Regional law firm Mogers Drewett is to relocate its Bath office to be closer to the city’s emerging Quays business quarter in a move that will also usher in an open-plan working environment for staff. Bath’s North and South Quays development will create a new enterprise area for the city with 300,000 sq ft...
The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has refreshed its board – and addressed a major gender imbalance – by recruiting six new business leaders to help it shape the economic future of the region. The six senior businesses leaders – five of them women – work across a range of sectors and...
The deadline is looming for Bath’s small and medium-sized businesses to apply for grants to help them improve their energy efficiency by reducing bills and protect against future price rises. A £1m fund has been set up by the West of England Combined Authority through which businesses across the region can apply for a...
An intrepid trio from the Bath headquarters of regional law firm Royds Withy King are preparing to climb the highest peak in Africa to raise funds for the city’s homeless charity Julian House. Jess Burston, Ali Cloak and Fran Tremeer are joining the challenge trek to scale Mount Kilimanjaro next February. Their target is...
Law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has made its largest ever round of promotions with three new partners, a legal director, six associates and eight senior associates – a new role for the firm. The new partners are planning expert Ros Trotman and agricultural litigator Robert James – both based in...
Bath’s top law firms and the high-flying legal eagles working for them are highlighted in the latest edition of The Legal 500, the respected industry guide. Firms based in the city take top spot in several categories while a number of Bath-based lawyers are named among the best in their own specialist field. More...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has been named second among the UK top 100 law firms for its gender diversity. Some 64% of the firm’s 213 lawyers are female – a percentage that has put it in second place after national firm Irwin Mitchell in ‘UK 200: Top 100’ report for 2019 by...
More than 40 volunteers from Bath businesses turned out to support a litter pick organised by law firm Stone King to clean up part of the city. They helped clear rubbish from a stretch of the River Avon along with some surrounding streets, including the Lower Bristol Road, parts of Widcombe and Oldfield Park....
Bath’s Café Walcot was the venue for Thrings PM, the regular evening networking event staged by the city office of law firm Thrings. Prominent members of Bath’s business community gathered for one of the first events of the ‘new term’ after the summer break. All photos by Beata Cosgrove
Law firm Thrings has appointed inheritance and tax planning specialist Penny Munro as a senior associate in its Bath office in a move that further strengthens its private client team. Penny, pictured, has joined from Dorset & Wiltshire firm Farnfields Solicitors, where she worked for nearly seven years. She has more than 20 years’...
