SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT group, today blamed foreign exchange movements and a reduction in low-margin resale activity for a fall in annual revenue. However, operating profits at the group, which supplies a range of sectors from space and defence to media with high-end systems, climbed 13% to £2.7m despite the 7% decline in...
The Chancellor’s surprise announcement to bring in the Help-to-Buy scheme was welcomed by the property and construction industries – with housebuilders in particular enjoying some rare good news. The property sector in the West picked up on some of the positives – but like most other industries, considered that more could have been done...
They say never let the truth get in the way of a good story but while we can all be guilty of over elaborating a story among friends, when it comes to business it never pays to be liberal with the truth, says Linda Donaldson, director at Bath-based Geometry PR, in her latest Bath...
Bath branding agency The House has unveiled its latest work for race event specialist GO2. The agency has created the identity and race website for the Cheltenham half marathon which takes place on September 15, 2013. (Full website launch on the 22nd April) GO2 appointed The House to oversee a completely new look and...
West business figures welcomed some of George Osborne’s Budget measures but many thought much more should have been done to boost small firms, kick start the ailing property industry and increase confidence. Business West managing director Phil Smith welcomed the fact that the Chancellor had not wavered from his Plan A as businesses relied...
Chancellor George Osborne: "This is a Budget for people who aspire to work hard and get on. It’s a Budget for people who realise there are no easy answers to problems built up over many years." "This is a Budget for those who aspire to own their own home; who aspire to get their...
British Chambers of Commerce director general John Longworth said the Chancellor could have done more for business. “While there is much for business to welcome in the Chancellor’s statement, such as reviewing the MPC’s remit, scrapping the rise on fuel duty, and putting £3.5bn into helping buyers afford new homes, he and his Cabinet...
Key points from today's Budget: Income tax threshold to be raised to £10,000 by next year Beer duty cut by 1p a pint Planned fuel duty rise scrapped £3bn for infrastructure Economic growth is forecast to be 0.6% this year Service personnel to be exempt from public sector 1% pay rise cap Public sector...
Chancellor George Osborne kicked off his fourth Budget this afternoon by saying he wanted to help those "who want to get on". He called it a Budget "for our aspiration nation". He said the Government was "building a modern, reformed state, bringing business to our shores with competitive taxes and fixing the banks". Britain...
You can’t get a better illustration (forgive the pun) of the power of a brand than the recent abortive sale in Miami of a Banksy which had last been seen attached to the wall of a north London Poundland. Setting aside the furore over who actually owns the work and who has the right...
