St John’s Foundation has welcomed Catharine Brown as its new CEO following seven months during which she performed the role on an interim basis. Catharine, pictured, has been appointed by Bath’s oldest charity following a highly competitive selection process. The board of trustees at St John’s, which celebrated its 850th anniversary last year, said they had...
Clearly PR, the Bath-based agency, has pledged to provide free public relations consultancy services to 100 certified B Corp businesses and brands over the next 12 months – double the number it delivered last year. The move means the agency, itself B Corp accredited, will have worked with more than 5% of the total number of...
A litigation expert named as one of the best in her field has joined law firm Thrings’ award-winning agriculture team as a legal director. Polly Ridgway, pictured with Thrings partner Robert James, has arrived from law firm Clarke Wilmott, where she spent nine-and-a-half years, most recently as a senior associate. Thrings, which has an office in...
Bath-headquartered specialist funder Time Finance has boosted its invoice finance team with the arrival of Jamie O’Neill as business development manager. Jamie, pictured, joins with more than 17 years’ industry experience, his most recent role being business development director at Surrey-headquartered invoice finance firm IGF. He previously worked at Breal Zeta CF, ABN AMRO Commercial...
Monday February 3 Economic announcement: PMI services Tuesday February 4 Final: Crest Nicholson Holdings Interims: Diageo, NWF Group Trading announcements: Vodafone Group, Entain Economic announcement: BRC sales monitor Wednesday February 5 Finals: Pressure Technologies, Banco Santander Interim: Made Tech Group Q4 result: Glaxosmithkline Trading announcements: DCC, SSE Thursday February 6 Final: AstraZeneca Trading announcements: Compass Group, Syncona Economic announcement: Bank of England interest rate decision Friday...
Business confidence has risen sharply in the South West as the region’s firms shrug off suggestions that UK economic growth is stalling. According to the latest Business Barometer from banking group Lloyds, optimism among South West companies climbed by 13 percentage points in January. Confidence in their own business prospects was up 20 points...
The founder of renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has welcomed its possible acquisition by a Dubai-based group, saying it would continue its original aim when it started 25 years ago of encouraging the switch to green power. Juliet Davenport, who launched the Chippenham-based firm in 1999, said the £99.4m approach by Esyasoft, which is subject...
Strong performances by its scar treatment, eye health and multivitamin brands helped international healthcare group Alliance Pharma overcome weaker sales of some of its other products last year. The Chippenham-headquartered firm, which owns a portfolio of products ranging menopause relief to anti-dandruff shampoo, said the resulting 1% drop in revenue did not reflect its...
Recent contracts wins in the UK and US have strengthened specialist defence manufacturer Avon Technologies’ long-term order book and boosted its growth plans, shareholders were told today. The Melksham-based group, which specialises in protective gear, masks and breathing equipment for the military and first-responder markets, said first quarter trading had been in line with...
Bath-headquartered specialist funder Time Finance has launched a three-year strategy to increase its lending by 50% as its current highly successful four-year growth plan nears its completion. The group, which provides asset, loan and invoice finance products to more than 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK, recently chalked up record lending after 14...
