More than a third of pubs and bars in the South West risk going out of business over the next 12 months as drinking habits change and competition from supermarkets intensifies, new research shows. The 34% licensed premises deemed to be ‘at risk’ across the region is far higher than the 24% figure for...
Business advice and support group Business West has called on firms to work closer together to ease the crippling impact of late payment on small businesses. The West’s councils could also help by switching to electronic invoices to speed up payments to local suppliers and the Government could do more to encourage best practice....
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Bath-based magazine publisher Future today said it is confident its full-year figures will be in line with expectations following an “encouraging” fourth quarter with strong growth for its digital products. The upbeat outlook came in a trading update to the London Stock Exchange today in which Future also said it now has “a good...
Bath’s law firms are celebrating their success in gaining positive comments in this year’s Legal 500, the industry’s respected reference tool. The city’s two largest firms, Thrings and Withy King, are listed among the South West’s ‘regional heavyweights’ – a table dominated by Bristol firms. Things is also named among the top firms for...
Open innovation is key to identifying the industries of the future on which UK prosperity will depend, and the Bristol & Bath Science Park offers an exciting place to accelerate this in the South West. That was the message delivered by writer and economist Will Hutton, who was speaking at the park’s first anniversary...
Chippenham-based specialist IT and software firm SciSys today shrugged off an 11% fall in half-year pre-tax profits – partly caused by customers delaying spending until after the Olympics – and stressed it would comfortably meet market expectations for the full year. The firm, which serves a range of sectors spanning space and defence to media,...
InterCasino, one of the world’s first online casino gaming sites, has launched its new global brand campaigns, which have been planned and created by Bath-based communications specialists TheAgency. The campaign will include multiple media channels, on and offline. The first burst, consisting of TV advertising, TV sponsorship and online display advertising, went live across...
Employers must think imaginatively about pay and benefits if the Government’s new auto-enrolment scheme is to be a win-win for employer and employee. The message comes from pensions expert Rob Atkins of Bath-based employee benefits specialist Fidelius. Auto-enrolment, which comes into effect next Monday for large firms, obliges employers to enrol eligible staff in...
Organisers of a high-level exclusive conference tackling issues of leadership and corporate responsibility for directors have just a few places left to fill. The event, part of the Board 2020 seminar series, will put the spotlight on how, in a rapidly-changing environment, businesses should present themselves to the world. The conference takes place from...
