Bath-based Stone King has appointed Lucy Smith as an associate solicitor in its fast-growing family law team. Lucy joins from Bristol City Council where she worked as a child protection lawyer for five years. Prior to this she spent a decade working as a criminal defence lawyer specialising in representing youth defendants. Lucy is...
Lawyers from Mogers solicitors in Bath swapped the courtroom for the classroom as part of their support for this year’s Ted’s Big Day Out. The firm sponsored the annual fund-raising day for the Forever Friends Appeal at Bath’s Royal United Hospital, which is raising £5m for a new cancer centre, with staff taking Ted...
The BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner is to be guest speaker at this year’s CBI South West annual dinner next month. He replaces fellow BBC journalist and world affairs correspondent John Simpson, who was originally booked to make the keynote speech to around 500 of the region’s most senior business figures. Mr Gardner, a...
The South West’s first dedicated media make-up school is officially launched in Bath today with a showcase of Halloween-themed exhibits. Bath Academy of Media MakeUp (BAMM) is the brainchild of experienced make-up artist Melanie Crump, who was born and raised locally. She chose the city to launch the business, which will offer training in...
Accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which opened an office in Bath last December, is celebrating growing by 28% over the past year and taking on an additional 74 staff. The expansion confirms its title as Britain’s fastest-growing Top 50 accountants. The firm now operates out of seven offices – having added Bath and Worcester during...
The economy has emerged from recession, official figures out today show. The economy grew by 1%, in the three months from July to September, helped by the Olympic Games. The Office for National Statistics said that Olympic ticket sales had added 0.2 percentage points to the gross domestic product figures (GDP). Today’s figures end...
Bath law firm Withy King has provided legal advice to specialist software firm Intergraph (UK) in its successful bid to secure a multi-million euro contract with Irish electricity distributor ESB Networks. Under the contract, Swindon-based Intergraph will implement its leading-edge, map-based software to support the planning, design, construction and day-to-day operations of ESB’s network. Intergraph...
Up to 50 jobs are to be created in Bath with the opening in December of Bath Ales’ Graze Bar, Brewery and Chophouse in the city’s new Vaults restaurant quarter. The 5,000 sq ft venue – Bath Ales’ largest outlet to date – will include a micro-brewery and two alfresco dining areas seating up...
Shares in international luxury leather goods group Mulberry, best known for its upmarket bags, slumped this morning by 23% after it warned that annual profits are likely to be lower, partly due to a sales slowdown in the Far East. The group, based in Chilcompton, near Midsomer Norton, said its wholesale shipments were down...
Bristol Airport boss Robert Sinclair today outlined a five-point plan to boost regional air travel as a way of easing congestion in the South East and overcoming the political wrangle over a third runway at Heathrow. Launching the report at a high-profile air travel industry event in London, Mr Sinclair said, if implemented, its...
