Accountancy firm Grant Thornton retained its position as the leading financial adviser to UK companies by deal volume with its total rising to 121 last year – including an acquistion by Trowbridge-based The Consortium. It is the second year the firm has topped the annual Experian Corpfin ranking and was achieved despite the total...
Bath-based Polamco has received an undisclosed sum from Barclays to invest in new state-of-the-art manufacturing and production machinery, as well as extending its storage facility. The company, a leading design and manufacturer of interconnect electronic components, employs 136 people in Bath providing custom made components worldwide to a wide portfolio of industries, including aerospace,...
More couples are starting their own businesses together, often ploughing in redundancy pay-outs. But what happens if the love fades? Bath Business News Expert Panel member Rebecca Silcock from Bath-based Mogers solicitors explains. Since the recession started we have seen a growth in the number of start-up businesses with couples working for themselves. Frequently...
Bath’s Abbey Hotel and Modern ArtBuyer, the city-based online art sales website, are to stage ‘Art in Fashion’, an exhibition to coincide with the much-anticipated, annual Bath in Fashion event. The exhibition, which will run throughout April, is part of the hotel’s focus on ensuring an elegant and exciting stay for its guests. The...
A host of world-famous authors including J K Rowling and Hilary Mantel are preparing to descend of Bath as final preparations for the city’s renowned 10-day Literary Festival get underway. With more than 170 events scheduled at venues across the city, this year’s inspirational Independent Bath Literary Festival looks set to beat last year’s...
University of Bath researchers believe they have made a breakthrough in converting captured carbon dioxide into a useful fuel and so reducing the harmful impact of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. Carbon capture and storage is seen as one of the most promising solutions to global warming, but the Bath research team now...
The University of Bath is set to receive a share of a £12m Government grant aimed at improving the UK’s manufacturing competitiveness. The money will be used to fund research aimed at introducing the use of the very latest ICT developments, including cloud computing, crowdsourcing, gaming technology, and ICT dashboards and platforms, to provide...
The West’s small to medium-sized manufacturers are encouragingly positive in their outlook with nearly two thirds (64%) expecting to increase turnover over the next six months, according to the latest Barometer survey by the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS). This confidence – a rise of 23% from the same quarter last year – is further...
The Institute of Directors has moved its South West regional headquarters to the Bristol & Bath Science Park. IoD director general Simon Walker visited the new offices where he met regional IoD representatives including South West chairman Richard Ayre, South West director Simon Face and regional staff, along with the Bristol & Bath Science...
Two family law experts from Bath have become the first in the city to qualify as family arbitrators. John Brownrigg and Jon Toogood, partners at Bath law firms Stone King and Withy King respectively, will become members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and two of a select band of 75 family arbitrators nationwide....
