The CBI has appointed Bath businessman Andrew Jenkins as its new South West regional director. Andrew, pictured, who worked for defence giant BAE Systems in Bristol before becoming a Bath-based freelance business strategy, growth and marketing consultant, will be responsible for all CBI member companies in the region, engaging with and representing business leaders...
Two highly-experienced former directors of regional car dealers Wood BMW Group have joined forces to launch their own independent dealership in Bath specialising in sports and prestige cars. Jim Currant and John Lyddy have invested £1.5m with support from Barclays to acquire the old Dunsford Landrover site on Box Road, transforming the derelict 11,000...
Monday August 05 INTERIMS Powerflute Oyj (DI) Q3 GW Pharmaceuticals AGMS SerVision UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Official Reserves (09:30) PMI Services (09:30) Tuesday August 06 INTERIMS AL Noor Hospitals Group, BBA Aviation, Clarke (T.), Dragon Oil, esure Group, Heavitree Brewery, Hill & Smith Holdings, Legal & General Group, Meggitt, New Europe Property Investments, SDL, Share,...
West firms working in sectors spanning advanced materials, biosciences and communications technology are being urged to apply for new funding from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). The £8m investment is aimed at stimulating innovation and building on recent technological breakthroughs. Proposals must be collaborative, involve more than one organisation and at least one of...
Known for its trophy-winning football teams and vibrant music scene, and the fact the BBC recently relocated there, Manchester is also one of the UK’s leading business destinations. So what can the business traveller do between meetings or to fill in a long lunch hour? Bath Business News travel editor ANNE GORRINGE headed North...
Bath Building Society has selected Dorothy House hospice care as its charity of the year. The association will last until the end of 2014. As part of the society’s commitment to Dorothy House, staff will stage fundraising activities throughout the rest of this year and next year to raise much-needed funds for the charity...
Bath-based specialist PR agency Media Safari has been shortlisted in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) PRide 2013 Awards for its work on a campaign for last year’s London Paralympic Games. It is the third consecutive year the agency, which specialises in tech and social media, has been nominated in the awards, which...
Monday July 29 INTERIMS Fidessa Group, Hammerson, InterContinental Hotels Group, Intertek Group, JKX Oil & Gas, Keller Group, Senior, Vernalis, XP Power Ltd. (DI) AGMS Albion Venture Capital Trust, Ashley House, Cranswick, Medilink-Global UK Ltd., Mountfield Group, National Grid UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS CBI Distributive Trends Surveys (11:00) Consumer Credit (09:30) M4 Money Supply (09:30)...
Business West, the region’s leading business organisation, has welcomed yesterday's official economic growth figures, saying they reflect the picture among local businesses. But it warned that business could not turn around the regional economy by themselves – the Government had a role to play by creating an enterprise-friendly environment. Yesterday’s Office for National Statistics...
Specialist West software group SciSys has won a £5.78m contract with defence giant Lockheed Martin UK to work on its programme to upgrade and improve the British Army’s Warrior armoured fighting vehicle fleet under the MoD’s Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP). The group, which has its headquarters in Chippenham and an office in Bristol,...
