HSBC has made a number of key appointments to its Bristol and Bath Commercial Centre, bringing in Nick Stork and Chris Jones as area commercial director and deputy area commercial director respectively. The team has also been bolstered by Paul Williams’ appointment as senior international commercial manager and Lee Newman as senior commercial manager....
Bath Ales holds its annual Biking Bonanza on Saturday June 9 to raise money for the FAB (Frenchay After Burns) Children’s Club – with participants in the 13-mile ride being offered a halfway stop for a barbecue at the brewer’s new head office. Hare House in Warmley is the mid-point on the Bristol and...
Business confidence in the region has rebounded strongly in the past three months, according to an upbeat report. The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) soared from a low of minus18.4 to plus16.6 in the second quarter of this year. The uplift follows a steadily worsening trend over the previous three quarters...
Monday May 28 FINALS Aveva Group, Entertainment One Ltd. (DI), First Derivatives, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (DI), Max Property Group, Phoenix IT Group, Volex AGMS GLOBO, Matrix European Real Estate Inv Trust Ltd., Polyus Gold International Ltd GDR (Level I) TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Origin Enterprises Tuesday May 29 INTERIMS Brewin Dolphin Holdings, Topps Tiles FINALS...
Accountants Bishop Fleming have secured a better office for its recently-acquired Bath operation. Having secured the business of Target Accountants in Bath, Bishop Fleming has taken a 10-year lease on Minerva House to provide growth space for the firm's new Bath office, which is now the biggest accountancy firm in the city. Located next...
Dragon’s Den star and entrepreneur Theo Paphitis personally launched the Bath outlet for his boutique lingerie brand Boux Avenue – and warned retailers that they must change or go bust. The Southgate store is the 12th opened by Boux Avenue – Mr Paphitis’ return to the lingerie market after he sold La Senza to private equity firm...
The Bath Priory Hotel has collected the Gold Award for the Best Small Hotel of the Year at this week’s prestigious Visit England Awards for Excellence. The win was another accolade for the luxury boutique hotel which, earlier this year, come first in the Best Small Hotel and Taste of the West categories in...
The UK slumped deeper into recession than initially thought in the first three months of this year as the construction industry continued to underperform, bleak figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed today. The ONS said the economy shrank by 0.3% between January and March, more than an initial estimate of a...
Bath financial services firm Fidelius has appointed Jim Grant as chief executive officer to lead a major growth strategy. Jim, who sold Chartwell Group in 2010, has made a major investment into the business and plans to reshape and grow the business’ proposition, significantly raising its profile. He intends to recruit key people specifically...
In an innovative collaboration between Komedia in Bath and City Screen Picturehouse Cinemas, The Little Theatre Cinema is to install a new cinema within the award-winning live entertainment venue. The iconic Westgate Street building – formerly the Beau Nash Cinema, the first purpose-built cinema in the West of England – will combine Komedia’s award-winning...
