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 . . . First quarterly MTD for VAT deadline Around 121,000 businesses fell at the first hurdle. Click here for what you need to know Number of non-doms...
The boss of the region’s largest business organisation has again slammed Westminster for “playing political chess” while the health of the economy is in the balance. Phil Smith, pictured, managing director at Business West – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce and the Bath & North East Somerset Initiative – said firms were paying...
The Bath office of national law firm Stone King is continuing its well-established free coffee morning series by offering two free information sessions entitled ‘Helping your family climb the property ladder’. The sessions this time include an evening one to enable those who work or have commitments during the day to attend. Guest speakers...
Monday August 26 Bank holiday Tuesday August 27 Interims: Bank of Cyprus Holdings, Jadestone Energy, Puretech Wednesday August 28 Final: Loungers Interims: Arix Bioscience, Headlam Trading announcement: Diploma Economic announcement: BRC shop price index Thursday August 29 Final: Hays Interims: Chesnara, Churchill China, Eddie Stobart, James Fisher and Sons, Hunting, Rosseti, Gym Group Friday August 30 Interims: BBGI, Cathay Intl, Emis, Grafton...
Bath-based beauty start-up Shakeup Cosmetics has received equity investment from a pair of established entrepreneurs as it prepares to launch a range of innovative skincare products for men. Sally Preston, managing director of Kiddylicious, the UK’s fastest-growing children’s food firm, and its commercial director Neil Mather will support Shakeup’s founders Jake Xu and Shane...
Somerset-based luxury fashion brand Mulberry has appointed Ted Baker board member Charles Anderson as its new group finance director. Charles will join Mulberry, which has its headquarters and a factory at Chilcompton and is best known for its designer leather bags, in October. His appointment comes following Mulberry crashing to a £5m pre-tax loss...
National law firm Stone King is calling on Bath businesses to help its local office with a community initiative to keep the city clean. The Bath Litter Pick is part of an initiative by the firm, with its offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds and London also staging similar rubbish round-ups. Stone King’s commitment to...
Canadian software company Descartes Systems Group is to relocate one of its UK offices as it continues to expand. The multinational technology company has moved its office in Chippenham from Avon Reach to nearby Bewley House to accommodate its larger team. The firm, which specialises in logistics software and services, has expanded having recently...
Bath fintech firm i4C Technology, which has become a market leader in digital cashflow modelling just two years after launch, is predicting further growth after being acquired by a major specialist software company. i4C Technology was founded in 2017 by Bath-based serial entrepreneur Mark Harman and provides financial planning software tools and cashflow modelling...
Bath-based financial planning firm Unividual has joined a national campaign aimed at overcoming the difficulties women face when planning their financial future. Called ‘Insuring Women’s Futures’, the campaign has been instigated by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) to tackle the male-dominated industry’s attitude of treating women in a way that tends to alienate them. ...
