Hotels and hospitality businesses in Bath are being urged to do more to attract more Chinese tourists. While the number of visitors from China and other South East Asian countries has steadily increased over recent years, the Bristol and West of England China Bureau believes more can be done by businesses in the city...
A 30-strong team of accountants from regional firm Bishop Fleming have scaled the heights of endurance – and raised more than £22,500 for charity – by climbing a trio of mountain peaks in just 24 hours. The group, from across the firm including its Bath office, took part in Three Peaks Challenge, tackling Ben...
Royds Withy King, the Bath-headquartered regional law firm, has been highly commended in one of the legal sector’s most prestigious national awards schemes. The Lawyer Awards, which were held in London earlier this week, celebrate the best private practices, in-house lawyers and barristers. They attract hundreds of entrants all eager to be crowned as...
National insolvency and business recovery firm Begbies Traynor has expanded its South West team with the appointment of Mike Dyer as senior business development manager. Mike, pictured, has experience across sectors including hospitality, leisure, retail and property and will work from Begbies Traynor’s Bath and Bristol offices. He joins the firm having spent four...
National law firm Stone King, which has an office in Bath office, has started a service to offer legal advice to people wanting to start a family through surrogacy. The move comes as an increasing number of people are considering surrogacy or other forms of assisted conception. Although surrogacy is legal in the UK,...
More than a fifth of the value of Bath-based specialist lender 1pm’s shares was wiped off in one day after it said it expects its profits to come under pressure this year. 1pm has grown rapidly over recent years through a series of strategic acquisitions and organic growth but today it admitted in a...
Accountancy giant Deloitte has promoted eight senior staff across its South West practice, with two becoming partners and six appointed as directors. The new partners are Tess Williams and James Hunter, pictured below, while the six new directors are from three business areas and include Joanne Hale, Dan Pople, Tom Smith (all tax); James...
Monday June 24 Finals: Cake Box Holdings, Civitas Social Housing, D4T4 Solutions, Fastjet, Zoo Digital Group Interim: Porvair Economic announcement: CBI Distributive Trades Surveys Tuesday June 25 Finals: Gear4music (Holdings), IMImobile, Mind Gym, Northgate, Redcentric, Tekmar Group Interim: Pressure Technologies Economic announcement: BBA Mortgage Lending Figures Wednesday June 26 Finals: BCA Marketplace, Creightons, Stagecoach...
The leading lights of Bath’s tech scene go head-to-head with rivals from Bristol and across the West of England next week at the region’s top sector-specific awards. The SPARKies – which are staged by TechSPARK, the information hub for all things tech in Bristol, Bath and the West of England – recognise the businesses...
Fast-growing Bath eyewear design house INSPECS could float on the London Stock Exchange with a value of around £170m, according to reports. The firm, recently named as the ‘number 1 business to watch’ in a ranking of the UK’s best-performing private companies, has appointed broker Peel Hunt to advise it on a potential listing...
