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Dorothy House Hospice Care opens outreach centres on business parks

June 15, 2012
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Property consultant Carter Jonas has completed two lettings to Dorothy House Hospice Care which will bring the charity’s support services closer to users in Wiltshire and Somerset. Dorothy House, which has its head office at Winsley, near Bradford on Avon, is to use Trinity House at Bryer Ash Business Park in Trowbridge and an...

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Inaugural South West PA Awards – there’s still time to enter

June 13, 2012
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Businesses have just under two weeks to ensure their best personal assistants get the recognition they deserve in the inaugural South West PA of the Year Awards. Most businesses have at least one PA who goes the extra mile to help it reach its potential, who makes a real difference to their managers and...

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Inventor flies flag for recycling with tables made from ASDA coat hangers

June 13, 2012
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Union Jack table tops designed and made by Trowbridge inventor and entrepreneur Nick Stillwell from recycled ASDA coat hangers are to be displayed by the supermarket giant. Nick created the tables with hangers from the ASDA store in Frome. Now one will be on display in a meeting room at the group’s headquarters in...

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Bath’s Diamond Jubilee visitor numbers reach record levels

June 13, 2012
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Bath’s Visitor Information Centre and the VisitBath website clocked up records over the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend as the city came alive with street parties, concerts, exhibitions and an influx of tourists. Nearly 9,000 people walked through the doors of the visitor information centre over the four-day period – the highest number so far....

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Bath Building Society strengthens board with experienced non-exec

June 13, 2012
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David Coles - non executive director

Former DHL International managing director David Coles has joined the board of Bath Building Society as a non-executive director. Mr Coles, a long-time Bath resident, brings a wealth of experience at a senior level in marketing, retailing and consumer goods to an already diverse management board. Mr Coles’ career took him from the marketing...

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Small firms funder 1pm clocks up best ever monthly figures

June 12, 2012
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1pm, the Bath-based specialist funder, expects to report a “significant improvement” in its trading performance for the year ended May 31, it told shareholders. The firm, which provides asset finance facilities to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), said it achieved another year of growth while levels of new business written in May were £700,000-plus,...

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Scandinavian housing planned for former MoD Ensleigh site

June 11, 2012
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Housebuilder Skanska Residential is to develop up to 45 homes on a 4.2-acre former Ministry of Defence site at Lansdown on the outskirts of Bath. The firm, part of the giant Swedish construction and development group Skanska, is to work with award-winning Bath architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio to develop concepts and plans for...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 11, 2012
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Monday June 11 FINALS First Property Group, Flybe Group, Latchways, Software Radio Technology AGMS Ashley (Laura) Holding, Graphite Enterprise Trust, Hansteen Holdings, Roxi Petroleum, Trader Media East Ltd GDR (Reg S), Walcom Group (DI), Zhejiang Expressway Co 'H' Shares Tuesday June 12 INTERIMS Gooch & Housego, Pressure Technologies, Terrace Hill Group FINALS Carclo, CML...

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Mixed outlook for West manufacturers as eurozone crisis casts shadow over sector

June 7, 2012
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West manufacturers are continuing to take advantage of growth opportunities in emerging markets and the strength of the aerospace and automotive industries, according to the latest sector survey released today. However, the continuing problems in the eurozone and a lack of domestic demand are leading to a mixed forecast for the next three months...

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How Star Wars Storm Troopers can protect Bath’s creatives

June 6, 2012
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Storm-CHRON

West Country rockers Reef, Star Wars Storm Troopers and the late Apple chief Steve Jobs may sound an unlikely combination but Bath creative sector workers can find out why they all play a role in protecting Intellectual Property (IP) at a one-off event next week. Staged by Creative Bath, Money for Nothing: Protecting your...

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