Civil and structural engineering consultancy Rodgers Leask has been appointed to the £100m regeneration of the Royal Bath & West Showground. The Midlands-based firm is working alongside developers London & Wharfedale on the project, which will create 1,500 jobs on more than 100 acres of redeveloped land on the edge of Shepton Mallet. The...
West accountants Old Mill has relocated its Shepton Mallet office to Wells, where it has built a carbon-friendly 10,000 sq ft head office on the city’s Cathedral Park business complex. Eighty staff have moved to Bishopbrook House, which was commissioned by Old Mill and funded through its partners’ pension scheme. The two-storey building as...
Bath-based communications firm TheAgency has worked with national driving school BSM on a new mobile-optimised website for pupils and instructors. TheAgency, which has worked with BSM since 2009, led the website redesign and build with the BSM marketing team. It marks the driving school’s continued commitment to making sure all its customers receive the...
An innovative ‘virtual clocking-in’ system developed by Midsomer Norton-based specialist firm Access-to-Time has helped its customers reduce their staff time-keeping costs by 40%. The uAttend system, which Access-to-Time says is a world’s first, is used by small and medium-sized employers to monitor the hours of staff and sub-contractors working ‘on the road’. It uses...
Commenting on the Government response to Lord Heseltine's Review, No Stone Unturned, Phil Smith, managing director of Business West said: “We welcome the general thrust of the Government's response to Lord Heseltine's Review, which makes strong commitment to localise funding and decision-making on skills, transport and housing. We believe Chambers of Commerce have a...
Innovators can get free expert advice on how to protect their apps and unique pieces of software tomorrow when Bath Digital Festival sponsor law firm Thrings offers a one-to-one advice clinic at its Queen Square office. Thrings’ partners Alex Pyatt and Andy Braithwaite committed to sponsor Bath Digital because they were impressed with the growing number...
Monday March 18 INTERIMS Nanoco Group Q4 Planet Payment Inc. FINALS Capital Drilling Ltd. (DI), EKF Diagnostics Holdings , Espirito Santo Financial Group SA, Global Ports Investments GDR (REG S), John Laing Infrastructure Fund Ltd, M&C Saatchi, Miton Group, Pittards, Planet Payment Inc., PowerFilm Inc. (Reg S), Ruspetro, TEG Group (The), Zhaikmunai LP GDR...
Q: I’m looking to invest in new equipment or machinery for my business. How can I ensure that my investment is as tax efficient as possible? A: If you qualify for the Government’s annual investment allowance (AIA), then there has never been a better time to invest in new plant or machinery for your...
Half a year ago, the introduction of new legislation brought about the biggest change to the pensions system in a generation. In his latest Bath Business News’ weekly Expert Panel Iain Fox, employee benefits director of growing Bath financial services firm Fidelius, looks at what small and medium-sized businesses can learn from larger companies’...
Newly-released spaces are now available for the in-demand seminars at next week’s Business Show Swindon after the first allocation sold out. The show, the area’s leading business-to-business exhibition, returns for its third year, next Tuesday at Swindon’s STEAM museum. The show is organised by Business West’s Swindon Initiative and sponsored by fast-growing Swindon-based IT...
