A combined legal and financial service to help people going through a divorce or separation has been launched by regional law firm Mogers Drewett, which has an office in Bath. The move coincides with the appointment of chartered financial planner and Fellow of the Personal Finance Society Daniel Gornall. His arrival in the Mogers...
Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News each week to bring you the top national finance stories. The furlough scheme from now to September The extension is expected to save 340,000 jobs, according to the OBR. Click here to find out more Details of the ‘final’ two SEISS grants An extra 600,000 taxpayers are...
Accountancy group Deloitte’s South & Wales mergers and acquisitions (M&A) team has completed five deals in just five weeks, including a successful refinancing of iconic Somerset shoe brand Clarks and an investment in Bath-based specialist online publisher SelectScience. The team worked with private companies and private equity houses on the deals, which span the consumer...
National accountancy firm Smith & Williamson is launching a series of webinars for partners in professional practices later this month. The series begins on Thursday, March 25, with ‘Introduction to the Partnership,’ which will guide newly appointed equity partners through the transition from employee to equity partner. This will be followed by ‘Financial Planning...
Bath’s HR professionals will be able to hear from a leading expert based in the city on how they can change their workplace culture to meet the new, post-pandemic environment at a webinar next week. The event, the latest staged by Bath HR Network, the group dedicated to collaborative HR knowledge and expertise among employers in the city,...
Cyber technology, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy and the green economy should be harnessed to drive recovery and growth in the Western Gateway, the regional powerhouse that includes Bath, the West of England and South Wales. The recommendation comes in an independent report published this week which also suggests the region should focus on raising productivity...
Businesses across Bath and North East Somerset seeking to cut their carbon emissions and reduce their environmental impact are being urged to take part in a special webinar to find out about the support available. The event will give details of measures they can take along with examples of the funding they can access. ...
The pandemic has created a vast agile working experiment that may permanently change the office environment. The past 12 months have seen companies scramble to put technology in place to allow employees to work remotely and to allow businesses to continue as normal, but it has also brought acceptance of this approach. Looking forward,...
Much of the focus in the press in the past week or so has, of course, been in relation to the Budget and the various measures which the Chancellor announced, both to attempt to repair the economy in the longer term but support those businesses and individuals who continue to face challenging conditions as...
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) welcomed an extra £4.1m investment announced in the Budget to support its efforts to reduce car usage and improve air quality by getting more people to walk, cycle and use public transport. This new money, for the year 2021-22, comes as WECA continues to develop its West of England Recovery Plan,...
