West business leaders this afternoon broadly welcomed the emphasis in today’s Queen’s Speech on economic revival and measures to make Britain more business-friendly. But there was concern over some of the proposals for the Coalition’s net round of legislation and a plea for less politics and more action. Phil Smith, managing director of Business ...
Bath’s Dyson Centre for Neo Natal Care and Batheaston Primary School are among the winners of awards recognising the South West’s best new architectural projects. The two buildings will now go into the national Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards where later this year they will compete against other leading projects from across...
A strong financial first-half performance has been reported today by Jelf, the West-based independent full service brokerage which supports businesses and individuals. Revenues were slightly up on last year from £35m to £35.2m in the six months to March 31 as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) increased by 5% to £4.4m...
IP Group, a developer of intellectual property-based technology spinout businesses from a dozen British universities including Bath and Bristol, has boosted the value of its investment portfolio from £123.8m on December 31 to £178.6m. The increase is largely due to the £26.4m fair value gain as a result of Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ financing announced...
Bath Building Society has launched its annual charity grant awards programme and is seeking applications from local charities and community groups. The total value of the awards has been increased to £5,000 this year to reflect the growing number of entrants it received in 2011 while the Society will also give away balloon flight...
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One of Bath’s prime office buildings, Cambridge House on Henry Street, has begun a substantial makeover and expansion and all is due to be revealed at the end of July. An entire new floor is being built on top of the existing building. Leading property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle’s Bath office is managing...
Luxury fashion brand Mulberry has announced details of an agreement to take full control of the wholesale and retail sales of products in the group's key US market. Its American partner was called Mulberry USA LLC , a limited liability partnership between Mulberry and a company under the control of the owners of Challice Limited...
The South West Design Forum has re-launched itself as Design South West with a new identity, website and the mission of ‘Design, Better Connected’. The organisation, which is run by the industry for the industry, continues in its role as the regional body bringing together seven locally-based design forums. Chairman Tim Burley said: “We’ve...
The University of Bath has officially opened its pioneering Graphene Centre Laboratory, which will study the amazing properties and develop potential applications of the ‘wonder material’. The lab, officially opened by university Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell yesterday, is home to state-of-the-art equipment including a specially-adapted scanning probe microscope – nicknamed the nano-factory –...
