Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group, is on the road back to profitable growth, its chief executive has said. The group plunged to a £75.5m first half loss, which it blamed on lower volumes in a tough market. But in its interim management statement today, chief executive Eric Born outlined a number of new business...
Earlier client deliveries, operating efficiencies and deferred costs helped SciSys, the specialist IT and software firm, finish its first half of 2012 finished more strongly than had been initially expected. The Chippenham-based group, which also has an operation in Bristol, also said it had maintained a solid order book during the period ending 30...
Award-winning Bath PR agency Geometry is in the running for more accolades after receiving a hat-trick of nominations for the region’s top communications awards. Geometry’s Axe the Pasty Tax campaign has been nominated for two awards in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) West of England PRide Awards, while a campaign for Bath...
Athlete Katrina Hart is being sponsored by Bath law firm Withy King as she prepares for the London Paralympic Games at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village. Katrina, a 200m sprinter and University of Bath alumnus, has cerebral palsy and competes in the T37 class. Withy King’s £3,000 sponsorship is being used...
Design company Superior Creative has invested £2m in a purpose-built design studio and in increasing its litho, digital and inkjet printing capacity – the latest move at the firm supported by Barclays. The bank has backed Melksham-based Superior since it was acquired in a management buy-out and re-launched in 2005. A team of finance...
Downbeat economic figures out today confirmed that the UK has slipped further into recession. Official figures from the Office of National Statistics for the second quarter of this year show economic output fell by a worse-than-expected 0.7%. Britain tumbled into a second recession in four years at the end of last year and since...
Breakfast TV viewers in Australia will wake up to a live pictures from Bath as the popular TODAY Show broadcasts from the city. The Channel 9 programme is the country’s landmark breakfast programme providing viewers with a mix of news, sport, weather, entertainment and current affairs, focussing on the stories, it says, that make...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport rose by 6.9% in June against the same month last year and airport bosses are expecting a busier than usual end to July as the traditional summer getaway coincides with an expected increase in inbound passengers en route to Olympic events in Cardiff and Weymouth. The airport, which last...
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Bath has been voted the best destination for health tourism by the UK’s older generation, beating Spain and Cyprus to win gold at the annual 50+ Awards. Bath Tourism Plus collected the award at a gala reception at London’s Olympia. The 50+ Awards, which are organised and presented by the 50+ Show and exhibition,...
