Advisers from regional law firm Thrings and accountants Bishop Fleming have helped secure a major national deal in the fast-growing data and artificial intelligence sector. The acquisition of DataShapa by market-leading Microsoft pure play technology partner Transparity will create a major specialist data practice. London-based DataShapa, a Microsoft Gold Certified data strategy and business...
Fundraising efforts including a sky dive for daring staff at Goughs Solicitors to an in-house bake-off for their more down-to-earth colleagues helped the firm net more than £3,000 for Julia’s House children’s hospice. A number of dress-down days and a pub quiz also added to the total. Julia’s House, which is dedicated to supporting...
Bath area firms are being urged to join more than 125 firms across the UK that have already signed a pledge to never support or promote blood sports such as hunting or shooting. The plea has come from West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris, who is also chair of the League Against Cruel...
Confidence among West of England firms has recovered sharply from its slump last year, according to the latest research by the region’s largest business organisation – but continued staff shortages are now adding to their problems. The quarterly survey by Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, shows firms’ confidence in both the...
The government has brought in changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rules that apply to separating spouses which will allow more time for the transfer of assets between them without incurring a potential tax charge. Previously there was often a rush to sell or transfer the family home or rental properties once a...
A team from Bath law firm Stone King has given a helping hand to city-based charity Mentoring Plus by sprucing up the garden at its Riverside Youth Hub. The charity helps young people across Bath and North East Somerset who are struggling with school, family or wellbeing. Stone King’s team was made up of...
Legal and financial planning services firm Mogers Drewett is to expand its market share in both areas following its acquisition of Bath-based boutique private client practice firm Freemans Solicitors. The move comes after founder Shaun Freeman decided to retire. Established in 1999, single office firm Freemans Solicitors developed a specialist private client practice which was...
Law firm Thrings has appointed three newly qualified solicitors in a move it says reflects the way it continues to retain talent nurtured through its trainee scheme. Jake Wennen will be based in the agriculture team at the firm’s Bath office, while Rhiannon Forbes is now a member of its residential property team in...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has advised the shareholders of an industry-leading car parking systems manufacturer by a tech business specialising in automatic number plate recognition. Bristol-based Newpark Solutions has more than 15 years’ experience in supplying bespoke parking software and is the UK’s only manufacturer of ticketless parking systems. Its equipment is used in places...
Lawyers working for Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King have welcomed the extension of a government scheme that gives separating couples up to £500 worth of vouchers to use on mediation. The Family Mediation Voucher Scheme will now run until April 2025, backed by an additional £15m in funding. Mediation involves couples working through their...
