Leading on more than 40 transactions worth a total of £150m-plus over the past year has put Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy Kings’s social care team in the running for a major award. The team has been shortlisted in the ‘Legal Advisers of the Year – Transactional’ category of the influential trade publication Health...
Despite mounting pressure to scrap the increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs), the Prime Minister and Chancellor recently confirmed that they are ‘fully committed’ to introducing the so-called “Health and Social Care Levy” on 6 April 2022, writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. With a planned increase in Corporation Tax also due in just...
Monday February 21 Interims: Finsbury Food Group, Tristel, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Sylvania Platinum Tuesday February 22 Finals: HSBC Holdings, InterContinental Hotels group, Smith & Nephew, Synectics, Coca-Cola HBC, Antofagasta, Thungela Resources, Bank of Georgia Group Interims: Petra Diamonds, Blancco Technology Group, Bluefield Solar Income Fund, Springfield Properties, Hargreaves Lansdown, Oxford Cannabinoid Economic announcements: Claimant count rate, Unemployment rate, Public...
Bath’s newest hotel, the Hampton by Hilton Bath City, welcomed its first guests this week, becoming the latest in a flurry of new openings that have greatly increased the availability of rooms in the city. The seven-storey, 220-bedroom hotel, pictured, built on the site of Bath College’s landmark Ralph Allen Building on James Street...
Ambitious plans have been announced by FinTech West, the body that showcases technology-based financial services firms in the region, including an accelerator project, increased engagement with students and international exposure. FinTech West’s expansion comes as the ecosystem it represents continues on its own growth trajectory, having emerged over the past two years as a...
Global real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its West of England-based UK development and retail investment teams with three new appointments. Director James Blundell and associate director Steph Passey, who both joined from rival firm’s Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office, are now part of CBRE’s UK development and residential capital markets team. Meanwhile Richard...
The founder of a Bath food tour company has been nominated for a major national tourism award. Mike James, pictured, from Savouring Bath, was put forward by Visit West, the body that runs destination marketing organisation Visit Bath, for the annual Tourism Superstar competition. The contest, staged by Visit England, recognises and celebrates the dedication and passion of...
Shareholders in green power supplier Good Energy have seen off an attempt by arch-rival Ecotricity to oust its chairman and prevent the sale of all its wind and solar farms. Ecotricity, which holds a 26.8% stake in Chippenham-headquartered Good Energy, had requested a general meeting of shareholders to vote on removing chairman William Whitehorn...
West of England accountants Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has taken on three former partners of rival Smith & Williamson with more than 60 years at the firm between them. Corporate financiers Martyn Fraser and Matthew Pearson have joined Bishop Fleming’s large corporate finance team while tax specialist Peter Ball has...
Work is underway on the first socially rented council homes in the city for nearly three decades. The Victorian building on Newbridge Hill, formerly used as council offices, is being converted into seven, one and two-bed apartments as one of the first steps in the city’s new council house building programme. The apartments are...
