Newspaper, magazine and book distributor Smiths News has won the prestigious West of England Business of the Year Award – the region’s most coveted business accolade. The Swindon-based firm beat five rival businesses to claim the title in the category for companies turning over more than £25m a year or with 100-plus employees. Collecting...
Following recent successes in Swindon and Bristol, organisers of the Business Growth Show are staging their next event in Gloucestershire this Friday. More than 100 businesses have already registered to attend the show at the Cheltenham Chase Hotel, Brockworth, which promises free networking, a free lunch and free parking. The hotel is sponsoring the...
Cutting paper usage by six million pages a year has put legal document management specialists Canotec and Bristol law firm Bond Pearce in the running for the Best Technology Project at this year’s The Lawyer magazine awards. The new category recognises the positive impact of technology on the legal industry. Bond Pearce and Canotec, whose...
Valldata Group, the Melksham-based outsourcing partner for the charity sector, will find out this evening whether it is one of the winners in this year’s prestigious West of England Business of the Year Awards. The firm is among the four finalists in the category for businesses turning over less than £25m or employing fewer...
Inflation fell to its lowest in two and a half years in May as food and fuel price rises eased. The unexpected fall – from 3% to 2.8% as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) – increases the likelihood that the Bank of England will try to further stimulate the economy as it...
It may still be seven months away but Bath Tourism Plus is calling on local good causes to apply to run the charity stall at this year’s Bath Christmas Market. One of the chalet-style stalls is offered, free of charge, to a different charity each day, giving them the chance to benefit from the...
Chair of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Colin Skellett and Bristol & Bath Science Park chief executive Bonnie Dean are among prominent businesspeople receiving the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Mr Skellett, who is also executive chairman of Bath-based Wessex Water, has been honoured for services to business and...
Serial entrepreneur and former BBC2 Dragons’ Den panellist Doug Richard is among the speakers at a free-to-attend business advice event later this month. 'Save Money, Make Money’ promises to help business owners tackle inefficiencies and boost their profitability and is aimed at fast-growing companies with a focus on the West’s creative industries. It is...
Bath Spa University fashion graduate Chloe Jones took on top fashion students from across the country to walk away with two top prizes worth £21,000 at this year’s national Graduate Fashion Week awards in London. Chloe won both the coveted Gold Award, given by sponsors George and worth £20,000, for the best student...
Herald Electronics, the Midsomer Norton-based sub-contract electronics manufacturer, has gone into administration with the loss of 54 jobs. David Gilbert and Graham Randall of BDO have been appointed joint administrators. They had hoped to arrange a managed wind-down of the business with the support of customers and suppliers but, due to the firm’s heavy...
