Six months ago Roger Saul, founder of the iconic luxury goods brand Mulberry, launched the first phase of a regeneration scheme to transform a former Somerset mill and one-time home to Babycham, into a unique designer shopping outlet. Here Anne Gorringe examines the fascinating history and bright future of the Kilver Court. The...
SciSys, the hi-tech software company with offices in Bristol and Reading and headquarters in Chippenham, has racked up orders worth 12m euros for its Space Division – a leading supplier of spacecraft ground software systems and onboard software to the European Space Agency (ESA) and many other customers worldwide. The division has been selected...
Bath’s economy will be boosted by a new ‘city deal’ initiative announced this week by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, according to lobbying group Business West. But it says the plan does not go far enough and should include region-wide mayors. The aims is to shift the power from Whitehall to core UK cities...
Bath retailer Aranais has re-launched its range of specialist skin care products with a new brand identity, redesigned website and new product labelling. Aranais, an artisan retailer based in the Guildhall Market, is owned by husband-and-wife team Robert and Anna Morgan. Launched last year, it sells its own unique range of natural face and...
Pre-tax profits have gone through the roof at West-based Mulberry, the luxury fashion brand famous for its iconic handbags. They were up 231% from £4.7m to £15.6m in the six months to September 30. The AIM-quoted group said today that total sales increased by 62% to £72.3m while like-for-like retail sales grew 44%. "Our strategy to focus...
The debate about how Bath and the West of England will develop over the next 40 years is kick-started this afternoon with the launch of a book looking at the region in the year 2050. Called High in Hope, the book presents the main ideas generated through the Bristol 2050 project which over the...
Confidence levels among firms in Bath and the West are tumbling as the outlook for 2012 deteriorates further, two gloomy surveys showed this week. Manufacturers, who have generally experienced good trading conditions this year, expect output and orders to decline next year while overall business confidence is falling on fears of a double-dip recession....
Bath banker Ryan Thomas has raised just under £12,000 for schools in a remote part of Kenya with his latest cycling feat – a gruelling 15-day, 1,485-mile trek from the UK to Rome. Ryan, who works for Barclays Corporate in Queen Square and has completed a number of charity bike rides for Maji Safi...
Helvetic Airways became the 12th scheduled airline operating from Bristol Airport when it launched a new route linking Zurich, Switzerland's financial centre, with the South West. Helvetic passengers benefit from seven days free of charge in the long stay car park until the end of January. Helvetic Airways has also announced a ‘skis...
The Bath office of Target Accountants, which went into administration last week, has been bought by Bishop Fleming, the accountancy firm with the widest spread of offices in the South West. The move has saved the jobs of three partners and more than 40 jobs at Target, whose offices in Bath, Reading and Rugby...
