Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has continued to shrink its carbon footprint despite growing its staffing levels. The firm has added 75 people to its workforce and won more 1,000 clients over the past year yet its average consumption of electricity and gas per employee fell by more...
Chase de Vere, the Bath-based firm of independent financial advisers, has been named as one of the Top 25 Most Admired UK Companies for 2015. The accolade from eprivateclient, the leading website and news service for private client practitioners, is based on an analysis of comments from leading firms of lawyers, accountants, trust companies...
Bath firms are greeting positive economic news, such as the latest fall in unemployment, with “faint alarm bells rather than celebratory cheers”, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, said politicians should now focus on the “significant hurdles” that remained to achieving a lasting recovery. Today’s...
Solicitors with tax affairs which are not up to date, including those with undisclosed taxable income, have less than three weeks to notify HMRC of their intention to take part in its disclosure facility. The warning comes from the South West office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson, which also points...
South West tech firms are poised to grow at four times the rate of the economy this year, according to new research. Some 58% of the firms quizzed as part of Barclays’ Fast Growth Tech survey said they expect their business to grow by up to 10%, with 19% forecasting growth of between 10%...
Firms in the Bristol area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Award nominations are...
A voice-recognition smartwatch banking app developed by Bath-based IT services firm IPL for building society Nationwide is in the running for two top industry awards. The cutting-edge app, built in less than a month, enabled Nationwide to become the UK’s first financial service provider to offer its customers real-time balances on Android watches. Working...
Accountancy and financial planning firm Old Mill, which has offices in Melksham and Wells, is celebrating two of its staff achieving top marks in the South West in their ICAEW ACA (Associate Chartered Accountant) qualifications. Bradley Horton and Chris Bennett were among six staff from Old Mill to gain the qualification. Bradley, who has worked...
Trowbridge-based health diagnostic company Atlas Genetics has received a $20m (£13.3m) investment to expand the range of its latest innovative infectious disease testing devices and launch in the US. The firm, which was set up in 2005, has developed pioneering ultra-rapid point-of-care (POC) tests for STI (sexually transmitted infections). Its latest system – called...
Big Four accountancy firm EY has appointed Karen Kirkwood as a partner to lead its South West tax practice as it continues to expand the team. Karen, pictured, has 20 years’ experience providing tax advice to a broad range of companies and private equity backed businesses. She joins from PwC in London and will...
