Homewood Hotel & Spa has appointed Robert Fairbairn to the role of food and beverage manager as it prepares for a £3m expansion. Robert, pictured, joins Homewood from the Manor House Hotel & Golf Club in Castle Combe and the Royal Berkshire Hotel, Ascot, where he progressed through the ranks from graduate manager to senior...
Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King has appointed experienced education property specialist Chris Emm to strengthen its commercial property team. Chris, pictured, joins as a partner from Browne Jacobson, the six-office national firm, which he joined as a trainee and worked for 18 years. Over that time he developed wide knowledge and expertise, working with education sector clients,...
Mohammed Saddiq, executive director of operations at Bath-based Wessex Water, is to be the next Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset. He will take over from Annie Maw CVO when she retires at the end of October and says he is “greatly looking forward giving something back to the country which has given me so much”. Mr...
Monahans, the South West’s largest independent accountancy firm, has promoted Stephanie Hurst to tax director for corporate tax consultancy and personal tax compliance. Stephanie, pictured, joined the firm, which has eight offices including in Bath, Trowbridge and Chippenham, as corporate tax manager in 2014. She quickly became an integral member of the company’s tax division and...
The asset finance team at Bath-based alternative funder Time Finance has maintained its expansion with the appointment of Hannah Dixon as account manager. Hannah, pictured, joins with more than 10 years’ experience in the sector having worked at Yorkshire-based Bluestone Leasing, where she supported the growth plans of businesses by enabling access to bespoke...
National logistics group Wincanton has appointed Tom Hinton as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Mr Hinton, pictured, joins the Chippenham-headquartered group on 15 August after nearly two years as CFO at London-based international mining and chemicals business WE Soda. He has also worked in CFO roles for Infinis Energy and Domestic & General...
Bath-headquartered specialist funder Time Finance has appointed Paul Seddon to the newly created role of head of credit to help to strengthen and shape the firm’s asset finance proposition. The move comes as the firm continues to increase its lending to UK small and medium-sized enterprises looking to invest in business-critical equipment. Paul brings more...
One of Bath’s best-known business figures, YTL UK chief executive officer Colin Skellett, has become chair of the regional business organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce. Business West is one of the UK’s most influential business leadership organisations, representing more than 21,000 businesses across the South West, including through its network of chambers of...
Bath Building Society has appointed Richard Ingle as its new chief financial officer, replacing Tom Leach who left recently to join Monmouthshire Building Society in the same role. Richard, pictured, whose appointment is subject to regulatory approval, will join on 22 August from the Bristol-based UK subsidiary of sustainable bank Triodos, where he has...
Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King has strengthened its key private client property and crime teams with a number of new appointments. Solicitor Aisha Choudhury and paralegal Zoya Ustado have been welcomed to its private client property team while solicitor Malik Siddique has joined the crime team, along with paralegal Lucie Green. Aisha has a wide range of legal...
