The people of the UK are making extraordinary efforts to limit the health impact of Covid-19. NHS staff, aided by carers and volunteers, are doing sterling work in the face of unprecedented pressures. Families, friends, and neighbours are rallying round those who are ill or isolating themselves. And thousands of businesses are safeguarding the...
Bath area hospice Dorothy House is urgently seeking support from city businesses to help it step up its response to the national health emergency triggered by coronavirus pandemic. It has launched its Stepping Up Support appeal to raise funds for its clinical teams to provide extra care for the community in response to rising...
Future, the Bath-based media group, is set to axe six of its titles and cut its freelance budget as the coronavirus pandemic devastates sales of print magazines. The group’s Official Xbox Magazine, which it has published for nearly 20 years and at one time was among its flagship titles, is understood to be one...
Bath-based specialist finance provider 1pm has joined calls for the government to let non-bank lenders like itself join funding schemes aimed at helping businesses cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. While such lenders provide a third of all UK consumer credit and a third of funding to businesses for investment in plant,...
Advanced engineering group AB Dynamics has appointed the former group finance director of the company behind the Williams Formula One racing as a non-executive director. Louise Evans, who was most recently finance director at shipping services firm Braemar, joins AB’s board next week. She will also chair the firms audit and risk committee. AB...
Bath-based financial planning firm Unividual has teamed up with the charity MyBnk to help educate children and young people on how to manage their finances. The Money Mondays campaign, which launched this week, aims to give young people the best start in life when it comes to their savings. Taking place weekly on Unividual’s social...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at . . . How to access coronavirus support schemes Details on how to apply for emergency measures. Find out here if this applies to you Five personal tax changes...
Fast-growing Bath-based specialist PR, communications and content agency Clearly has expanded its team further with the appointment of three new staff. Stephanie Brown has joined as PR account manager, Aino Rantala as digital marketing executive, while Lindsey Purser has become the agency’s new office manager. Clearly was launched in 2014 by experienced PR and editorial consultant Paul MacKenzie-Cummins...
Thrings’ commercial property partner Fionnuala Nolan and property litigation partner Michael Tatters consider the impact of the recently introduced Coronavirus Act on commercial property owners, their tenants, funders and investors. The UK government has enacted the Coronavirus Act with the purpose of defending its people and economy against the accelerating threat of COVID-19. The...
Three-quarters of South West firms were hit by the coronavirus pandemic in the first two weeks of March, according to a new survey which also shows the outbreak has triggered a marked fall in businesses confidence in the region. Lloyds Bank’s Business Barometer – a monthly survey of more than 1,000 companies carried out...
