Bath-headquartered regional law firm RWK Goodman has advised the shareholders of a specialist UK chemical company on its acquisition by the market’s global leader. The RWK Goodman team worked with Monarch Group, a leading distributor of commodity and agricultural chemicals, on the sale to German-based international player Brenntag. Kent-headquartered Monarch, which was established in 1989, is...
Monday September 2 Interims: Concurrent Technologies, Ashtead Technology Holdings Trading announcement: Kainos Group Economic announcements: PMI manufacturing, Nationwide house price index Tuesday September 3 Finals: Manolete Partners, Alumasc Group, Craneware Interims: Midwich Group, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Getbusy, STV Group, Michelmersh Brick Holdings Trading announcement: Smith (DS) Economic announcement: Retail sales Wednesday September 4 Final: Barratt Developments Interims: Cairn Homes, Hilton Food Group, Cab...
A Bath-headquartered firm aiming to use hi-tech sailing vessels to generate green energy at sea has raised £4.65m to fund its next stage of growth. DRIFT Energy will use the investment to start production of the pioneering, high-performance vessels next year. The firm eventually hopes to deploy a fleet of ‘DRIFT ships’, pictured, to...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week, Rebecca Dennis, partner at Goughs Solicitors, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: Despicable Me 4. I have a 10-year-old son. A new nemesis for Gru. The tension was not...
Small business confidence in the South West has dropped again after surge of positivity earlier in the year, according to new research. The latest regional quarterly survey by the Britain’s biggest business group, the Federation of Small Businesses, reveals a sharp decline in optimism – by 30 percentage points – over the summer. This...
Bath area tech business founders and investors are being invited to take part in a second West of England-focussed trade mission to Hong Kong following the success of the inaugural visit last year. Staged by Tech West England Advocates, the not-for-profit tech community for the region, last year’s mission helped participants develop links with...
