Bishop Fleming Independent Financial Advisers, part of fast-growing West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, has appointed Darren Steadman as a financial planning consultant to serve clients across Bath and Bristol. Mr Steadman, who was educated in Bristol, spent 20 years with AXA Sun Life in the city, rising to implementation manager. More recently, he was...
Monday 28 October Interim: Volex Trading statement: Aggreko EGM: Evocutis Economics: Hometrack housing survey, CBI reported sales, Nationwide house prices Tuesday 29 October Interims: Braemar Shipping Services Trading statements: BP, Dragon Oil, Glanbia, Lloyds Banking Group, National Express, Playtech, Standard Chartered, Wolfson Microelectronics AGMs: Clinigen, Ideagen, In-deed Online, ViaLogy Economics: Net consumer credit, Net...
Young entrepreneurs are to benefit from a new support and advice service launched yesterday as a partnership between Virgin and Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce. Virgin StartUp will offer financial support, mentoring and business advice to thousands of young people across the country who want to follow Virgin founder...
The Bath area’s reputation as a centre for creativity and innovation has been recognised through a new technology partnership in the Middle East’s equivalent of Silicon Valley. The UK Jordan Tech Hub was launched in Amman this week to help drive economic growth through a technology and innovation partnership between the two countries. The...
Some of the South West’s most illustrious chefs cooked together to produce a Michelin star-studded celebration in recognition of a successful second year for industry charity Hospitality Action. The six culinary superstars, all members of the Chef’s Forum, came together at the Bath Priory to conjure up the six-course lunch to showcase the region’s...
The £34m regeneration project that will transform Keynsham town centre reached a key stage today with a topping-out ceremony to mark the highest point of its buildings. The project, a partnership between Bath & North East Somerset Council and construction, and national property development group Willmott Dixon, is now around one year from completion....
GreenSquare, the social housing group with an office in Chippenham, has been named as one of the UK’s top 10 social landlords in a list compiled by leading industry magazine 24housing and the Housing Quality Network (HQN). 24Housing and the HQN launched a quest last month to find the UK’s top social housing landlords...
The chances of young people finding employment in Bath’s burgeoning hospitality industry have been boosted with pledges of more than 350 jobs, apprenticeships and work experience placements. They were made when the British Hospitality Association’s (BHA) nationwide Big Hospitality Conversation tour stopped in the city. The tour aims to find quality apprenticeships and job...
A revolutionary online service which delivers food from upmarket restaurants direct to customer’s homes is launching in Bath following a year of success in Bristol. meals.co.uk uses cutting-edge technology, a sophisticated user-friendly website and delivery logistics to allow customers to place orders from their favourite restaurant and have it delivered direct to their door....
Mobile banking apps built by Bath-based IT consultancy IPL has put the firm among the contenders for one of Britain's computer industry’s top awards. The company is a finalist in the Innovative Mobile App of the Year category of the British Computer Society (BCS) & Computing UK IT Industry Awards. The nomination is for...
