Bath specialist financial services company Fidelius has appointed two directors to its board and three senior staff to its wealth management and employee benefits divisions as it continues its strategy of rapid expansion. Gary McArdle and Marie Humphries join the board as finance director and human resources director respectively with Marie also taking on...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group, has signed a five-year contract with power systems group Rolls-Royce to manage the storage and distribution of its generating sets destined for UK armed forces around the world. Wincanton, which has extensive experience and expertise providing logistics services to the defence sector, will store the Rolls-Royce generators at its...
Chippenham-based technology firm Etherlive has opened an administration and logistics office in Glasgow in a move that positions it to meet increased demand for technology support during the Commonwealth Games 2014. Etherlive's satellite office means that it can engage corporate and association events in Scotland as it increasingly becomes a destination of choice for...
UK renewable energy group Renewable Energy Generation Ltd (REG), which has an office in Bath, has secured a €15m trade finance facility to support the acquisition of wind turbines. The deal follows REG’s move of its full banking mandate to HSBC’s West and Wales Corporate team. The firm employs 24 people in the South...
Bath-based international media group Future has teamed up with the Press Association (PA), to launch Football Week, a weekly international iPad magazine for global followers of the English Premier League. Launching in early next month, it will preview every game with full editorial pieces, team news, head-to-head info, player data and the latest stats....
Seventy businesses have already signed up to be involved in Bath in Fashion more than three months before it takes place. Last year 100-plus businesses supported the week-long event by taking part in shopping promotions, being involved in its range of workshops or displaying their products in its catwalk shows. Organisers believe this year...
Bristol Airport’s link with Amsterdam is to be strengthened this spring when Dutch airline KLM introduces additional capacity on its four-times daily service between the two cities. KLM will increase capacity by over 12% from the start of the summer schedule by introducing the new Embraer 190 aircraft on two of the four daily...
Milsted Langdon Financial Services, the independent financial advice arm of chartered accountants Milsted Langdon, is in the running for a prestigious national industry award. The firm, which has an office in Bath, has been shortlisted for Best Small Adviser Firm (under 25 registered individuals) at the Professional Adviser Awards 2013. To reach the shortlist,...
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Fears that Britain is heading for a triple-dip recession were heightened today after official Government figures showed the economy shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) blamed the fall largely on a drop in mining and quarrying. The economy had grown by 0.9% in the...
