Bath accountancy firm Richardson Swift has taken on more staff and additional office space as demand for its specialist business advice and payroll services grows. Among the new joiners are associate director Tom Baines, who arrives from Berkeley Hamilton in Gloucester, where he was an associate partner. Prior to this Tom, who has more...
Business organisation the CBI, which had lobbied hard for the UK to remain in the EU, called for “strong and calm leadership” from the Government to ensure economic stability as Brexit kicks in. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn described the vote as a “momentous turning point” in the country’s history. “The country has spoken and it’s...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, called on the government to immediately commit to negotiate the best deal possible for British firms following the referendum result. Failing to do that could risk jeopardising new investment from the many overseas firms that have chosen to base themselves in the region to give them access...
Business leaders from across the region were recognised at the Institute of Directors 2016 Director of the Year Awards. Simon Barbato, founder and CEO of Bath-based brand, digital and marketing agency was named South West Director of the Year. Other winners were: James Piper of Ecosurety in Bristol (Young Director), Brady George of Keynsham-based Almeda...
Two high-quality warehouse units on one of Bath’s key industrial estates have come onto the market. Units 2 and 3 on The Maltings Industrial Estate in Brassmill Lane offer almost 15,000 sq ft of prime commercial space between them. They are being marketed by the Bath office of property agents Carter Jonas following a...
Civil engineering and waste management firm M J Church has strengthened its management team with a number of new appointments. Fiona Powell has joined the Marshfield-based company as business information systems and technology manager, Terry O’Callaghan as recruitment and training manager and Carol Heneghan as marketing and business development manager. Also recently appointed are...
Keynsham-based property group Andrews’ use of social media and its commitment to local communities earned it a hat-trick of trophies at the prestigious Lettings Agency of the Year Awards. The firm, which has offices across the South of England, landed Bronze in the Large Lettings Agency of the Year category, where it came up...
Bath-based content marketing agency M2 Bespoke has been named among the finalists in a unique competition to find the region’s happiest workplace. M2, based in the beautiful surroundings of Stokewood House at Limpley Stoke, will now line up against four other firms – three from Bristol and one from Swindon – in the final...
Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – of its members...
Commercial property specialist Colliers International’s South West industrial & logistics team has been expanded in response to rising demand for warehouses. Over the past six months the Bristol-based team has been involved in a number of major deals including representing German supermarket group Lidl in its purchase of 33 acres at Avonmouth for a...
