Bath-based property management firm Touchstone has promoted three members of its expanding team to director. In their new roles, James Perrett and Ben Beadle will lead operational activity across the firm’s entire business, while Dane Matthews will oversee the continued growth of contracts for its clients, including Dolphin Living and The Wellcome Trust. Rachel...
Bath-based chartered accountancy firm Pearson May has promoted Matthew Rutter to partner. Matthew joined the leading regional practice in 2004 after completing a degree in Mathematics at the University of Bristol. He went on to qualify as a chartered accountant and passed the Institute of Taxation exams in 2011. Pearson May partner Nick Oliver...
Rhian Sangha, an independent financial adviser at Chase de Vere’s Bath office, has been shortlisted in the Retirement Planner Awards 2018. Rhian, pictured, will line up against other nominees in the Young Retirement Planner of the Year category at the awards ceremony on June 15 at The Waldorf Hilton Hotel, London. The 28-year-old...
Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King has strengthened its real estate team with the appointment of partner Richard Roth. Richard joined this week from international professional services group RPC, where he led its Bristol-based real estate team, having previously also worked at CMS Cameron McKenna. He brings considerable expertise to Royds Withy King...
The Roman Baths has again been recognised for the outstanding welcome it offers visitors with disabilities in the tourist sector’s top national awards scheme. The historic attraction won Gold in the Inclusive Tourism category of the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence. And in a double celebration for the Baths, owned by Bath & North...
VisitBath, the city’s destination marketing body, has gone against tourist industry norms by using a local agency to design its new website. The organisation brought in small independent Bath agency Touchpoint Design to build the site, pictured below, rather than, as previously, use a large national outfit. Touchpoint, which collaborated with VisitBath last year...
Chase de Vere, the firm of independent financial advisers with offices in Bath, has appointed Ben Willis as head of portfolio management. Ben, pictured, will have overall responsibility for managing the firm’s new discretionary model portfolio service, due to be launched on June 4. He will be based in Chase de Vere’s Bath...
Andrews Property Group, the Keynsham-headquartered estate agency and lettings business, has landed a raft of prestigious awards at a major industry event in its first year of entering. The ESTAs are held in high regard by the industry as the winners are chosen purely on the results of a customer service survey completed...
Aspiring Bath entrepreneurs can gain free business advice to help them make their dreams of running their own business a reality at an event next week. The Starting in Business Workshop on May 9 at the Bath and County Club is being organised by the business growth consultancy Cool Ventures. It is one of...
Michael King is retiring after more than four decades at law firm Stone King, having played a key role in its growth and prosperity as senior partner and chairman. Michael, pictured, joined the firm 43 years ago, becoming a partner aged just 26. He has led the charity & social enterprise group – helping...
