Experts from law firm Stone King, which has an office in Bath, are advising on a national project to help people break the damaging cycle of high-cost debt. The Affordable Loans portal – a partnership between private and social sector bodies – will make it easier for people with poor or no credit rating...
Bath vets’ practice Ashman Jones Vets has opened a cat-only clinic with a dedicated waiting and consultancy room with the support of a five-figure loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The funding has also enabled the award-winning practice to open an additional consulting room at its London Road base, which opened in 2010. The loan...
Monahans, the regional accountancy firm, has welcomed eight new graduate trainees. Based in its Trowbridge and Swindon offices, they will be completing their professional ACA qualifications to become chartered accountants. For the next three years Ashleigh Ward, Alex MacLachlan, Harris Huntley, Luke Midwinter, Raveethan Gunaratnarajah, Nicola Crick, Delane Janenthirarajah and Eiranjit Chahal will be...
West of England accountancy firm Old Mill, which has offices including Melksham and Wells, has raised more than £5,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance by hosting an Autumn dinner dance. More than 100 people attended the black-tie event at Bowood House, near Calne, where they enjoyed a three-course meal, an auction conducted by Chesterton Humberts...
Bath-based O’Hara Wood Chartered Accountants has merged with regional accountancy firm Monahans, which also has an office in the city, in a move that creates one of the area’s largest accountancy firms. O’Hara Wood was established in 1990 and also has a small satellite office in Melksham. The firm’s Northumberland Buildings office will close...
Shares in Bath area companies listed on the London Stock Exchange came under pressure this week as markets reacted to the election of Donald Trump as US President. Many took their lead from the FTSE 100, which fell by 2% on opening on Wednesday as it followed stock market turbulence overnight across Asia as investors digested Mr Trump’s...
Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has strengthened its growing team of financial advisers with two new appointments. Ludvig Frick joins as an adviser from financial planning firm Barry Fleming and Partners in Newbury, where he was head of private clients. Prior to this he was a senior financial planner at the Citimark Partnership in Bristol...
Mergers and acquisitions among the region’s law firms could intensify next year, according to new legal sector research, with nearly half expecting to be involved in deals. The latest annual legal market survey from accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson reveals that 43% of law firms in the South West are...
Accountant Suzi Bryant has been honoured for finishing in the top 10 in the world in her professional exams. Suzi, a financial and treasury accountant at Chippenham-based specialised drugs firm Alliance Pharmaceuticals, came ninth out of all those across the globe taking the same Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) exam, which she sat...
A record 26 trainees achieved a total of 36 passes across regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming’s seven offices, with 7 completing their professional level. Five Bath-based trainees passed eight exams of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales at the September sitting, as well as two completing the professional level of the Institute....
