West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris is calling on employers to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the region. With an estimated £4m to £8m of unused Apprenticeship Levy funds returned to the Treasury each year, Mayor Norris is calling for apprentice levy-paying employers to give their unused funds to a new scheme called Share to Support. Administered...
Two sewage and food waste-powered trucks bought by Bath-based utility group Wessex Water will hit the roads this summer, ushering in a transport revolution that could potentially slash greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality. The vehicles, pictured, which follow in the tyre tracks of Wessex Water’s pioneering ‘poo bus’, have been converted from...
Bath-based alternative financial services firm Time Finance has appointed Ed Rimmer as CEO just under four months after he returned to the group to take on the role on an interim basis. Ed, pictured, had been chief operating officer at Time until April last year when he left following a reorganisation of the senior...
Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up with each week to bring you the top national finance stories. R&D tax credits a ‘costly failure’ Research and development spending is lower than 20 years ago Click here for more details HMRC crackdown on gifting rules claws back £624m Families hit with big inheritance tax bills after...
Maths may not seem an obvious subject to turn to for businesses recovering from the impact of the pandemic but mathematicians from the University of Bath are using their expertise to do just that. The university’s Institute for Mathematical Innovation (IMI) is running a short series of free mini-workshops targeted at sectors that have been...
Certain benefits and expenses provided to employees in the year to April 5, 2021, must be reported to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) by way of the P11D process by July 6, 2021, writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. Where required, forms P11D ‘Expenses and Benefits’ have to be submitted to HMRC, together with...
Small businesses in Bath and North East Somerset can access a free business support service to help them grow and reach their full potential. The BANES Business Support Service is designed to help firms through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond by providing the support they need to adapt, recover and adjust to a changing...
The region’s largest business group has urged the Prime Minister to help create a more sustainable future for business at this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall. The British Chambers of Commerce South West (BCCSW) – which includes Bath Chamber of Commerce parent group Business West – has written to Boris Johnson ahead of the global...
Global accountancy group Deloitte’s South West operation has made eight key promotions, including a new partner, in a move it says underlines its commitment to promote talent from within. Hamish McFadyen, pictured, is its new consulting partner in Deloitte Digital, where he specialises in the strategy, design, implementation and operation of digital customer experiences. Hamish, who is...
A cross-sector team from Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised on a major takeover in the UK laundry equipment businesses. Barnsley-based Wolf Laundry, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of commercial laundry equipment, acquired Brewer & Bunney for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. Brewer & Bunney, based Redruth, Cornwall, is the...
