Taking on new staff has become a top priority for businesses as they continue to recover from the imact of the pandemic, according to a survey conducted by Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative finance provider. It found that one in three firms were planning to expand their workforce, with 90% aiming to start the...
A precision engineering firm founded in the 1960s and which now works with some of the region’s largest blue-chip manufacturers is looking forward to a bright future under new ownership. Frome-based Keyford has been acquired by the Edwin Lowe Group of Birmingham for an undisclosed sum in a deal supported by the...
The monthly insolvency statistics published by The Insolvency Service for September show the number of registered company insolvencies were at their highest since the start of the first UK lockdown in March 2020. This is effectively a rebalancing back to normalised insolvency levels across the economy, after the government support measures during the Covid...
Regional accountancy firm Old Mill has relocated its Wiltshire office from Melksham to Chippenham as part of its wider expansion plans. The firm – which also has bases in Exeter, Yeovil and Wells – first opened in Melksham in 2010 following a merger with long-established Wiltshire rural accounting practice L E Bull. The decision...
The administrators of Bath energy supplier Pure Planet, which last week became the latest victim of the wholesale gas price surge, have said their first priority is to support its 235,000 customers. But they also pledged to Pure Planet's 197 staff – none of which have so far been made redundant. Eddie Williams,...
A chain of family-owned pizza restaurants has expanded into Bath after securing funding from Barclays. Bosco Pizzeria successfully launched its third restaurant in Milsom Place, pictured, and is now due to open in Cheltenham shortly as it bounces back from the impact of the pandemic. The group is the brain-child of Miles Johnson, whose holiday...
The founders of Bath-based Pure Planet, which this week became the latest energy supplier to collapse, have hit out at the government over its handling of the crisis. The firm became Britain’s first digital green energy supplier when it was launched in 2015 by some of the UK mobile telecoms industry’s most experienced executives. ...
Renewable power supplier Good Energy has said it remains positive over long-term opportunities in the highly volatile UK energy market due to its experience and its hedging policy. The Chippenham-headquartered firm is 90% hedged for the next 12 months, which its chief executive officer Nigel Pocklington insisted would help limit its exposure to soaring...
Bath-based security, fire and safety systems firm BWS Security is to expand following its sale to an investment company. Established in 1988, BWS supplies, installs, maintains and monitors fire alarms, intruder alarms, CCTV and access control systems for commercial and residential customers, principally across the South West. It is recognised as a leader in customer service and product innovation...
Regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming is to put a new environmental, social and governance strategy at the heart of the firm following it joining the UK’s largest membership organisation dedicated to responsible business. The firm, which has an office in Bath, is undertaking what it called “a thorough, diagnostic process” to implement the strategy. It...
