The innovative Bloodhound project to build the world’s fastest-ever car is inspiring young people to pursue careers that use maths, engineering and technology, the region’s business leaders have been told. Nearly 400 chartered accountants and guests from across the business community gathered at the annual ICAEW West of England annual dinner last week heard...
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett today staged celebrations for trainee solicitor-turned-Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Eboni Beckford-Chambers as she retured to work just over a week after helping the England netball team gain their incredible last-gasp victory over hosts Australia. Eboni, pictured, joined Mogers Drewett nearly 18 months ago as a trainee in its...
Bath-based law firm Mowbray Woodwards has promoted private client team solicitor Sarah Hickson to associate. Sarah, pictured, has worked at the firm since 2010. A member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, she has extensive experience in estate planning and administration, with specialist knowledge of the taxation and administration of trusts. She also has in-depth experience of...
West of England accountancy group MHA Monahans has become one of the first in the region to be awarded a licence to undertake non-contentious probate work. The firm, with offices in Bath, Trowbridge, Chippenham, Melksham, Frome, Glastonbury, Swindon and Taunton has received accreditation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has strengthened its commercial offering to clients and reaffirmed its commitment to organic growth by appointing three newly-qualified solicitors. Carys Webb, Alexia Aradipiotis and Robyn Rumble have secured their positions after successfully completing structured, two-year training contracts with the firm. Carys has become a member...
Hundreds of Bath businesses were beating path to the city’s Assembly Rooms today as the Bath Business Expo got under way. More than 600 people registered to attend the high-profile event - one of the biggest of its kind between Bristol and Swindon. Organisers expect today’s expo to be bigger and better than...
Bath business experts have been reacting to Tuesday’s Spring Statement, with most pointing to what Chancellor Philip Hammond failed to deliver rather than what he said. The city’s largest accountancy practice Bishop Fleming was particularly hard-hitting in its comments, calling it a “missed opportunity to be bold, imaginative and transformative”, especially as the...
CBI chief economist Rain Newton-Smith said the Chancellor was rightly backing British business to secure the UK’s future prosperity in a new economy. “It’s great to see an upgrade in the state of our public finances and rightly sensible to set more aside for a rainy day with Brexit uncertainty still weighing on the...
Bath hoteliers Ian and Christa Taylor this week said they are looking to make further acquisitions in the city after buying the four-star County Hotel. The couple’s Kaleidoscope Collection snapped up the 22-bedroom hotel on Pulteney Rd for an undisclosed sum just a month after selling the four-star, 62-bedroom Abbey Hotel. That sale, to...
Bath Business Expo has added two more seminars to its packed schedule with just a week to go to what will be one of the largest general business exhibitions and networking opportunities in the region this year. The expo, on Friday, March 16, will build on the success of last year’s sold-out event,...
