Bath firms will be guided through the latest changes to the UK’s innovation incentive landscape in an online event staged by accountancy firm Smith & Williamson next week. The Zoom webinar will highlight new rules around the Patent Box regime, which came into force on June30, as well as the recent government consultation on Research And Development (R&D) Tax relief. It is targeted at professionals...
Bath’s Christmas Market is to be extended for an additional seven days this year to support stallholders and traders and the city’s retail and hospitality sectors as they look to recover from the impact of Covid-19 on their businesses. It is the first time in the market’s 20-year history that it will run for...
A University of Bath senior lecturer has been recognised as one of the UK’s top 50 women in engineering for her work on improving personal protective equipment for women – an issue brought into sharp focus by the Covid pandemic. Debbie Janson’s Women’s Engineering Society award highlights her research at the university’s Department of...
Invoice financier Advantedge Commercial Finance has appointed Ruth Bethel as its business development manager for the South West. Ruth, pictured, has re-joined the business having previously spent three years with it as regional sales manager before leaving four years ago. In her new role she will be responsible for leading the continued development of the...
As we have mentioned in some of our previous articles, there was a change last year to the reporting and paying of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) in relation to disposals of UK residential property, writes Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden. This change came into effect on April 6, 2020, and with the recent boom...
Monday July 5 Finals: Draper Esprit, Henderson Diversified, Hipgnosis Songs Fund, The Panoply Holdings Interims: Dev Clever Holdings, Porvair Trading announcements: ADVFN, Franchise Brands, Real Estate Investors, Restore, Taylor Maritime Investments, Ultra Electronics Economic announcement: PMI Services Tuesday July 6 Finals: Kinovo, Mercia Assets, Purple Bricks, Totally Interim: RM Trading announcement: Sainsbury (J) Economic announcement: PMI Construction Wednesday July 7 Finals: Adept Technology,...
A business mentor, coach and advisor who spent much of his career in the Bath area’s defence electronics industry has become vice-chair of the Institute of Directors’ South West region. In his new role, Steve Hill, pictured, will support the transition to a new chair later this year when current chair Muir Macdonald steps down...
Nine new directors and a new partner have been appointed by global accountancy group PwC’s West & Wales region as it heads into its new financial year. New audit partner Stuart Couch, pictured, joined PwC in the region as a director in 2014, having been with the firm in London since 2001. Born and educated...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has appointed two new partners to strengthen its family law and property disputes teams. The move commits the firm to further growth in Oxford and across the Thames Valley and involves Paula Green and Vanessa Gardiner joining the property disputes and family law teams respectively. Vanessa, pictured, previously...
As many Coronavirus restrictions will now remain in place until July 19, the government has decided to extend some of the temporary Covid insolvency rules to support struggling businesses. While an extension to the measures is welcome but businesses in distress still face tough months ahead. Originally introduced in March last year, the Corporate...
