Valuable business resources have been concentrated too much on start-ups and not enough on helping young businesses to grow, according to Tim Lerwill, corporate director at Wiltshire accountancy firm Old Mill. “It is probable that in the recent past too much help has been focused on helping small companies to start up and...
Monday June 25 FINALS Bango, City of London Group, Cohort AGMs Andes Energia, Anglo Asian Mining, Coca-Cola HBC S.A., Condor Resources, Crawshaw Group, Energetix Group, European Islamic Investment Bank, HydroDec Group, Open Joint Stock Company Inter Rao Ues GDR RegS, Oxus Gold, Pactolus Hungarian Property, Panmure Gordon & Co, SeaEnergy, Westside Investments, YCO Group...
Regional airports such as Bristol are essential for the UK’s economy and business success, Transport Secretary Justine Greening said this morning as she officially opened three new aircraft stands at the airport – the first of more than 30 projects worth around £150m which will enable growth over the next decade. The new stands...
Bath's recently refurbished Holburne Museum and the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Intensive Care are among the winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) South West Architecture Awards 2012. The museum, which was named RIBA Regional Building of the Year award, reopened last May after a £11.2m refurbishment while the £6.1m Dyson Centre,...
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...
