Frome-based upmarket greeting cards firm Museums & Galleries Marketing has gone into administration with the loss of 23 jobs. Five staff have been retained while administrators try to sell the business. The company, which designed, published and distributed greetings cards along with a range of stationery and giftware for major museums and galleries as...
Dan Harris, a solicitor in Bath law firm Stone King’s trusts and estates team, has received a distinction in a prestigious international legal qualification. Dan is one of just 23 lawyers worldwide to have been awarded the Advanced Certificate in International Succession and Probate by the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP). Still...
Business confidence continued its upward trend this month and reached its highest point since May 2012, according to the latest Business Trends report by West-based accountants and business advisers BDO. BDO’s optimism index, which predicts business performance two quarters ahead, moved up for the fifth consecutive month from 93.6 to 94.3, a 13-month high....
Rotork, the Bath-based advanced manufacturing group, has today acquired Flowco, a small business based in Midsomer Norton providing breakdown, repair and replacement services to utility providers and contractors. Flowco operates a team of mobile engineers specialising in flow control products such as valves, electric actuators, penstocks, tidal gates, pumps and associated control systems. Rotork,...
High-end conference organisers from Europe and beyond are being targeted in a bid to bring their events to Bath by stressing the city’s ‘wow factor’ and its wide range of premier venues. Bath Tourism Plus (BTP) is exhibiting at the UK’s first-ever three-day Meetings Show UK at London’s Olympia, which opens tomorrow, and will...
Directors and managers can gain tips on some of the most-common challenges of running a business through a new range of electronic booklets available for download on the new-look website of M4 corridor law firm Thrings. The booklets, written by commercial lawyers at the firm, which has an office in Bath, shed light on some...
Bath has taken a major step towards introducing a Continental-style cafe culture following a move by the city’s Business Improvement District (BID) to transform Kingsmead Square into an al fresco dining and performing arts space. The BID has officially lodged plans with Bath & North East Somerset Council following months of discussion with Kingsmead...
Chippenham Pit Stop, the motorway services close to M4 junction 17, has re-launched its customer loyalty scheme and completely re-designed its on-site point of sale and digital marketing strategy. Swindon-based agency Jazzbones Creative worked closely with Pit Stop management, stripping the company’s philosophy down to its essentials to create a new campaign using the...
Specialist printer Fascia Graphics is expecting to step up its performance and energy efficiency further after investing in its second world-leading piece of machinery. The Chippenham-based firm, the market leader for the production of membrane keypads and graphic overlays, became the first UK manufacturer to buy a Sakurai MS80-SD last year – a move...
West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has become the region’s first to secure the Investors in Clients accreditation. Independent assessment by the Investors in Clients organisation gave the firm a score of more than 8 out of 10 – described as “an outstanding first assessment, putting the firm in...
