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...
The innovative Bloodhound project to build the world’s fastest-ever car is inspiring young people to pursue careers that use maths, engineering and technology, the region’s business leaders have been told. Nearly 400 chartered accountants and guests from across the business community gathered at the annual ICAEW West of England annual dinner last week heard...
Each week Bath Business News teams up with Bath accountancy firm Pearson May to bring you the top national finance stories. Giving to charity: a guide for donors We’re suggesting four tax-efficient ways to donate to charity. Read our guide here Benefits in kind: reporting and paying tax What you may...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England for a seventh year in October with one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs already lined up as headline speaker. Emma Bridgewater, who has spent more than 30 years building up a successful pottery business, will share her experiences and give advice to businesswomen...
It is usually the case around this time of year that various tax changes hit the headlines, with the new ‘sugar tax’ seeming to be flavour of the tax year this time round! The start of the new financial year on April 6 did indeed bring with it a number of changes in various...
Each week Bath Business News teams up with Bath accountancy firm Pearson May to bring you the top national finance stories. ISAs: cash or stocks and shares? Planning your savings strategy for 2018/19? Read our guide here Changes to termination payments New rules came into force on 6 April 2018. See what’s changed here...
1pm, the Bath-based specialist lender to growing small and medium-sized firms, is predicting more rapid growth itself after securing another source of new finance. The firm, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, has negotiated a £14.5m increase in its block discounting facilities with six existing funding partners, taking the...
Business growth consultancy Cool Ventures has appointed experienced business coach Peter Bridge to work on its Bath Business Support Programme. Peter, pictured, a former senior commercial manager with HSBC bank, will advise businesses enrolled on the programme, which provides up to 12 hours of free, intensive support to pre-start businesses as well as small...
Bath Building Society has appointed Tom Leach as finance director designate ahead of current finance director Kevin Gray’s promotion to chief executive later this month. Tom, pictured, joined the society in February as an executive director from Cardiff-based Principality Building Society. In his new role he has responsibility for the society’s accounting, liquidity management...
More than 200 advanced engineering firms and digitally-innovative small and medium-sized enterprises are to gain access to expert support and advice through two new ‘business acceleration hubs’ set up by the University of Bath. The university has been awarded £1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to deliver start-up, scale-up, open innovation...
