Bath-based marine survey group GEMS has gone into administration following the loss of major contracts. Some 132 staff across the group, which also has bases in Devizes, Gravesend and Middlesbrough, have been made redundant. Zelf Hussain, Rob Hunt and Rob Lewis of accountants PwC were appointed joint administrators last week. They have kept on...
Atlas Genetics, the Trowbridge-based diagnostic company developing ultra-rapid point-of-care (POC) tests for a range of infectious diseases, is to collaborate with the Health Protection Agency to assess the potential benefits of using its system to detect chlamydia. Atlas will help develop a user-friendly tool to model the costs, benefits and uncertainties of POC testing...
Bath Ales has officially opened its flagship Graze Bar, Brewery & Chophouse in the city’s new Vaults development. At more than 5,000 sq ft and with capacity to serve 140 diners at a time, it is the independent brewer’s largest outlet yet. Graze Bath is also the first time the brewer has included a...
Handelsbanken, the fast-growing Swedish-owned bank with more than 140 UK branches, is to open a regional head office in Bristol. The soon-to-open base will support an expanding network of local branches across the region which offer bespoke banking services to corporate and individual customers. The South West is the fourth region to be established in the...
Retailers in Bath are hoping for an all-important sales boost in the crucial dozen days left to Christmas from tomorrow – by offering shoppers a host of special offers and the chance to win £1,000 worth of prizes. More than 40 shops have stayed open late night over the past three Thursdays and this...
Bath law firm Withy King has launched a trust company to act as executors of wills and trustees of trusts as well as to manage the financial, property, social and welfare affairs of clients who are no longer able to manage their own affairs. Withy King Trust Company will fulfil many roles, including acting...
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Work is underway on the £600,000 project to create a new, larger lounge at Bristol Airport. When it opens next spring the Aspire by Servisair lounge will be 50% larger than the existing lounge and offer an improved service for business and leisure passengers with greater levels of comfort in a stylishly-designed environment. Kitchen...
Former dentist Dr Chris Evans has joined Bath law firm Withy King’s dental negligence practice on the back of rising numbers of complaints from unhappy patients. Dr Evans, pictrured, who worked as a dentist for 14 years before qualifying as a solicitor, has joined Withy King as it deals with more than 50 inquiries...
Budding young entrepreneurs are being offered help to start up in business thanks to a new scheme launched in the South West. The Start-Up Loans scheme aims to help anyone aged between 18 and 24 years old to ‘free the business in you’. The £82.5m national scheme was launched by the Government and Dragons’...
