A wooden furniture business founded by two friends with a shared passion for their craft has received external validation of its sustainability status in a timber industry certification scheme. Forest to Home gained the accreditation through the Grown in Britain (GIB) Chain of Custody Certification programme, which provides validation of the origin of timber...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Ten coronavirus scams to watch out for UK Finance urges people to be on their guard as scams increase during the pandemic. Click here for more information Housing round-up: Stamp duty, help to buy, discounts Measures to...
Landlords are being failed by government policy despite the lifting this weekend of restrictions on tenant evictions introduced at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, a top property lawyer claims. Jacqui Walton, pictured, a senior paralegal in Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King’s residential property team, said there was unlikely to be an immediate...
Bath has once again proved itself as one of the country’s top visitor destinations in the tourism industry’s leading awards for excellence. The Roman Baths & Pump Room collected two Silvers, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy landed one Silver and Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, on the city’s doorstep at Colerne, also won Silver...
Monday August 17 Interims: BATM Advanced Communications, Horizon Discovery Group, MTI Wireless Edge Tuesday August 18 Final: BHP Group Interims: KAZ Minerals, Marshall Motor, Mears, Permission, TBC Bank Group, Telit Communications Wednesday August 19 Economic announcements: Retail price index, Producer price index, Consumer price index Thursday August 20 Finals: Frasers Group, Van Elle Interims: Antofagasta, Bank of Georgia Group, Churchill...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, is boosting its restructuring team to take account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses. Three members of the 11-strong team have become licensed insolvency practitioners – increasing to four the number holding the title – while it is currently recruiting...
Bath’s first ultra-energy efficient homes are on course to be opened next month by city-based housing association and housebuilder Curo. Curo is building the four Passivhaus-certified houses, pictured, at its 700-home Mulberry Park development on the former Foxhill MoD site on the outskirts of Bath. The three-bedroom homes, which form part of a pilot scheme, will be...
A steep rise in corporate insolvencies linked to the coronavirus pandemic is being predicted for this winter – and could start as early as October. New research from insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 indicates that lack of funds to pay their rent is likely to be the biggest cause of firms getting into...
Monday August 10 Interims: ContourGlobal, Diversified Gas & Oil Economic announcements: Manufacturing production, Index of services, GDP (preliminary), Balance of trade, Industrial production, Gross domestic product Tuesday August 11 Final: Versarien Interims: Amino Technologies, Dominos, JKX Oil & Gas, Plus500, Prudential, SDL, Zotefoams Trading announcements: Cairn Homes, S & U Economic announcements: Retail sales, Claimant count rate, Unemployment rate Wednesday...
The hospitality and leisure sectors across the West of England urgently need more targeted help from the government to avoid devastating closures and job losses, experts today warned. With the sectors employing 40,000 people and contributing £40m to region’s economy, their survival is essential. Yet many commercial landlords are failing to accept their bar and...
