Paperless cloud accountancy firm Purple Lime is celebrating its fifth birthday by taking on two new team members. The Corsham-based firm has made the appointments following a year of growth, including client wins. Hannah Morris has joined as an assistant management accountant while David Pritchard has arrived as a senior manager, bringing with...
National accountancy firm Grant Thornton has expanded its South West and Wales corporate finance advisory team after what it described as an exceptional period of deal activity. Adam Hughes has joined the team from NatWest Structured Finance to lead its debt advisory function while two young dealmakers, James Smart and Thomas Bew, have also...
Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative finance provider, has expanded its national sales presence with the arrival of Jonathan Johnson as a business development manager in its invoice finance team. The firm said the appointment reflected its ambitious growth plans to expand while helping more businesses access the funding they need to grow and...
A boutique hotel near Bath has become the first British venue to join the recently launched WorldHotels Crafted Collection. The Rudloe Arms in Corsham, owned by acclaimed chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White, is one of just eight venues in the prestigious group of luxury hotels. The collection, launched earlier this year, aims...
Bath firms thinking of exporting or taking their international expansion to the next level can sign up to a week of special events hosted by experts. The Department for International Trade (DIT) will stage the first International Trade Week next week, with events – most of them virtual – including business and sector-led activities,...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised on the sale of two specialist dementia care homes by long-standing client, the Wiltshire care provider Equality Care. Family-owned Equality Care, which is based in Trowbridge, sold the homes to Buckinghamshire-based Care Concern Group, which runs more than 50 homes for the elderly across the...
Monday November 8 Interims: Argentex Group, Cake Box Holdings, Sirius Real Estate Q2 result: Phosagro Tuesday November 9 Final: AB Foods Interims: Renewi, Warehouse REIT Trading announcements: Direct Line, Grafton Group, Meggitt, Persimmon, Watches of Switzerland Group Economic announcement: BRC shop price index Wednesday November 10 Interims: Aveva Group, Marks & Spencer, Picton Property Income, Renold, Zoo Digital Group Q3 result: Maxcyte...
Two-thirds of small firms in the South West have no active plan to reduce their impact on the environment, according to a new survey, with many arguing they should receive tax breaks, grants or low interest loans to help them go green. The report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – issued to...
The University of Bath, Bath Spa University and Bath College are teaming up to support TEDxBath’s Inter-Connected 2021 event, which seeks to explore how communities can thrive through the endless possibilities of local and global inter-connections. Inter-Connected, which takes place on November 18 and 19, will discuss topics ranging from range from healthcare...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word. This week Ben Veal, founder and director of purpose-driven PR firm Second Mountain Comms, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Boss Baby 2: Family Business. The first instalment proved to...
