Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. Tax and finance changes for 2018 A preview of what’s in store for the next financial year. What’s changing. Click here to find out Tax and finance changes for 2018 A preview of what’s in store for the next...
Bath firms considering doing business in China this year – or those already trading there – are being urged to take part in the region’s largest Chinese New Year reception and banquet. Organised by the Bristol & West of England China Bureau, the event brings together business leaders, key figures from the Chinese business...
The managing director of Bath-based specialist lender 1pm’s asset finance division is to retire following the successful integration into the group of Academy Leasing, which it bought for £12m in 2015. Michael Nolan, who founded Lancashire-based Academy, will continue to serve in his role for his contractual 12-month notice period with a view to...
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. HMRC steps up crackdown on offshore evasion Stringent new penalties for non-compliance take effect in 2018. Does this apply to you? Click here Technology could solve SME productivity problem SMEs are optimistic about upskilling through technology. Find out more...
As we approach the end of another eventful year for business, Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – the regional organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – looks back at the highs and lows of 2017. After a tumultuous 2016, many of us were perhaps expecting 2017 to be something like the...
West of England accountancy and financial planning group Old Mill’s longest-serving employee, receptionist Di Hale, has retired after 41 years. Di, pictured, 69, joined the firm in 1976 when it was called Berkeley Hall & Co with offices on the High Street in Shepton Mallet. At the time the firm had just...
West of England insurance broker Jelf has become the first sponsor of an upcoming contemporary circus show in Bath designed to encourage audiences to engage with their emotions and explore complex issues around love and mental health. The show is being staged next month by newly formed Emotive Circus Arts. The Bristol-based circus company...
R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade body, has appointed accountant Louise Durkan as the new chair of its South West and Wales region. Louise, pictured, an insolvency practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience in restructuring, is the financial advisory and restructuring director at accountancy group Deloitte’s Bristol office, where she leads a team...
Three of Bath’s most innovative tech businesses are hoping for investment after taking part in a pitch event for £20m funding in London. The annual Accelerating Growth Investment Showcase staged by the SETsquared incubator network was this year attended by around 150 investors, all eager to back high-growth businesses. The three Bath firms –...
Health insurance broker Lesson Moore has extended its offering to employees in the public and not-for-profit sectors after joining forces with a specialist insurance firm for civil servants. The partnership with CS Healthcare allows Radstock-based Lesson Moore to offer more options when discussing new or renewal of any kind of health insurance policy. It...
