Eastern Airways is adding additional flights from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen and Leeds Bradford to attract more business and leisure travellers. The regional airline, the UK’s second-largest regional carrier, will increase services from two to three each weekday to both Aberdeen and Leeds-Bradford from October 3. Eastern Airways’ commercial director Kay Ryan said: “We’re...
Bath-based internet marketing and online lead generation company Attinger Jack Interactive (AJi) has continued its strong growth by taking over discount site Whopaysfullprice.com for an undisclosed sum. AJi, which owns voucher codes website Promocodes.co.uk, said its net profits will go above £1m in the next 12 months as a result of the acquisition. AJi...
Jamie Thompson, a financial planner with accountants Old Mill, has won a prestigious award following an impressive performance in his Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) exams. Jamie, an accredited personal financial specialist (APFS), was presented with the Best Paper – J05 (Pension Income Options) Award at the Insurance Institute of Bristol’s (IIB) 2011 awards evening....
Great Western Ambulance NHS Trust (GWAS) has appointed property advisors GVA to help it modernise its property estate. Chippenham-based GWAS’s 30 sites are spread across Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the West of England and range from state-of-the-art facilities to buildings nearing the end of their economic life. The trust wants...
Wessex Water has won two Green Apple Awards in a national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities. The Bath-based company submitted entries for its catchment management and waste reduction and recycling projects, competing against 500 other nominations for the awards, which are organised by The Green Organisation, an independent group dedicated...
Bath deserves a quality business news service – and that is exactly what this dynamic city will get with the launch of Bath Business News. The website will focus on the innovation and creativity of Bath, its key entrepreneurs and the people and businesses that make the city a forward-looking business centre. Bath Business...
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) will by sponsoring the food hall at the Royal Bath & West Show (June 1-4) for the first time this year, helping to showcase and support the region’s incredible range of local food suppliers in Somerset and the South West. The FSB is proud to lend its support...
Bath has emerged as Britain’s second favourite small city in a new survey. It was pipped to the post by York in a poll of nearly 1,500 people for travel publisher Rough Guides. The survey has been published to coincide with the launch of the new Rough Guide to Yorkshire, although the firm insists...
Government minister Ed Vaizey has sung Bath’s praises as he embarked on a whistle-stop tour of the city’s cultural attractions. The Conservative visited the Holburne Museum, the Fashion Museum, the Museum of East Asian Art and the egg theatre, as well as attending a reception at the Roman Baths. He was able to find...
