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...
A pioneering medical device company with a base in Bath that focuses on the emerging field of surgical endoscopy has raised nearly £34m to fill a funding gap and speed up its expansion. Creo Medical Group develops and commercialises minimally invasive electrosurgical devices from its bases in Chepstow and Bath. The firm, which is...
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...
