A new finance facility has been secured by Bath-based specialist lender 1pm to provide headroom for more growth and continue to fund its ‘buy-and-build’ acquisition strategy. The firm, which provides finance to growing small and medium-sized firms, has signed the new two-year back-to-back funding facility with NatWest for its invoice finance entities Positive Cashflow...
Energetic staff at insurance company Royal London’s Bath office are limbering up to run the city’s half marathon in aid of the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG). Royal London employees have already raised more than £45,000 for the charity, which provides a range of equipment and facilities for cancer patients at Bath’s Royal...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at . . . The Spring Statement: what to expect Click here to judge whether it will be a Brexit blockbuster or a damp squib? HMRC delays self-assessment penalty...
Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden here looks at changes in Inheritance Tax brought about by the phasing-in of the Residence Nil Rate Band. Inheritance Tax – The Residence Nil Rate Band The Residence Nil Rate Band first came in to effect on April 6, 2017, and is being phased in gradually so...
The region’s most ethical organisations will be celebrated next month when the South West Fair Trade Business Awards are staged for the seventh year. Tickets are selling fast for the ceremony on March 8, which will be hosted by Countdown presenter Nick Hewer and takes place in Bristol’s magnificent Arnos Vale cemetery heritage site. ...
International accountancy group KPMG has hired Elizabeth Lewis as its first business development associate director for the region. Elizabeth, pictured, joins the regional office in Bristol from recruitment group Michael Page’s base in the city, where she was responsible for business development and recruiting senior finance and human resource professionals across the region. KPMG...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at . . . The risks of a tax investigation Will HMRC come knocking on your door? Here’s what you need to know Have you used your ISA allowance...
Regional financial planners and accountants Old Mill has been named as South West Adviser Firm of the Year in one of the profession’s most coveted awards. Old Mill – which has offices in Melksham, Wells, Yeovil and Exeter – collected the prestigious prize at the Professional Adviser Awards in London last week. Now in...
Bath can become an international centre of excellence for financial services by playing to its strengths as a great place to live and run a business, a new sector group has heard. Launched last night to industry leaders, the Bath Financial Forum aims to grow the city’s reputation as fertile ground for finance firms. ...
The Bath-based owner of online celebrity news site Entertainment Daily has snapped up satirical news site The Daily Mash as the first in what is promises to be a series of acquisitions. Digitalbox Publishing also today announced it is to list on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market next month via a £10m reverse takeover...
