By Donna Kehoe, the Bank of England’s agent for the South West of England What should we make of the prospects for the UK economy just over a month into what promises to be another eventful year? On the face of it there’s much to be positive about. Growth has proved surprisingly resilient since...
Regional chartered accountancy firm Monahans has appointed Anne Gardner-Thorpe as senior tax manager, based primarily in its Bath and Taunton offices. Anne, pictured, has joined from the Bristol office of national accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson, where she was a senior manager in the private client tax team. She has...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, is calling on Chancellor Philip Hammond to use his Spring Budget next month to bolster confidence amid fears that higher inflation and skill shortages will combine to hit West of England firms hard. While latest official jobless figures show unemployment continuing to fall, the strength of the...
Bath-based upmarket property developer Kersfield is to begin work on its fourth project in the city – the conversion of an office block into 17 apartments. The scheme will completely transform 4-5 Westgate Buildings with a combination of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Designed by Bristol-based Angus Meek architects, the development will be arranged over...
Regional law firm Mogers Drewett has formed a ground-breaking partnership with Bath Fertility Centre offering expert legal advice to families using the centre in specialist areas such as surrogacy, adoption, co-parenting and fertility law. The service is being run by Anne-Marie Hamer, pictured, who joined Mogers Drewett in January last year as a family...
Government plans to force millions of small businesses to make online quarterly updates to the taxman from April next year are far too rushed and could put some firms in danger of closure. The warning has come from regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath. It claims the government’s “unseemly...
Monday 13 February Finals: Finesse, Reckitt Benckiser AGM: Winey Tuesday 14 February Interim: A&J Muck low Finals: Acacia Mining, Rolls-Royce, Spectra’s Trading statement: Tuli Travel AGMs: Pressure Technologies, RWS Holdings, Tuli Travel Economics: Retail price index, Consumer price index, Producer prices, House price index Wednesday 15 February Interims: Animal Care Group, Hargreaves Services Trading...
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 Vicki Cheadle, owner of Good Crowd Media, marketing & PR consultant, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I recently watch Twinsters on Netflix. It’s a documentary about...
Bath has one of the most vibrant economies in England with a strong creative and cultural scene, according to new analysis published today – but it lags behind many other areas of the country when it comes to inclusion and equality. And while it boasts an entrepreneurial and innovative economy as well as a...
British Airways is to start flying from Bristol Airport again after a decade-long gap with the launch of four summer-only routes to popular European sunspots. From May the airline will begin direct weekly flights from Bristol to the Spanish holiday destinations of Malaga, Ibiza and Palma and to the Italian city of Florence. The...
