Alliance Pharma, the speciality pharmaceutical firm, has completed the £132.2m acquisition of rival Sinclair IS Pharma’s range of skincare products – a move that effectively doubles the size of the business. Exports of the 27 products will widen Chippenham-based Alliance’s global reach from 30 countries to 85. Alliance’s 85 staff in Chippenham will grow...
A University of Bath engineering graduate has launched a Christmas fundraising campaign to provide poor farmers in Africa with an innovative, low-cost irrigation pump designed to help them take their first steps out of poverty. The Flexipump can collect water from a source six metres below ground to spray on crops up to 100...
Partnerships between schools and businesses, a key issue for firms across Bristol, can have significant benefits, according to the results of a national survey of education chiefs and company bosses. Some 3,500 teaching staff and business leaders took part in the research run by the British Chambers of Commerce – with the vast majority...
A sustainable transport project at Bath’s Riverside regeneration area that has exceeded its targets for the past three years has won the West of England’s top green travel award. The project, led by developer Crest Nicholson, took Gold at the Travelwest Sustainable Travel Business Awards, which recognise firms that go the extra mile to...
Hi-tech engineering firm M+W Group is to help develop the UK’s largest waste-to-energy plant of its kind. When completed, the £200m Energy Works scheme in Kingston upon Hull will be able to generate up to 28MW of electricity a year by treating waste – enough to supply 40,000 homes. It will be the largest...
BMT Group, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy with a major presence in Bath, has further demonstrated its commitment to continued professional development by teaming up with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Working with the IET, 25 of BMT’s employees were recently achieved Incorporated Engineer (IEng), Chartered Engineer (CEng) and...
The corporate deals market has bounced back in the South West and is on course for its strongest year since 2010, according to an analysis of recent mergers and acquisitions published by accountancy firm Grant Thornton. Some 142 deals – ranging from acquisitions to management buyouts and flotations – are projected to complete this...
A new enterprise zone in the Somer Valley area including Radstock and Midsomer Norton is to be created to help attract new businesses and potentially create thousands of jobs. The plan was announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement last week and follows lobbying by Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES)...
Exhibition, design and print specialist Colour Studios has invested in a cutting-edge wide format digital printer and software for its creative studio in Radstock. The only model of its type in the South West, the Jetrix flatbed KX7-D will transform the company’s print business in the UK and Europe by allowing the team to take on...
Speciality pharmaceutical firm Alliance Pharma is to take on more staff and massively increase exports after buying a range of skin treatments in a £132.2m deal. The Chippenham-based firm yesterday snapped up rival Sinclair IS Pharma’s dermatology portfolio of 27 products in a move that effectively doubles the size of the business. Exports of...
