A unique business knowledge hub to help Bath and the West of England’s small and medium-sized enterprises grow is to be launched next month. The West of England Growth Hub will offer users access to an extensive, connected network of business knowledge and skills partners. The platform, which is still in its final stages...
The West of England’s small and medium-sized firms are leading the UK for job creation with more than two thirds planning to recruit more staff and SME manufacturers are committed to investing in their workforce over the next 12 months, according to two new surveys. The upbeat findings, from the latest HSBC Commercial Banking...
The continued success of Bath-based specialist lender 1pm and its chief operating officer has been recognised in a prestigious industry awards scheme. 1pm landed the title of Independent Lessor of the Year while Maria Lewis, pictured, was presented with the Editor’s Choice accolade at the Annual Leasing World Awards 2015, held in London recently....
Bath charity Send a Cow is working with coffee shop chain Starbucks on a nationwide fundraising campaign to support farmers on smallholdings in rural Africa. Nearly 700 Starbucks across the UK are aiming to raise £650 each for The Big Cow Project – the equivalent of a dairy cow that can change lives for...
Chase de Vere, the national financial advice firm with an office in Bath, has been named as one of the Top 25 financial planning companies by a leading information site for the sixth successive year. Thewealthnet, which provides real-time news for the global wealth management and private banking industries, uses quantitative research and qualitative...
The BBC must evolve to meet the challenges of an increasingly digital media landscape but must also be valued for future generations, one of its senior managers told West business leaders at the annual CBI regional dinner. Jenny Baxter, pictured, who as chief operating officer, BBC England, is in charge of the BBC’s Bristol...
Historic Somerset aggregates and asphalt firm Wainwright is to extend its reach across the South West with the construction of an £8.5m state-of-the-art plant. The asphalt production facility on a 4.5-acre site at Avonmouth, near Bristol, is set to launch early next year. Funded through finance from Barclays, it will give Wainwright, based at...
Specialist lender Together, which provides growth finance to niche markets, has appointed a regional development director to help West of England businesses and entrepreneurs gain vital access to funding. Paul Chadney, pictured, has more than 27 years’ experience in the finance industry and will cover a region stretching from Hampshire to Cornwall. He previously...
Long-standing automotive learning and development agency RTS Group has changed hands in a management buyout (MBO). Managing director Malcolm Miller, along with fellow directors John Brannigan, Alison Noble, Kat Searle and Jess Starley, have bought the Chippenham-based business from founder and chairman Richard Wells. They plan to grow the company, including relocating it to...
Firms will want assurances that the business rates reform announced by the Chancellor this week will not more higher taxes. That’s the view of Business West, the region’s largest business organisation representing 16,000 firms and which runs the Bath Chamber of Commerce. George Osborne made the surprise announcement at the Conservative Party conference that...
