Bath restaurant Green Park Brasserie has appointed Alex Peters as director of marketing and strategy for the business. Alex, pictured, has a background in marketing, having previously worked agency side and in-house at the British Museum, where he spent two-and-a-half years as a producer and senior producer working on digital content, editorial and design. ...
Keynsham-based Almeda Facilities has won big at a national awards event that champions family businesses. The firm secured the ‘Best Business to Work For’ and ‘Family Business of the Year’ titles for the South West at the National Family Business Awards. The awards are acknowledged as the most sought after when it...
St Austell Brewery’s Charitable Trust has donated £10,000 to Children’s Hospice South West following the recent official opening of Bath Ales’ new brewery. Since acquiring Bath Ales in 2016, the Cornwall-based brewery has spread its Charitable Trust’s operations into area to ensure as many people as possible benefit from donations. The state-of-the-art...
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Bath-based housing association and housebuilder Curo has been shortlisted for two national awards in recognition of the success of its sales team and its Mulberry Park flagship development. The sales team are finalists in the ‘Home Ownership Team of the Year’ category of the National Housing Awards while Mulberry Park is in the running...
Bath hoteliers Ian and Christa Taylor have hit the acquisition trail again – snapping up Homewood Park Hotel & Spa at Freshford for their fast-growing Kaleidoscope Collection. They bought the four-silver-AA-star, 21-bedroom hotel, pictured, from Longleat Group Hotels to take Kaleidoscope’s portfolio to three with the 40-bedroom boutique No.15 Great Pulteney, which opened in...
Interest rates have been increased from 0.5% to 0.75% by the Bank of England – taking them to their highest level for nearly a decade. It is only the only the second time the Bank has hiked the cost of borrowing since the economy crashed 10 years ago. Most economic commentators were expecting the...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has appointed Ben Short as its first director of IT – a move that completes the line-up of its new business services leadership team. Ben, pictured, joins the team – set up to drive the firm’s future growth – from Capita Specialist Services in London, where he...
Bristol Airport’s new chief executive officer Dave Lees took up his post today with a pledge to work with businesses, politicians and local communities to build on the airport’s success and oversee its next phase of growth. Mr Lees, pictured, joins from of Southampton Airport where he was managing director. During his time at...
It is a question we are often asked, mainly from a tax point of view of course, and you will probably not be surprised if I say the answer is generally ‘it depends’! writes Pearson May partner Nick Oliver FCA FIoD Changes in recent years increasing the taxable benefit rates across the board...
