Lawyers trained in mediation at Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King have been helping a growing number of people with relationship difficulties caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. The firm said mediation – a procedure by which parties discuss disputes with an impartial trained mediator to help reach a settlement – has become increasingly helpful...
Bath’s Apex Hotel is taking bookings ahead of reopening later this month with social distancing and other measures in place to safeguard guests. The 177-bed, £50m hotel is one of four hotels in the 10-strong national Apex chain due to come out of lockdown on July 20. Apex said the reopening date – around the...
A coronavirus business bounce-back campaign to encourage UK food and drink producers to break into overseas markets is being spearheaded by the South West’s largest business organisation. Hampers full of British artisan food and drink are being sent all over the world as part of the Business West-led campaign, which was chosen by government...
Regional law firm Thrings has appointed two senior associates - succession and tax expert Gavin Smith and commercial property specialist Natalie Day – to advise the firm’s fast-growing portfolio of land development and private wealth clients. Gavin, who joins Thrings’ Bath office, advises on all aspects of private client law, including succession and estate planning, tax,...
Bath’s small businesses are being offered the chance to get free help to manage their finances in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to a new programme launched by West of England Mayor Tim Bowles. The accountancy support programme is being delivered in partnership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and...
With the grim toll of the coronavirus pandemic on manufacturing jobs becoming clearer, firms in the sector in Bath are being urged to share how they are coping with the huge challenges by taking part in a key survey. The results of the last quarterly Manufacturing Barometer survey of England’s small and medium-sized manufacturers...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has teamed up with a company providing management toolkits for care providers to create a comprehensive care home registration pack. The pack, which will be free to download, includes all the necessary tools to successfully register a new CQC (Care Quality Commission) regulated social care organisation in a...
Bath’s four-star Lansdown Grove Hotel has been put on the market with a £8m-plus price tag just over a month after its parent group went into administration. The 61-room hotel, pictured, on Lansdown Road was part of the Country Living Hotel group, whose overall owner the Specialist Leisure Group, which ceased trading in May...
Students at Bath Spa University studying for an MA in Children’s Publishing have teamed up with inclusive children’s publisher Knights Of to create an e-book edition of a debut novel. A Kind of Spark by neurodivergent Scottish author Elle McNicoll tells the story of 11-year-old Addie’s campaign for a memorial of the witch trials...
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