A regional organisation that helps businesses forge links with China is to host its first event for firms from Bath and Wiltshire. The Bristol & West of England China Bureau was launched in 1998 and has since grown to be the region’s strongest twinning network to support businesses and education organisations while also promoting...
Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King has appointed experienced education property specialist Chris Emm to strengthen its commercial property team. Chris, pictured, joins as a partner from Browne Jacobson, the six-office national firm, which he joined as a trainee and worked for 18 years. Over that time he developed wide knowledge and expertise, working with education sector clients,...
Regional accountancy firm Old Mill has promoted a fifth of its 30-strong tax team as part of a ‘recruit, retain and promote’ strategy that aims to make it the fastest-growing practice in the South West. Last November the firm, which has offices in Chippenham, Wells, Yeovil and Exeter, announced a restructuring to achieve its ambitious...
A housebuilding firm on a mission to develop new homes of outstanding design quality is aiming to increase its sales by more than 400% in the period to 2025 after securing new funding. Chippenham-headquartered Backhouse will use the £50m credit facility to establish new sites, build a stronger land bank and further strengthen all...
Monday August 8 Interims: Clarkson, Diversified Energy Company, PageGroup Q2 result: Taseko Mines Tuesday August 9 Interims: Abrdn, TI Fluid Systems, InterContinental Hotels, Flutter Entertainment, H&T Group, RPS Group, Zotefoams Trading update: Bellway Wednesday August 10 Interims: ContourGlobal, Legal & General, CLS Holdings, Genuit Group, Hostelword, Atalaya Mining, Arix Bioscience Thursday August 11 Interims: Network International Holdings, Savills, Derwent London,...
Goughs Solicitors’ series of free online seminars for business owners continues later this month with a session on managing ill-health absence. The monthly Wednesday Wisdom Webinars, which give up-to-date, relevant and pragmatic employment advice, are led by the firm’s head of employment Rebecca Dennis, pictured. They allow employers the opportunity to tune in to a cost-free way to stay connected and...
Bath-headquartered global advanced engineering group Rotork is hoping for a recovery in its fortunes in the second half of this year after profits and revenues fell during the first six months. Pre-tax profits fell 12% to £44.6m on revenues down 2.9% to £280m as the group, which manufactures flow control equipment for the global...
Bath communications agency Clearly PR has added Matthew ‘Ollie’ Ollerton, one of the founding presenters of TV show SAS: Who Dares Wins, to its client roster. Ollie, pictured, served with the Special Boat Service for six years, undertaking missions in hostage rescue, counter terrorism, homeland security and more, before joining the hit Channel 4...
The University of Bath is to start commercial production of a viable alternative to palm oil that could help reduce the huge environmental damage caused by its extraction. UK-based food-tech business Clean Food Group has set up a dedicated laboratory and pilot plant at the university following the acquisition of intellectual property (IP) developed over the...
Mohammed Saddiq, executive director of operations at Bath-based Wessex Water, is to be the next Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset. He will take over from Annie Maw CVO when she retires at the end of October and says he is “greatly looking forward giving something back to the country which has given me so much”. Mr...
