A business mentor, coach and advisor who spent much of his career in the Bath area’s defence electronics industry has become vice-chair of the Institute of Directors’ South West region. In his new role, Steve Hill, pictured, will support the transition to a new chair later this year when current chair Muir Macdonald steps down...
Nine new directors and a new partner have been appointed by global accountancy group PwC’s West & Wales region as it heads into its new financial year. New audit partner Stuart Couch, pictured, joined PwC in the region as a director in 2014, having been with the firm in London since 2001. Born and educated...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has appointed two new partners to strengthen its family law and property disputes teams. The move commits the firm to further growth in Oxford and across the Thames Valley and involves Paula Green and Vanessa Gardiner joining the property disputes and family law teams respectively. Vanessa, pictured, previously...
As many Coronavirus restrictions will now remain in place until July 19, the government has decided to extend some of the temporary Covid insolvency rules to support struggling businesses. While an extension to the measures is welcome but businesses in distress still face tough months ahead. Originally introduced in March last year, the Corporate...
R3, the restructuring and insolvency trade body, has launched a free guide for company directors on how to spot signs of financial distress, options open to them to resolve it and where to get expert advice. Called Get Back to Business: A guide to dealing with corporate financial distress, it is available to download from www.backtobusinessuk.com The guide: ...
Bristol Airport has said it will become carbon neutral later this year by hitting targets it originally expected to reach in 2025 – setting it up to gain the title of the UK’s first net zero airport by 2030. Bosses said three key commitments to be a net zero airfield, with net zero buildings...
Monday June 28 Interim: Porvair Tuesday June 29 Finals: Appreciate Group, D4t4 Solutions, Lamprell, Lookers, Seeen, Trakm8 Holdings Interim: React Group Trading announcement: Hunting Economic announcements: Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit, M4 money supply Wednesday June 30 Finals: Aminex, Carclo, Civitas Social Housing, Dixons Carphone, Non-standard Finance, OptiBiotix Health, Stagecoach, Studio Retail Group Interims: Harworth Group, Velocity Composites Trading announcement: Serco Economic announcements: BRC...
West of England business’s confidence in the economy has bounced back for the first time in four years, according to a new survey, but there are growing fears that the recovery will be choked off by a lack of skilled workers. The latest quarterly economic survey conducted by Business West, the region’s largest business...
Eclectic Bath boutique hotel group Kaleidoscope Collection has added a third venue to its portfolio, acquiring the historic country house Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa near Warminster for £5.5m. Kaleidoscope said the move, described by the hotel’s agents as one of the most significant deals in the South West over the past 16 months, would create nearly 30 jobs and position the venue as a ‘destination hotel’. Kaleidoscope Collection...
Bath’s trailblazing Clean Air Zone is already helping rid the city’s streets of polluting vehicles just 100 days after it was introduced, according to Bath & North East Somerset Council. The scheme, launched on March 15 as the first charging clean air zone (CAZ) outside London, aims to urgently tackle harmful levels of air...
