Bath accountancy firm Richardson Swift director Debbie Boulton has been appointed accountant-in-residence at the University of Bath Innovation Centre and is now providing expert business and investment advice to its hi-tech start-ups. Among them is Tom Dewhurst, University of Bath graduate and co-founder of Ordable, the interactive app that enables customers to order and...
With just two days to go, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs is shaping up to be one of the biggest business events in the West this year. Hundreds of business owners – men and women – will descend on the Colston Hall in Bristol this Thursday for the one-day entrepreneurial extravaganza. Tickets to the keynote...
The need for Bath’s Business Improvement District (BID) to continue for another five years and for more powers to be devolved from London to the region were among the calls to action at an economic seminar and panel debate staged by Barclays. BID chief executive Andrew Cooper spoke at the event on the benefits...
A unique business knowledge hub to help Bath and the West of England’s small and medium-sized enterprises grow is to be launched next month. The West of England Growth Hub will offer users access to an extensive, connected network of business knowledge and skills partners. The platform, which is still in its final stages...
The West of England’s small and medium-sized firms are leading the UK for job creation with more than two thirds planning to recruit more staff and SME manufacturers are committed to investing in their workforce over the next 12 months, according to two new surveys. The upbeat findings, from the latest HSBC Commercial Banking...
The continued success of Bath-based specialist lender 1pm and its chief operating officer has been recognised in a prestigious industry awards scheme. 1pm landed the title of Independent Lessor of the Year while Maria Lewis, pictured, was presented with the Editor’s Choice accolade at the Annual Leasing World Awards 2015, held in London recently....
Bath charity Send a Cow is working with coffee shop chain Starbucks on a nationwide fundraising campaign to support farmers on smallholdings in rural Africa. Nearly 700 Starbucks across the UK are aiming to raise £650 each for The Big Cow Project – the equivalent of a dairy cow that can change lives for...
Chase de Vere, the national financial advice firm with an office in Bath, has been named as one of the Top 25 financial planning companies by a leading information site for the sixth successive year. Thewealthnet, which provides real-time news for the global wealth management and private banking industries, uses quantitative research and qualitative...
The BBC must evolve to meet the challenges of an increasingly digital media landscape but must also be valued for future generations, one of its senior managers told West business leaders at the annual CBI regional dinner. Jenny Baxter, pictured, who as chief operating officer, BBC England, is in charge of the BBC’s Bristol...
Historic Somerset aggregates and asphalt firm Wainwright is to extend its reach across the South West with the construction of an £8.5m state-of-the-art plant. The asphalt production facility on a 4.5-acre site at Avonmouth, near Bristol, is set to launch early next year. Funded through finance from Barclays, it will give Wainwright, based at...
