WPC Software, the Keynsham-based developer of IT systems for UK police forces, is strengthening its management team and launching a recruitment drive as it continues to expand into new sectors. Rejoining the firm as business manager in charge of its vetting management software is Dave Kelly, pictured. He left five years ago having previously...
Change management consultancy Nine Feet Tall and leadership, coaching and mentoring firm Footdown have teamed up to support the Bath Rugby Foundation by supplying it with communication training. Nine Feet Tall and Footdown – both based in Bath – provided an insight discovery course for 12 members of Bath Rugby Foundation’s team. The Foundation...
Bath-based international engineering consultancy Buro Happold has been named as the most cycle-friendly employer in the West of England in the Travelwest Sustainable Business Travel Awards. The firm’s Bath office – one of the largest of its 25 around the world – has achieved a 50% increase in staff cycling to and from work...
Melksham firm The Riverside MOT testing centre has marked 10 years in business by buying the freehold of its 1.77-acre site on the outskirts of the town. The move, which secures the business’s future, is the result of a £180,000 finance deal secured through Barclays and the Government-backed funding for lending scheme. Established in...
Bristol Airport is to re-introduce direct flights to Shannon in South West Ireland – a route expected to be popular with tourists and rugby fans. The daily Aer Lingus Regional service, which will be operated by Aer Arann, will operate alongside the airline’s existing Dublin service, which links Bristol with the Irish capital up...
Printer Park Lane Press has won its second Green Apple Award in recognition of its firm commitment to environmental standards. The Corsham-based firm was presented with the award at a ceremony in the House of Commons. The awards, which champion Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities, are co-ordinated by The Green Organisation, an independent...
Bath & North East Somerset Council has been named the region’s most proactive public sector body in the South West Green Energy Awards 2013. The council competed against other public sector bodies from across the South West including other local authorities, colleges, health bodies, fire services and the police. Hosted by renewable energy champions...
The West of England’s strength in the automotive and aerospace sectors is creating strong conditions for smaller firms in their supply chains with most expecting to increase staffing and investment over the next three months. According to the latest Manufacturing Outlook survey published today by manufacturers’ organisation EEF and accountancy and business advisory firm...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has strengthened its succession, estates and tax planning offering with the appointment of Victoria Smyth as partner. Victoria, pictured, a specialist private client solicitor, providing a comprehensive wealth management, wills, trusts and tax service for businesses and individual clients, has joined from Bristol-based national...
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