Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has carried out a rebranding exercise in collaboration with Bath-based design agency Design for Digital. At the heart of the project is a new website for the firm - www.templebright.com – which includes two new short films aimed at clients and lawyers. Temple Bright was founded in Bristol in...
Fewer than one in 10 businesses in the South West have confidence in the UK’s economic prospects, with a record 73% fearful over the impact of inflation, according to new survey. At the same time the number of firms concerned about exchange rates has doubled, with a third of exporters suffering a fall-off in...
Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative funder, has become an accredited lender under the government’s latest iteration of the Recovery Loan Scheme. Launched by the British Business Bank, the scheme is designed to help small businesses access finance to invest and grow. Time Finance, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, has been an...
Bath’s small businesses and their supply chains can get help to adapt to the new economic and regulatory landscape thanks to a £1.5m fund from the West of England Combined Authority. The Business Growth and Adaptions Grant, which opens for a second round of applications from 19 October, is aimed at enabling small-to-medium enterprises...
Monday October 3 Finals: Quadrise Fuels International, James Halstead Interim: Tortilla Mexican Grill Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday October 4 Interim: Inspiration Healthcare Group Trading announcements: Mondi, Greggs Wednesday October 5 Final: Netcall Interim: Tesco Economic announcements: PMI composite, PMI services Thursday October 6 Final: Avation Trading announcement: RS Group Friday October 7 Economic announcement: Halifax house price index
The new home for Bath’s world-leading Fashion Museum has been announced at the same time as regeneration plans for the city’s Milsom Quarter – which will be developed around the museum – have also taken a major step forward. The museum, currently housed in the Assembly Rooms, is to relocate across the city centre to...
A global real estate investment management firm has acquired one of Bath’s largest student housing developments as the market shows no sign of slowing. Chicago-headquartered Heitman, which has operations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, snapped up the 120-bed scheme on Lower Bristol Road from London-based Alumno Group in an off-market transaction. The scheme,...
Pharmaceutical firm Vectura has been granted planning permission for a world-class ‘inhalation centre of excellence’ as it looks to expand its operations and develop innovative new treatments. The firm, controversially acquired by tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) £1.1bn a year ago, revealed its plan to build the £58m centre on the Bristol & Bath...
Goughs Solicitors’ latest series of free online seminars for business owners concludes next month with the final session titled Settlement: When and how to do it. The monthly Wednesday Wisdom Webinars, which have been giving up-to-date, relevant and pragmatic employment advice throughout the summer, are led by the firm’s head of employment Rebecca Dennis, pictured. They allow employers the opportunity to...
Kaleidoscope Collection, the Bath boutique hotel group owned by Ian and Christa Taylor, has put one of its hotels on the market with a £8.5m price tag. The Bird, Bath, pictured, on Pulteney Road was bought by the Taylors in 2018 for an undisclosed sum. They have since invested heavily in it, creating 29...
