Brunel’s iron footbridge in Bath’s Sydney Gardens, Box Tunnel near Corsham and the stone Pixash Lane Bridge near Saltford, are among more than 40 historic railway buildings and structures on the Great Western main line to be safeguarded by the Government. The Sydney Gardens footbridge has been upgraded to Grade II*, the second-highest level...
Seven Bath charities and community groups are sharing £5,000 from Bath Building Society’s annual charity awards scheme with a further four receiving hot-air balloon tickets which can be used to raise funds. The winning good causes were chosen from a record number of 53 applicants by a panel of judges. The successful groups received...
Independent brewer Bath Ales has launched its latest special beer – the aptly-named Night Glow – which celebrates its involvement in the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The brewery, based between Bath and Bristol at Warmley, is sponsoring the Thursday Night Glow, the traditional curtain-raiser for the ever-popular Fiesta, which this year takes place on...
House prices fell at their fastest annual rate for nearly three years last month, the latest survey from Nationwide building society showed this morning. Prices have now declined in four of the past five months, the Swindon-based lender said. The fall of 0.7% in July means prices are now 2.6% lower than they were...
Digital revenue has shot up by 30% at Future, the Bath-based magazine and digital publishers, as consumers increasingly used their iPads and other tablets to read its products. The group said today it sold more than 1.7m copies of its titles through Apple’s Newsstand since its launch last October. However, the third-quarter rise in...
Specialist Bath engineering group Rotork today defied the global gloom by unveiling a sparkling set of financial results with each of its divisions achieving record order intake, revenue and profit. The figures for the half-year to June 30 show Rotork’s order book was 13% higher than last December at £177.7m. Order intake was up...
Chartered tax adviser Laura MacDonald has joined accountants Old Mill’s Melksham office as assistant tax manager. The 30-year-old is the first dedicated tax specialist at the Wiltshire office and will work with the rest of the firm’s tax specialists from its four other offices under new head of tax Victoria Studley. Laura, pictured, is...
More than a quarter of South West law firms are at risk of going out of business over the next year as they face the combined challenges of the impact of the recession and the introduction of far-reaching reforms. The warning comes from R3, the trade body for insolvency professionals, which estimates that more...
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The shortlist for the region’s top public relations awards has been revealed with some of the West’s top PR agencies competing for the 2012 West of England CIPR PRide Awards. The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony and dinner on November 9 at the Grand Hotel, Bristol. CIPR chief executive Jane Wilson...
