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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
South West accountancy firm Old Mill has appointed tax specialist Stephen Martin as its new senior tax adviser as it steps up its ambitious growth plans. Stephen, pictured, qualified in 2008 and went on to join accountants Moore Stephens in London, where he trained in its business tax team. During his 10 years at the firm,...
In recent years, the tax landscape for property investors has changed dramatically, perhaps no more so than when it comes to non-resident capital gains tax (NRCGT). Indeed, most tax benefits that derived from having non-resident status have now been eliminated and with the new surcharge for SDLT of 2% from April 1 this year,...
