A decline in revenue from its printed US titles pushed down first quarter group sales at Future, the Bath-based international media group – but strong growth in digital meant that for the first time it represented a larger share of its total advertising income than print. Digital revenues rose by 24% in the three...
Monahans Financial Services, the independent financial advice arm of West accountancy group Monahans, has appointed Simon Ewings as its new managing director. Simon joined the company in 2011 as a director and has already had a significant impact on the firm, helping to prepare it for major changes introduced by the Financial Services Authority...
Bath law firm Stone King has appointed Rod Smith as a partner in its expanding trusts and estates team. Rod, pictured, joins Stone King, which also has an office in Melksham, from London-based Bolt Burdon, where he was a partner and head of its wealth and estate planning team. He specialises in advising on...
West law firm Thrings has appointed five new partners including recruiting respected corporate lawyer Alex Pyatt from rivals Withy King. The appointments take the number of partners at the firm, which has an office in Bath, to more than 60. Alex, pictured, by the Chambers UK 2013 legal guide as “commercial, pragmatic and sensible”...
Bath Racecourse has appointed Katie Stephens as its new general manager. Katie was previously at Hereford Racecourse where she made racing industry history as the youngest female general manager at just 26 before joining the team at Bath last year as clerk of the course. While not busy at Bath Racecourse, Katie and jump jockey...
The latest developments in employment relations will come under the spotlight at a major conference for West businesses staged by Acas, Britain’s top employment relations service. The event, called The Changing Face of Employment Relations, will tackle the issues that every company needs to be aware of including, how to make flexible working work...
A probe into West firms’ business records has been launched today by HMRC with those not keeping proper financial records at risk of fines. HMRC’s Business Records Checks (BRC) programme focuses on companies with an annual turnover below £30m which employ fewer than 250 people. The West is the last region in the country...
Monday February 04 Q4 Randgold Resources Ltd., Torchmark Corp. FINALS Randgold Resources Ltd., Torchmark Corp. AGMS Future TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 888 Holdings UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Construction (09:30) Tuesday February 05 INTERIMS Allocate Software Q4 ARM Holdings, BG Group, BP FINALS ARM Holdings, BG Group, BP, Low & Bonar, St. Modwen Properties AGMS Albion Income...
Overseas acquisitions in the food and drink sector doubled last year, with an increasingly large proportion of business buyers coming from outside Western Europe, new research shows. According to a new report from business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton, takeovers in the sector by foreign-based firms accounted for 14% of the total, compared...
Bath Business News’ Expert Panel has covered topics as diverse as corporate hospitality, pensions, reputation management and the legal minefield of social media since its launch in November. Each week a leading individual from four respected Bath businesses has given an expert view on a topical issue. The Panel, which includes Geometry PR, the...
