A further £75bn is to be pumped into the economy by the Bank of England to protect it from the euro crisis and avoid it sliding back into recession. Some £200bn has already been put into the economy through quantitative easing (QE) – buying assets such as government bonds, in an attempt to boost...
Bath’s £5.5 million development of its Roman Baths is set to go head-to-head with others from the rest of the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA, to be named best in category and achieve the ultimate accolade Global Project of the Year at the RICS Awards grand final 2011. The project was crowned winner,...
Smith & Williamson, Bristol, is hosting a finance director briefing between 8.00am – 10.30am on 11 October at its Portwall Place offices. This briefing will provide finance directors and their teams with an overview of the most important and relevant developments in financial reporting and a selection of other topical financial issues to help...
Mergers and acquisitions involving British targets are likely to drop dramatically to their lowest level since the 1990s, new research shows. Some 402 transactions worth a total of £23.8bn have been recorded so far in the third quarter of this year. And with less than two weeks until the end of the three-month period, deal volume...
A record 600,000 passengers have used Bristol Airport’s Flyer bus over the past year – ten times the number achieved during its first year of operation in the late 1990s. The service, run by First in partnership with Bristol Airport, operates between Clifton, the City Centre, Temple Meads station and the airport. All 12...
Getting started in business is one thing. Growing a profitable, sustainable business is quite another – particularly during these challenging times. Swindon Business News and Withy King have teamed up to develop a series of Business Life Cycle features and seminars to help owner-managers weigh up their options and make the right decisions at...
Eastern Airways has increased flights from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen and Leeds-Bradford from two to three each weekday to meet rising demand. Eastern Airways’ commercial director Kay Ryan said: “Our conveniently timed services are by far the quickest way to get to Yorkshire and north east Scotland and save valuable time compared to ground...
Prezola.com, the Bath-based online wish list business, has appointed strategic and creative marketing firm TheAgency, also based in Bath, to handle its pre-Christmas launch. Prezola is the brainchild of former Future Publishing director Dom Beaven, who was also head of digital and social media at Comic Relief and FIFA’s 1Goal World Cup legacy. Designed...
Peaches Golding OBE, the former regional director of Business in the Community, has joined specialist recruitment business Moon Consulting as principal consultant. Peaches, pictured, is one of the South West’s leading ethical business experts and was last year's High Sheriff of Bristol. She will help Moon create new business opportunities among FTSE-listed, medium-to-large businesses...
Julian Alexander has joined Santander Corporate Banking as regional director from Barclays, where he was the head of real estate in the Midlands with responsibility for the region’s main property accounts. In his new role, Julian, pictured, will be based at Santander’s corporate business centre in Bristol, leading the bank’s South West team of...
