Bath’s Visitor Information Centre and the VisitBath website clocked up records over the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend as the city came alive with street parties, concerts, exhibitions and an influx of tourists. Nearly 9,000 people walked through the doors of the visitor information centre over the four-day period – the highest number so far....
Former DHL International managing director David Coles has joined the board of Bath Building Society as a non-executive director. Mr Coles, a long-time Bath resident, brings a wealth of experience at a senior level in marketing, retailing and consumer goods to an already diverse management board. Mr Coles’ career took him from the marketing...
Accountants Old Mill are closing their Shepton Mallet office, where the firm was founded more than 80 years ago, to move to a new carbon-friendly building six miles away in Wells. Work has already started on the 18,000 sq ft office on Cathedral Park which will be powered by photovoltaic panels, heated and cooled...
1pm, the Bath-based specialist funder, expects to report a “significant improvement” in its trading performance for the year ended May 31, it told shareholders. The firm, which provides asset finance facilities to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), said it achieved another year of growth while levels of new business written in May were £700,000-plus,...
Housebuilder Skanska Residential is to develop up to 45 homes on a 4.2-acre former Ministry of Defence site at Lansdown on the outskirts of Bath. The firm, part of the giant Swedish construction and development group Skanska, is to work with award-winning Bath architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio to develop concepts and plans for...
Monday June 11 FINALS First Property Group, Flybe Group, Latchways, Software Radio Technology AGMS Ashley (Laura) Holding, Graphite Enterprise Trust, Hansteen Holdings, Roxi Petroleum, Trader Media East Ltd GDR (Reg S), Walcom Group (DI), Zhejiang Expressway Co 'H' Shares Tuesday June 12 INTERIMS Gooch & Housego, Pressure Technologies, Terrace Hill Group FINALS Carclo, CML...
Design houses and businesses with an interest in new and upcoming designers are being invited to a special viewing on Monday evening of Bath School of Art and Design’s 2012 textile design for fashion and interiors degree show. Covering a range of knit, embroidery and print work, the show is the finale of the...
West manufacturers are continuing to take advantage of growth opportunities in emerging markets and the strength of the aerospace and automotive industries, according to the latest sector survey released today. However, the continuing problems in the eurozone and a lack of domestic demand are leading to a mixed forecast for the next three months...
West Country rockers Reef, Star Wars Storm Troopers and the late Apple chief Steve Jobs may sound an unlikely combination but Bath creative sector workers can find out why they all play a role in protecting Intellectual Property (IP) at a one-off event next week. Staged by Creative Bath, Money for Nothing: Protecting your...
A marked drop in operating margins helped push down annual pre-tax profits by 59% at CEPS, the Bath-based diversified industrial group whose products span body armour to swimwear. Net revenues at the group, which emerged from the refinancing of Bristol footwear firm Dinkie Heel eight years ago, edged down by 9.3% to £7.8m –...
