A major emphasis on green values at regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has continued to slash its paper usage, energy bills and mileage costs despite another year of business growth. The firm, Bath’s largest accountancy practice, introduced an environmental management programme seven years ago to measure three main key performance indicators – electricity and...
Regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming, law firm Royds Withy King and automotive learning and development agency RTS Group are celebrating being included in national rankings of the best businesses to work for. Bishop Fleming, which runs Bath’s largest accountancy office, appears at number 26 in the prestigious Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies...
A Bath office left vacant when its occupier relocated to Bristol last year has been snapped up by an expanding firm in a move that underlines the severe lack of grade A workspace in the city. Mortgage and insurance broker L&C Mortgages has taken the 6,854 sq ft second floor suite in Royal...
Time is running out for Bath’s best business leaders and entrepreneurs to enter the region’s top awards for boardroom excellence. This year’s Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2018 have already proved the most successful yet, with a record number of registrations to enter. And with next Wednesday’s deadline...
Bath Business Expo – one of the largest general business exhibitions and networking opportunities in the region - returns next month, bringing a range of seminars, workshops and networking opportunities to the city. The event, on March 16, will build on the success of last year's sold-out event, which hosted 102 exhibitors, and more than...
Business growth consultancy Cool Ventures is running a series of free workshops to help Bath businesses thrive and prosper. The courses are open to businesses that enrol on the Bath Business Support Programme or the Swindon and Wiltshire SME Growth Programme, which are delivered by Cool Ventures. The programmes provide free intensive support to...
Two innovative Bath firms are among 12 of the West of England’s most exciting and fastest-growing businesses chosen to pitch next month for investment at an event that will also highlight the area as a hive of tech and creative activity. Accountancy group PwC and Business West, in collaboration with Bristol’s innovation hub Engine...
Regional chartered accountancy firm MHA Monahans, which has eight offices across the West of England, has donated out-of-date branded merchandise to support the work of a humanitarian aid charity in West Africa. Last November the firm rebranded from Monahans to MHA Monahans to highlight its ongoing membership of MHA, the national association of...
By Donna Kehoe, Bank of England agent for the South West of England The Bank of England has been providing significant support to our economy for more than a decade. We cut interest rates to exceptionally low levels during the financial crisis to support spending and to reduce the number of people out of...
Bishop Fleming, the regional accountancy firm with a large office in Bath, has appointed Frances Teague as its new director of finance. Frances, a chartered accountant, joins from retail group Debenhams, where she was senior finance manager. In an extensive career she has worked in a number of accountancy and financial controller roles,...
