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Skill shortages threatening to jeopardise ‘remarkable turnaround’, Business West survey shows

June 25, 2021
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Skill shortages threatening to jeopardise ‘remarkable turnaround’, Business West survey shows

West of England business’s confidence in the economy has bounced back for the first time in four years, according to a new survey, but there are growing fears that the recovery will be choked off by a lack of skilled workers. The latest quarterly economic survey conducted by Business West, the region’s largest business...

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Recovery Loan Scheme approval for Time Finance as it helps small firms bounce back from impact of Covid

June 25, 2021
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Recovery Loan Scheme approval for Time Finance as it helps small firms bounce back from impact of Covid

Bath-based alternative financial services group Time Finance has become an accredited lender under a government scheme to help businesses recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The group, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, is now able to support small and medium-sized firms looking for additional funding by providing loans and...

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Bath PR firm throws down challenge to young people to help city businesses innovate for good

June 25, 2021
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Bath PR firm throws down challenge to young people to help city businesses innovate for good

Public relations consultancy Clearly has launched a project for young people to help businesses in its home city of Bath tackle climate change and increase positive social impact. In what it believes is the first venture of its kind for a UK PR firm, Clearly has committed £5,000 to fund the research, development and...

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Pearson May weekly financial round-up

June 24, 2021
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Pearson May weekly financial round-up

Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up with each week to bring you the top national finance stories. Sweeping EU VAT reforms to affect online retailers  Three reforms to the EU’s VAT rules take effect from July 1 Does this affect you? Find out here Furlough scheme begins winding down as scheduled Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

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Data management acquisition handled by Bishop Fleming’s corporate finance team

June 24, 2021
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Data management acquisition handled by Bishop Fleming’s corporate finance team

The corporate finance team at Bishop Fleming, the regional accountancy firm with an office in Bath, has advised an independent records management business on an acquisition that has made it one of the top firms in its sector. Secure Data Management, based in Kemble, near Cirencester, had already double its number of client records...

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Inspecs re-focuses on growth this year after seeing acquisitions made in a tough 2020 pay off

June 18, 2021
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Inspecs re-focuses on growth this year after seeing acquisitions made in a tough 2020 pay off

The founder of Bath-based spectacles designer and manufacturer Inspecs today insisted the group was seeing growth this year after unveiling annual results showing it had fallen into the red on lower revenues in 2020. Robin Totterman, pictured, the former bond trader who launched Inspecs in 1988, said it had performed well in the first...

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Time Finance looking to double its lending by funding small firms’ Covid recovery plans

June 18, 2021
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Time Finance looking to double its lending by funding small firms’ Covid recovery plans

Bath-based alternative financial services group Time Finance is aiming to more than double lending over the next four years as part of a major expansion of the business. The group, which appointed a CEO earlier this month, also plans to fund more of its loans rather than act as a broker to other lenders...

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Business West warns importers of looming deadline for declaration on goods from EU countries

June 17, 2021
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Business West warns importers of looming deadline for declaration on goods from EU countries

Bath firms that have imported goods from countries in the EU this year are being urged to complete their full declarations or face a possible fine or prosecution as the final deadline approaches. Regional business group Business West, which is authorised by HMRC to process supplementary customs declarations, said companies needed to submit their...

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Maintenance services firm’s shareholders advised by Bishop Fleming on sale

June 16, 2021
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Maintenance services firm’s shareholders advised by Bishop Fleming on sale

Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has completed the sale of a mechanical and electrical maintenance group on behalf of its shareholders. Acorn Engineering Group, based in Slough, was acquired by Cambridge Maintenance Services for an undisclosed sum in a deal that provides a further boost to both companies’...

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Search starts for new chair of the Institute of Directors’ South West region

June 15, 2021
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Search starts for new chair of the Institute of Directors’ South West region

The Institute of Directors (IoD) is recruiting a new chair to lead its South West region as the role’s current holder Muir Macdonald comes to the end of his three-year term this autumn. The successful candidate will act as the voice for regional directors, working alongside a dedicated team at the IoD to build on...

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