Specialist packaging firm Westfield Medical has acquired a manufacturer of sterilisation pouches in a deal handled by Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman and regional accountants Bishop Fleming. Midsomer Norton-based Westfield, a subsidiary of international infection control products group Sterimed, said the takeover of Granton Medical would enable it to extend its offer to supply...
Rob Chedzoy, tax partner at regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, believes the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s drive for growth has created interesting tax planning opportunities for businesses and their owners. Rob, pictured, said prior to the Budget, many businesses were concerned about the upcoming increase to Corporation Tax in April, when the rate will rise from 19% to...
West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris said the Spring Budget contained some measures that would benefit the region but overall would do nothing to unleash the potential of its businesses. “The hit to living standards over the past two years is the largest since records began,” the Labour mayor, pictured, who heads the West...
Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, the West of England’s first home-grown, place-based impact investor, has appointed a new chair and two new board members to support its ambitious growth. Investment industry leader Mark Mansley has joined as deputy chair and solicitor Richard Leeming as a non-executive director. Existing board member Ruth Foreman, who has...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has advised the shareholders of one of the UK’s leading accounting companies focused on the tech start-up ecosystem on its sale to a fast-growing accountancy group hailed as the ‘rebels of the sector’. Ihorizon is a leading London-based accounting firm specialising in innovative accounting and finance services designed to help...
A team from Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has helped the shareholders of a cyber security consultancy sell the business to a fast-growing digital consultancy and sector challenger brand. London-based Savanti, which provides cyber services such as strategy, security leadership, architecture design and security risk assessment, was acquired by FSP Consulting Services. Savanti, which...
Setting up a business or going self-employed can give LGBT people a sense of liberation and freedom to be their authentic selves, according to research by the University of Bath. The academics, who worked on the study of small businesses with LGBT owners with the Radboud University in the Netherlands, found that negative experiences in the...
Tim Rutherford, a partner in Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King’s charity and social enterprise team, has been honoured by the Catholic Church. Pope Francis bestowed the honour of admitting Tim, pictured, to the Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr as a knight. The move is a way of thanking Tim for his...
Cohabitation is the fastest-growing family type in the UK. However, many couples do not realise that if they split up there is not an automatic right to financial support. Here I answer some of the most common questions relating to cohabitation agreements. What is a cohabitation agreement? If you and your partner are planning...
More than 100 firms across the West of England have signed up to a regional Good Employment Charter which pledges to pay staff a Real Living Wage and clamp down on the use of zero-hours contracts. Introduced by Metro Mayor Dan Norris as part of a campaign against poverty pay, it also commits employers...
