Good Energy, the Chippenham-based renewable electricity supplier, has appointed experienced insurance industry finance director Denise Cockrem as its chief financial officer. Ms Cockrem, who takes up the post on May 1, is currently UK & Western Europe Finance director at multinational insurance group RSA. Prior to joining RSA in 2006 she was finance director...
Bath-based international media group Future has acquired a 35% stake in Handpicked Media, which represents more than 500 independent websites and blogs, reaching more than 3.5m unique users a month in the UK and 6m globally. The link-up provides Future with access to London-based Handpicked’s roster of influential blogs and independent sites across a...
Law firm Withy King will be headline sponsor of this year’s Bath Boules which takes place over the summer and raises money for local charities. Businesses and residents are being urged to rally their colleagues, family and friends and enter teams in the tournament. Team tickets go on sale on March 12 and will...
Calls for a full-scale shake-up of business rates continued unabated today despite the Government pledging a £415m package of relief for small firms. The West of England’s largest business group Business West, which runs the Bath Chamber of Commerce, said while it welcomed the announcement, it amounted to little more than “a sticking plaster”...
Bath gym Baskervilles Gymnastics and Leisure, which was launched by two former school teachers, is celebrating 30 years in business, during which it has encouraged more than 22,000 youngsters to get involved in gymnastics. And supported by Barclays, the firm is looking forward to more success having recently expanded its premises to create a...
Legal practice director Jane Bishop is the new chair of the Bath and Wiltshire branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD). An existing committee member, Jane, pictured, joined law firm Bonallack and Bishop’s Salisbury office in 2003 in after 13 years in senior management in the health service, latterly as directorate manager for surgery and cancer care at Salisbury District Hospital....
The Arts Café at Bath comedy venue Komedia has been named as one of the UK’s top five vegan-friendly cultural venues. The accolade has been made by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the UK-based charity dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. The cafe has a strong ethical...
Turnover at law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, rose by 4% to £21.5m in the year to last April, it has revealed. Profits increased by 12% to £4.9m. The firm, which also has offices in Bristol, Swindon and London, has 51 members and employs 305 people, 180 of them fee-earners. Managing...
Automotive sector learning and development agency RTS is about to break into the lucrative Chinese market to satisfy a soaring demand for finance expertise in car dealerships. The Chippenham-based firm, which already trades across Europe, South Africa and the Middle East, specialises in helping car manufacturers such as Ford, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota develop...
Shares in West-based international luxury goods group Mulberry lost more than a quarter of their value today as it warned that lower UK sales at Christmas will mean its annual profits will be “substantially” less than expected. It also said “significant” cancellations in the wholesale market in Korea would take their toll on sales....
