Bath law firm Mogers Drewett has become the first headline sponsor of the city’s spectacularly popular Christmas Market. The market, which this year runs from November 24 to December 11, is staged by Bath’s destination marketing organisation VisitBath. It is the South West’s biggest shopping event with more than 170 wooden chalets lining streets...
Bath-based O’Hara Wood Chartered Accountants has merged with regional accountancy firm Monahans, which also has an office in the city, in a move that creates one of the area’s largest accountancy firms. O’Hara Wood was established in 1990 and also has a small satellite office in Melksham. The firm’s Northumberland Buildings office will close...
Shares in Bath area companies listed on the London Stock Exchange came under pressure this week as markets reacted to the election of Donald Trump as US President. Many took their lead from the FTSE 100, which fell by 2% on opening on Wednesday as it followed stock market turbulence overnight across Asia as investors digested Mr Trump’s...
Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has strengthened its growing team of financial advisers with two new appointments. Ludvig Frick joins as an adviser from financial planning firm Barry Fleming and Partners in Newbury, where he was head of private clients. Prior to this he was a senior financial planner at the Citimark Partnership in Bristol...
Bath businesses are a step closer to being able to choose their water and sewerage suppliers following a move by Wessex Water and Bristol Water. The two utilities have applied to the Secretary of State at Defra for permission to exit the water and wastewater non-household retail market in readiness for retail separation next April....
Bristol Airport has been ranked the best in the UK for passenger satisfaction in a global benchmarking programme. The airport’s success in the survey staged by Airport Service Quality (ASQ) came during a record-breaking summer season, peaking in August when 846,750 passengers passed through the terminal. ASQ is the industry standard for airports across...
Regional law firm Thrings has added to its tax planning and trusts offering with the appointment of Michael Westbrook as a partner in its Bath office. Joining from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon – where he worked for six years and was most recently a senior associate – Michael brings a wealth of...
Monday November 7 Finals: Oncimmune Holdings Interims: Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, HSBC Holdings, e2v technologies Trading updates: Dignity, Hiscox Economics: Labor market conditions index m/m (US), consumer credit m/m (US), sentix investor confidence (EU), factory orders m/m (GER), retail sales m/m (EU) Tuesday November 8 Finals: Ceres Power Holdings, Associated British Foods, Imperial...
A multi-million pound expansion of the regional shopping centre at Cribbs Causeway near Bristol could get the go-ahead today despite major objections, including from Bath & North East Somerset Council. It told South Gloucestershire Council that the massive scheme would “have a significant negative impact on the vitality and viability of designated centres throughout...
Pioneering recycling business Moore’s has been acquired by a Wiltshire waste management group in a deal handled by the Bath office of regional law firm Thrings. Family-run Moore’s Recycling collects and recycles waste plastic, packaging and cardboard from national blue-chip clients such as DHL, Coca Cola, Bernard Matthews, Argos and Marks & Spencer. It is...
