Bath’s Theatre Royal has won the award for best small commercial building in the 2011 LABC National Building Excellence Awards, which took place in London earlier this week. The submission by Bath architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studions beat 12 other shortlisted entrants from all the other LABC regions in the UK and follows the...
The Government should introduce a Young Britain Credit to encourage firms to recruit young people and prevent the UK creating a “lost generation” of jobless youngsters, the head of the CBI has told West business. Speaking at the CBI South West’s annual dinner in Bristol last night, John Cridland said incentivising business through tax...
West of England firms doing business in Zurich will be able to fly direct to the Swiss financial centre when a new a three-times-a-week service from Bristol Airport launches next month. Helvetic Airways launches the flights on December 5 with tickets costing from £145 return. The service will give business and leisure travellers the...
Innovative Bath business talent comes to the fore today at Venturefest, the showcase event at the Bristol & Bath Science Park. The event aims to bring together new technology and innovation-based business ideas with the funding and support they require to help them grow. Core to Venturefest is the Innovation Showcase where new businesses...
Luxury goods brand Mulberry, automotive supplier DTR VMS and Bath Tourism are to receive financial aid under the Government’s £950m Regional Growth Fund – but the way the cash is allocated has been criticised by the area’s leading business organisation. The three are among nearly 120 businesses, councils, educational establishments and projects across England...
Around 2,000 skilled jobs have been put at risk by the cuts to a key incentive for renewable energy announced by the Government yesterday, according to experts at Regen SW, the region’s green energy group. It claims the cuts, proposed in the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) consultation and review of Feed-in...
More 350 of the South West’s senior business figures will gather this Thursday for the CBI South West’s annual dinner when the keynote speaker will CBI director-general John Cridland. The black tie event at The Marriott City Centre Hotel, Bristol, will also hear from Major General Andy Salmon CMG OBE. The C Group co-founder...
SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist software developer, looks set to gain significant business from the £1bn British Army Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle upgrade programme announced last week by Prime Minister David Cameron. As a member of the Warrior Transformation Team with special responsibility for the electronics architecture, SciSys representatives were present when the selection of Lockheed Martin...
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has extended its South West and South Wales team with the appointment of Paul Harvey as business development director. Paul joins the Bristol-based team after six years at the helm of Barclays Corporate in the South West and brings with him 30 years’ experience in corporate banking. Paul will focus...
Social enterprises and charities from across the South West will get the advice and expertise they need to compete, flourish and grow at a unique one-day exhibition staged tomorrow. The exhibition at the UWE Bristol Exhibition and Conference Centre is hosted by the university’s Bristol Business School in partnership with the Social Enterprise Mark...
