The corporate finance team at regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has advised the shareholders of a fire safety specialist business on its sale to one of Europe’s largest fire-protection engineering companies. The acquisition of Worcester-headquartered Compco Fire Systems adds £40m to Irish group Writech’s revenue and continues its...
Bath-headquartered financial advice firm Unividual has appointed its first director to focus on developing its staff as it plans for its next phase of strategic growth. Greg Harris, pictured, who has taken on the role of development director, has been involved with the family-owned firm for more than seven years, five of those as...
Two farm shops based within a few miles of each other on the outskirts of Bath have been crowned as winners in a national awards scheme that champions the best in the industry. Flourish Foodhall & Kitchen in Saltford – which opened less than a year ago – triumphed in the Rising Star of...
More than £10,000 has been donated by Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal in aid of Ukraine. The donation from the firm’s charitable arm, the Stone King Foundation, was made as millions of people are being displaced following the brutal Russian invasion of the country. Stone King,...
Haulage and warehouse firm Willmotts Transport has secured multi-million pound funding from NatWest to almost double its warehouse capacity. The firm, which was founded in 1918 and today specialises in the fast-moving consumer goods market, has more than 100 vehicles in its fleet and 150-plus staff providing storage and distribution services to a range of...
As the end of the 2021/22 tax year approaches on 5 April, it is also a good time to review your affairs, making the most of opportunities to maximise your income and minimise your tax. Some tax planning may require action to be taken before 5 April. Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden highlights a...
Home working was imposed by necessity and has been a success. It is now the norm. Now nearly half of all employers are offering regular homeworking to more than half the workforce. The simple fact is that it’s all great news for business in terms of reducing the costs of leasing office premises and...
Monday March 7 Finals: Clarkson, MTI Wireless Edge, Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Tuesday March 8 Finals: Capital & Regional, M&G, Greggs, Bakkavor Group, Capricorn Energy, Gresham Technologies, H&T Group, Midwich, Robert Walters, Keller, Made.com, Wood Group, Bango, Convatec Group, Domino's Pizza, Fresnillo, Glenveagh Properties, Engage XR Holdings, Direct Line Insurance Group, Johnson Service Group Q3 result: Ashtead...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Kate Pullinger, professor of creative writing and digital media at Bath Spa University, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Ghostbusters Afterlife. The director of the original Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman, died recently – I keep...
A team of corporate and employment lawyers from Bath-headquartered Royds Withy King has advised on a major cross-border deal in the drinks canning industry. Ireland-headquartered Bevcraft Group, which has mobile canning, can distribution and decoration facilities in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands, acquired competitor Them That Can with advice provided by Royds Withy...
