Securing a mortgage is not impossible if you look beyond the high street. That’s the message from Dick Jenkins, chief executive of the Bath Building Society which in recent months has increased its lending book and launched a series of new mortgage products designed to help new entrants get on the housing ladder. According...
South West manufacturers have achieved healthy growth figures despite the increasingly fragile nature of the wider economic recovery. The upbeat picture emerges from a major survey by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and accountants BDO. It shows 45% of the region’s manufacturing firms taking part in the survey reporting higher output and 41% saying they achieved...
Would-be West of England music business entrepreneurs and musicians can find out how to break into the international music industry at a masterclass being held on Thursday. The event in Bristol is part of a roadshow staged by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the Government’s international trade arm, and supported by leading music industry...
Around two-thirds of divorces in the South West are being put on hold due to the tough financial climate, according to a new survey from accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton. The firm’s annual matrimonial survey reveals that a lack of value or liquidity of assets has caused 67% of divorces to be delayed...
CFH, the Radstock-based document management firm, is continuing to expand after signing a new funding arrangement with Clydesdale Bank. The agreement means CFH can further increase development of its pioneering Docmail fulfillment service which, since 2008, has grown by more than 20% per quarter, and adds more than £3m a year to CFH’s £28m...
Times may be hard but the vast majority of private equity houses expect the number of new buyouts to hold up in the coming months, according to Grant Thornton's latest Private Equity Barometer. The chartered accountants say, however, that although there has been little difficulty in funding new deals only a small proportion have been...
The Bath and Bristol offices of chartered accountantcy firm Target are celebrating a combined 20% increase in turnover. The Bath-based firm’s results for the year to June also show national turnover rose by 10% to £13.3m, making it the UK's 45th largest accountancy firm. Target, which recently opened its corporate finance office in Bristol,...
Bath PR agencies are among nominees on the shortlist for the prestigious CIPR West of England PRide Awards. The awards are the only ones of their kind to showcase the best PR work in the regions of the UK. Winners of the West of England awardsd will be announced at a black-tie dinner in...
Great Western Ambulance NHS Trust (GWAS) has appointed property advisors GVA to help it modernise its property estate. Chippenham-based GWAS’s 30 sites are spread across Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the West of England and range from state-of-the-art facilities to buildings nearing the end of their economic life. The trust wants...
