Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has strengthened its advice team with the appointment of experienced financial specialist James Butler and additional support staff. James has worked in financial services since 2008 and has managed both advisory and discretionary investment portfolios as well as advising high net worth and not-for-profit clients. He joins Epoch from London-based...
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. Reporting expenses and benefits The deadline for reporting expenses and benefits for tax year 2016/17 is July 6, 2017. Read the full story here State pensions: the major changes Changes to state pension age and national insurance contributions came...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has achieved Platinum Champion Partner status with Xero, the global leader in cloud-based accounting software. The firm, whose Bath office is the city’s largest accountancy practice, is now in the top 2% of Xero accountants. The Bishop Fleming team achieved the milestone as a result of significant growth in the number...
Specialist manufacturer Avon Rubber has ended its six-month search for a new finance director by appointing tobacco group Imperial Brands’ director of finance, planning & reporting to the role. Nick Keveth, pictured, who joins the Melksham-based group on June 1, worked at Bristol-based Imperial Brands (formerly Imperial Tobacco) for 12 years in a number...
It is important that profit extraction strategies for owner-managed companies are reviewed on a regular basis to take in to account changes in circumstances and in tax rates and rules, writes Pearson May partner David Richards. The advent of a new tax year is often an opportune moment to review one’s tax affairs...
Monday 8 May Interim: Numis Trading statements: Centrica, Liberty Global AGMs: Centrica, Costain, Global Graphics, Manchester United, PPHE Hotel, Puretech Health Tuesday 9 May Interims: Cambria Automobiles, Treatt Finals: Gear4Music, Steris Trading statements: Aon, Belmond, Dialog Semiconductor, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Travelport Worldwide, William Hill AGMs: 4imprint, Amerisur Resources, Capital & Regional, Cello, Centaur Media, Frontier...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week John Cullum, Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset and chair of Bath Festivals, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Revenant depicting what drives a person to survive in...
The 2017 SPARKies awards have been launched with the ambition of shining a light on the very best people, products and companies in the Bath and Bristol’s digital and tech sectors. Now in their fifth year, the awards showcase the region’s start-ups, founders, entrepreneurs and mentors and highlight the best companies and innovations. They...
More than 400 South West business figures were entertained with anecdotes about Radio 2 listeners and humorous stories from life as a journalist by broadcaster Jeremy Vine at the annual ICAEW West of England annual dinner. The event, one of the most popular in the region’s business calendar, attracts leaders from the accountancy and professional...
YTL Developments UK, the Bath-based firm behind the redevelopment of Filton Airfield in Bristol, has appointed former Bristol City Council strategic director for place Barra Mac Ruairí as its new divisional director of design and development. YTL Developments UK, part of the giant Malaysian-owned YTL group – which also owns Wessex Water – is...
