Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. We kick off the new year with . . . Five tax-planning tips for 2019 What could be in store for you in the next 12 months? Click here to find out Setting...
Bath Spa University MA Creative Writing lecturer Dr Joanna Nadin is celebrating after the TV series based on her book Joe All Alone won a prestigious BAFTA Children’s Award. The book follows the life of Joe Holt, a 13-year-old who is left alone at home after his mum suddenly decides to fly to Spain...
Specialty pharmaceutical firm Alliance Pharma has strengthened its board with the appointment of two experienced non-executive directors. The Chippenham-headquartered firm said Jo Le Couilliard and Richard Jones, who took up their roles this week, brought international business experience and capital markets expertise to the board with both having “substantial pharmaceutical and healthcare experience gained...
Specialist IT group SCISYS, which last year moved its parent company from the UK to Ireland to protect EU-funded work, has ended 2018 and started 2019 by winning four multi-million pound contracts. The Chippenham-headquartered group, whose expertise spans transport, defence, media and space, said the Brexit-driven relocation had paid off as it had helped...
National private equity house Maven Capital Partners has further expanded its South West and Wales investment team with the appointment of Gareth Price as an investment director. Gareth, pictured, is responsible for sourcing VCT (Venture Capital Trust) opportunities and investments for Maven’s MBO (management buyout) fund, and its private equity co-investor partner network in...
Monday December 31 Nothing listed Tuesday January 1 New Year’s Day Bank Holiday Wednesday January 2 Economic announcement: Manufacturing PMI (December) Thursday January 3 Trading update: Next Economic announcement: Construction PMI (December) Friday January 4 Economic announcement: Services PMI (December)
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week, to mark our last issue before Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Home Alone, obviously. It’s a great film – and...
People working in Bath’s burgeoning events industry will gain valuable insight and guidance on a wide range of topics at MEET South West, the region’s first exhibition and conference showcase. Delegates at the one-day event will have access to experts offering authoritative insight from professional development to event filming, managing chaos to GDPR...
Bath-based marketing communications agency Edit has harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to reconstruct carols to send to clients in place of traditional Christmas cards. However, the agency, which works with brands such as Azzurri Group, Pizza Hut, Citroen and Fiat, found it still needed the human touch to complete its new Yuletide...
A Bath lawyer has warned that the UK’s drone law is not fit for purpose following the chaos caused at Gatwick Airport by rogue unmanned aircraft. As flights started again at the beleagured airport after around 36 hours of disruption, the head of drone law at Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King, Philip...
