Business confidence has bounced back after being hit by the Brexit referendum result, according to the latest Business Barometer from regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming. However, 56% of business owners remain doubtful about the year ahead and half have no plans to take on additional staff next year. In another sign of an impending...
Whatever your reasons are for donating to charity, an added bonus can be the tax breaks that are available, says Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden. Gift Aid Donating through Gift Aid means that charities can claim an extra 25p for every £1 you donate. Any donation you make under Gift Aid is deemed to...
Six high-growth tech start-ups from Bath are hoping for funding after taking part in a high-profile investment event staged by SETsquared, the global number one business incubator backed by the University of Bath. SETsquared’s annual Accelerating Growth Investment Showcase in London gives entrepreneurs based at its centres the chance to pitch to more than...
Jonothan McColgan, director of Bath-based financial advisers Combined Financial Strategies, has been named Financial Adviser of the Year at the 2016 Growth Investor Awards after coming runner-up last year. The coveted awards, now in their second year, are staged by Intelligent Partnership, the UK’s leading curator of education and insights on alternative investments. Jonothan,...
Chase de Vere independent financial adviser Rachel Sartin, who works in its Bath office, has been named the Best Wealth Management Consultant for Somerset at the Women in Wealth Awards 2016. The awards have been created by Wealth and Finance magazine and website to showcase the very best women from across the financial services...
Bath-based chartered accountancy firm Pearson May is celebrating raising more than £100,000 for local charities from its popular golf days. Now in their 20th year, the well-supported annual events attract businesses from across the region. More than 25 businesses took part in this year’s event at Cumberwell Park. After the golf, which was won...
Nationwide Building Society is to open a branch in Glastonbury, where the last bank closed earlier this year, to pilot new ways of using technology to give people access to financial services. Glastonbury, with a population of around 9,000 and a healthy tourist industry, has been without a traditional bank branch since Lloyds pulled...
Regional accountants Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, said Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement was a clarion call to industry to be more productive and to make the UK ‘match fit’ for a bumpy Brexit ride ahead. It said the Chancellor’s first fiscal statement promised billions of government money for houses, roads,...
Bath businesses will welcome Chancellor Philip Hammond’s focus on investment in the Autumn Statement, particularly in areas where growth pressures are highest, according to Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce. Phil Smith, pictured, managing director of the region’s largest business organisation, described the statement as “a sombre, not flashy, affair”...
Business organisation the CBI “warmly welcomed” Chancellor Philip Hammond’s commitments to boost research and development, housing and infrastructure. But it said these must be acted on. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn, pictured below, said: “The Chancellor has prioritised a pragmatic down payment on future productivity growth. “His emphasis on R&D, housing and local infrastructure will help...
