Barclays has announced the appointment of Leanne Iles as manager at Milsom Street, Bath, branch. Leanne joined Barclays in 2001 in the Cambridgeshire area and most recently worked as a branch manager for Barclays at Ringwood in Dorset. She will be responsible for a team of 38 people across four branches including the University of...
Response One, the fast-growing Bath-based data marketing group, has been acquired by marketing and printing firm St Ives in a deal reported to be worth up to £19m. Response One, established in 1998 and now employing around 70 staff, produces specialist media buying and sales services, as well as data insight, print management and...
Government spending cuts and the tough economic climate may have impacted on the legal market but a number of Bath firms have performed well despite these conditions. In the education sector, the Legal 500 ranks Stone King in the second tier of this category. The firm has acted on many academy conversions and defended...
A high-flyer from the aerospace sector has been appointed by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, to head up the support it provides to industry across the South West. As the organisation’s new region director, Paul Knight will be responsible for the services delivered to member companies but he will also represent the needs of manufacturing...
EasyJet is to introduce flights from Bristol to Naples, bringing to 43 its number of destinations from the airport. The budget airline, which today raised its full-year profit guidance, said fares on the route would start at £31.99 (one-way, including taxes). The three-times-weekly service will operate from May 12 to September 1 next year....
Bath law firm Thrings is today ranked among the regional heavyweights of the legal sector with rivals Withy King and Stone King named as major players in the market. The latest Legal 500, the legal market’s annual ‘bible’ which is published today, places Thrings, which also has offices in Bristol and Swindon, as one...
Consumer confidence fell to a four-month low in August as the economy continued to struggle, a Nationwide survey has shown. The building society said it was a relief the drop was not bigger during a month when many UK major cities hit by the worst rioting in decades and global economic uncertainty hit share...
From Bristol 24-7 www.bristol247.com The chief executive of South West Screen has been named as the first CEO of the new organisation charged with promoting the film industry in England. Caroline Norbury will take charge of Creative England at the start of October after nine years as head of the regional organisation which funds,...
Scientists from the University's of Bath Department of Biology and Biochemistry have teamed up with Chinese environmental innovation company Aragreen to open an industrial plant in Gloucestershire that uses algae to clean waste water. The pilot project will demonstrate the efficacy of algae as a sustainable water polishing technology, using waste water from a...
Hinton Grange Hotel, the 21-bedroom country hotel near Bath, has been put up for sale by agents Colliers International on behalf of LPA Receiver Jon Cookson. The hotel, which closed in July, is between Bath and the M4 and stands in around six acres of grounds that include a small lake. The agents are...
