Directors in firms across Bath and Somerset have less than two weeks to enter the region’s top business awards that recognise boardroom excellence and enterprise. The South West Institute of Directors (IoD) Awards 2014 are open to anyone working at director level in any type of business or organisation – they do not have...
Monday 17 March Interims: Regenersis, Tracsis Finals: Brady, Forbidden Technologies, Hydrogen Group, Smart Metering Systems EGMs: Costain, Interserve Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 18 March Interim: Quoram Finals: Antofagasta, Bango, Bioquell, Cairn Energy, Capital Drilling, Clarke (T), Gem Diamonds, Mears, Mecom, Resolution, SDL, Source Bioscience, UTV Media, Xaar, Zotefoams Trading statements: Asos, Berkeley Group,...
Bath businesses are being urged to take part in a cutting-edge event for young people to highlight the skills and job opportunities available in an innovative low-carbon economy. Called Your Green Future, it will feature industry thinkers and experts who will advise and inspire more than 400 secondary school students from across Bath and...
Chippenham-based drug development firm Vectura today strengthened its position in the respiratory diseases treatment market with the €130m (£108m) acquisition of specialist German pharmaceutical company Activaero. Privately-owned Activaero’s proprietary smart nebuliser-based technology targets drugs at particular areas of the lung. It is currently part in seven clinical and several pre-clinical stage programmes. Vectura, which...
Bath-based law firm Withy King has prepared a round-up of the latest legal developments and other issues which may affect directors in business as well as in their personal lives. Appeal case highlights perils of personal guarantees It is now common practice for directors to enter into personal guarantees when securing funding for their...
Bath-based internet telephony, broadband and web hosting firm Gradwell Communications has extended more than a decade of awards success by landing a major industry accolade. It won the Internet Telephony Service Providers Association award for Best Business ITSP (small enterprise), beating five of the UK’s leading internet telecommunication specialists. The judges commended Gradwell’s renewed...
Tickets have gone on sale for this year’s Bath in Fashion as preparations continue for the high-profile May event. Over the past four years Bath in Fashion has played a key role in putting the city at the centre of the UK fashion industry, attracting world-renown designers such as Manolo Blahnik and Amanda Wakeley...
Property specialist Carter Jonas appointed chartered building surveyor Tom Lowe to its team in Bath – reuniting him with former colleague Martin Walker who joined the firm last month. Both previously worked for rival Jones Lang LaSalle (now JLL), which closed its Bath office last year. Tom, pictured, a member of the Royal Institution...
Care Planning Services, a joint venture between Bath law firm Stone King and Money Wise Independent Financial Advisers, which has an office in the city, has been launched. It provides access to a range of legal and financial advisory services designed for individuals and their families who are faced with the consequences of needing...
Bath’s pioneering Innovation Quay area has been showcased to potential developers and investors at the world’s largest commercial property industry gathering. The 6.5-acre site which straddles the River Avon west of Churchill Bridge, is allowing the city to promote itself as a centre for innovation capable of attracting businesses in the creative and hi-tech...
