Bath’s outstanding entrepreneurs and business leaders have less a week to enter the region’s top awards scheme that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The annual Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards showcase the wealth of executive talent in the region. Bath Business News is once again backing the...
Bath’s start-ups and young entrepreneurial businesses can book themselves onto a flight path for growth across the UK and into Europe under a new scheme launched this week offering free airline tickets. Seats for Start Ups – a partnership between bmi regional, UK Trade & Investment and the Engine Shed innovation hub in Bristol...
Somerset-based luxury fashion brand Mulberry has appointed former Dyson Group finance chief Neil Ritchie as group finance director as it continues on its recovery from several loss-making years. Mr Ritchie takes up his new role at the group, best known for its designer leather bags, on May 16. Existing group finance director Roger Mather...
Bath-based global engineering group Rotork this week said it saw opportunities for it to increase its market share despite a 28% fall in annual pre-tax profits caused by tough trading conditions. The group, which makes highly specialised valves for the international oil and gas industries, also said a cost management programme introduced last year...
Barbara Davies, chief executive of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), says that collaborative working between business and education are essential to maintain growth and productivity in the longer term. Businesses in the West of England continue to face the challenge of a skills gap, impacting on growth and stifling productivity and...
Specialist manufacturer Avon has received an order from the US military for nearly 167,000 of its protection mask systems. The deal, worth $42m (£29.7m), has been secured under Melksham-based Avon’s 10-year sole-source contract with the US Department of Defense (DOD) for the M50 masks. Avon said the order secured the anticipated volume of the...
Figures released today show that South West exporters out performed the national picture last year, increasing the volume of overseas sales by 10.6% compared to a national decrease of 2.7%. The data released by HM Revenue and Customs found that the total value of South West exports in 2015 was £15.2bn, an increase of...
The University of Bath’s ambitious plans to develop a world-class automotive research centre will put the UK in the driving seat for innovation in the global industry, according to Business Secretary Sajid Javid. The proposed £50m project, to be built at the Bristol & Bath Science Park, will bring new investment and jobs to...
Lightweight steel roofing company Metrotile UK has appointed Glenn Everest to lead its training operations as sales of its products continue to climb. Glenn, pictured, who boasts more than 40 years’ experience in fitting lightweight steel roof tile systems, will train roofers in the skills required to install the Chippenham-based firm’s variety of products....
Radstock-based print and post services firm CFH Docmail has been named as the UK’s fastest-growing hybrid mail company in the influential Print Week ‘Top 500’ league table, which acts as a bellwether report on the UK print industry. The firm achieved year-on-year sales growth of 37.25% with net profit rising by 163% and staff...
