ Association – loans for house purchases data Wednesday 25 December UK Bank holiday – nothing scheduled Thursday 26 December UK Bank holiday - nothing scheduled Friday 27 December Nothing scheduled Monday 30 December AGMs:...
Klaus Heidrich, chief operating officer of Chippenham-based specialist software and IT group SciSys, will assume the role of chief executive on tomorrow, January 1. He will take over from David Jones, who will remain with the group as executive director for the foreseeable future. SciSys chairman Dr Mike Love said: “I would like to...
West accountancy firm Monahans is to stage a webinar dedicated to examining the finer details of Chancellor George Osborne’s recent Autumn Statement. The webinar will be broadcast live on Thursday January 16 at 12:30pm, allowing participants to interact directly with Monahans corporate tax partner Dominic Bourquin, pictured, and ask him questions. The free, 15-minute...
More than 500 jobs were created in Bath’s tourism industry over a nine-month period as a result of campaigns run by Bath Tourism Plus working with the Bath Business Improvement District, new figures show. The campaigns, which took place between June 2012 and February this year, generated £43.7m in consumer spending on trips to...
Coach operator National Express has boosted Bath’s tourism offer by making permanent its non-stop service to and from London. National Express launched the service, which was backed by Bath MP Don Foster, on a trial basis in the summer. Since then tens of thousands more passengers have travelled the route compared to the same...
EasyJet passengers travelling via Bristol Airport this Christmas are being asked to donate their loose change and unwanted currency to UNICEF’s Change for Good charity campaign. All money raised will go to the children of Syria, who face a third winter in crisis. The campaign will last for six weeks and all public donations...
Inflation remains a concern for West businesses despite November’s small decrease, according to the region’s largest business organisation. The annual rate of inflation dropped from 2.2% to 2.1% last month as falls in the cost of food, gas and electricity prices took effect. But Phil Smith, pictured, managing director of Business West, which runs...
The Government should not overlook the vital role regional airports such as Bristol can play in helping solve the looming gridlock at airports serving London and the South East. The message, from Bristol Airport boss Robert Sinclair, came today as the Airports Commission’s interim report into the capacity constraints at Heathrow and Gatwick was...
Two projects by Bath-based built environment design practice Nash Partnership have been shortlisted in a prestigious national awards scheme. The St Paul’s project in Cheltenham – a consultation-led masterplan for Cheltenham Borough Homes – is competing in the ‘regeneration’ category of the Placemaking Awards while the Kingston Mills scheme in Bradford on Avon is...
Business confidence is running at its highest level for more than three years as the recovery gathers pace and firms put austerity behind them at last. Manufacturers in particular are upbeat about their prospects going into the new year, according to the latest Business Trends report by accountants BDO. Optimism among manufacturers, driven by...
