Twenty-one firms that represent Bath’s innovative business culture and talented workforce will be highlighted this year as the city’s Bath Unlimited campaign is stepped up. Bath Unlimited was launched last October to support the city’s Invest in Bath inward investment arm in attracting businesses to the area by celebrating some of its dynamic, successful,...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Furlough scheme extended to April Government-backed loans will also run until March. Click here for details New grants to help hardest-hit firms survive lockdown Treasury confirms grants of up to £9,000 per property are available. Find out...
Innovative Bath firms and freelancers with creative technology projects focused on post-Covid renewal and recovery are being invited to apply for grants of between £500 and £5,000. The grants, which total £20,000, are being offered by The Studio at Palace Yard Mews, Bath Spa University’s enterprise and innovation hub, and are aimed at freelancers,...
An inspirational Bath-based entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist will talk about her career – including building up and selling Europe’s first holiday rental website – in a webinar to be hosted by financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson. Marcelle Speller OBE, pictured, is appearing at the online event, called An Entrepreneur’s Journey Through Business to Impact, at 5pm next Tuesday, January 12. She launched holiday-rentals.com, which advertised private holiday...
Environmental development firm Engain is preparing for what could be its busiest year since it was formed in 2003 with a new director in post and the planned appointment of two senior consultants. The Frome-based firm, which specialises in projects involving the environment, ecology and climate change, expects to deal with a raft of...
Malachy McReynolds, the chair of regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance, is to step down in March after five years in the role. He will be replaced by Christine Allison, a former lead economist for the World Bank, who has been a non-executive director of SWIG Finance for the past three-and-a-half years. During that...
Bath Spa University vice-chancellor Professor Sue Rigby has been appointed as chair of the trustee board of UK student mental health charity Student Minds. The charity works with students, service users, professionals and academics to develop new and innovative ways to improve the mental health of students. Prof Rigby, pictured, joined the board last September...
South West law firm Battens Solicitors has appointed Patrick Mears as head of commercial property in its Bath office. Patrick, pictured, is known for his considerable expertise in commercial law and has serviced the Bath market for many years. Yeovil-headquartered Battens, which also has offices in Sherborne, Castle Cary, Dorchester, Wareham and London, said...
Significant changes to Capital Gains Tax could be in the pipeline this spring following a report from the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS), writes Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden. Chancellor Rishi Sunak commissioned the report back in July 2020, asking the OTS to consider the scope of the tax and the rates which apply,...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has appointed specialist real estate development lawyer David Paxton as a partner and head of the real estate team in its London office. David, pictured, has joined from the London office of international law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, where he was a partner for just over two years. ...
