Annual pre-tax profits have more than doubled to £3.3m at Good Energy, the fast-growing renewable energy group, as more consumers turn away from the major utility firms. The Chippenham-based firm, which plans to own more than 110 megawatts of renewable electricity generation by 2016, had a gross margin of 34% in the year to...
Two Export Week events will help female business owners expand or launch in new overseas markets and explain how a range of businesses can unlock the potential of South East Asian markets. Export Week aims to encourage firms to consider trading internationally or, for existing exporters, to look at new markets. UK Trade and...
Shares in Bath-based 1pm, which provides finance to small and medium-sized businesses, climbed by nearly 8% yesterday after it announced a £2.5m expansion of its business and released an update trading statement. The firm said it had negotiated additional bank finance made up of a new £2m facility and a £500,000 increase to an...
The Roman Baths have been rated by visitors as one of the UK’s best tourism attractions for the third year in a row. Tourists travelling with Dublin-based coach holiday firm CIE Tours International awarded the Roman Baths one of the company’s coveted UK Merit Awards of Excellence for the quality of its visitor experience. ...
More than three-quarters of West firms want the UK to stay in the European Union with half saying membership has a positive impact on their business, according to a major survey of business opinion in the region. However, 16% of firms believe membership is bad for their business and the same percentage think the...
Businesswoman Karren Brady this week outlined her six key ingredients for successful entrepreneurs at The Business Showcase South West – the unique regional event championing the region’s innovation and enterprise. Admitting that she had rarely met a business leader who displayed all six, she said anyone running a business needed to have some of...
Less than a quarter of businesswomen in the West of England believe a ‘glass ceiling’ is impeding their career, according to the results of a new survey released today. At the same time just over half reject the idea, recommended by some business groups, of mandatory targets for women in the boardroom. The findings...
The West’s small to medium-sized manufacturers are set to go on an investment spree to meet the expected increase in demand sparked by the economic recovery, a new survey shows. Four in five firms in the sector plan to buy new capital equipment over the next year, with the average spend likely to be...
Manufacturers from Bath and across the West of England are being urged to have their say on the highly-topical issue of European Union reform. EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has set out some radical plans for the EU which keeps Britain at the heart of Europe – something it says is crucial to the future...
West businesses will hear how to unlock their potential by looking east for trade opportunities at an event in the region later this week. The UK Asia Business Council (UKABC) brings its regional roadshow to Bristol on Friday, giving an oversight of South East Asia’s markets and rounding off Export Week. Organised in conjunction...
