Regional law firm Goughs Solicitors has strengthened its corporate team with the appointment of senior associate Jonathan Carter-Lewis. Jonathan, pictured, brings knowledge and expertise to his new role having worked in London and Hong Kong and with CMS, Nabarro and TransAsia Lawyers. The appointment follows an incredibly successful few years for Goughs, which has seven...
Stone King, the national law firm with its headquarters in Bath, has appointed top-ranked charity lawyer Rosamund McCarthy Etherington as an equity partner. Rosamund, pictured, has joined Stone King, which is a national leader in charity law, after more than 30 years at London law firm Bates Wells. Her arrival strengthens Stone King’s team of more than 50 charity...
The founder of a Bath-based specialist communications consultancy launched during the first Covid lockdown has been named as a finalist in the UK public relations industry’s most prestigious award scheme. Ben Veal, pictured, opened Second Mountain Communications for business in summer 2000 with a mission to help good people to do good by sharing their values and...
Accountancy and business advisory firm Grant Thornton UK has strengthened its regional corporate finance advisory team with the promotion of Nick Jones to director. Nick, pictured, has worked at the firm for more than 10 years. Grant Thornton said his promotion reflected the continued growth of its corporate finance advisory offering across the South West and...
A financial planner with Bath law firm Mogers Drewett has become one of just 35 professionals in the UK to gain a specialist accreditation from family law professional body Resolution for divorce work. Daniel Gornall, pictured, is already a Chartered Financial Planner, Fellow of the Personal Finance Society and an Associate Member of Resolution. ...
National audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has promoted Richard Holm to partner in its regioanal VAT team to support its ambitious growth plans. Richard, pictured, leads the VAT division across the South West. He has more than 20 years’ experience in advising clients on the VAT implications of business reorganisations, property and real...
Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King has appointed solicitor Sophie Levitt-Hughes to further strengthen its immigration services. Sophie, pictured, will be responsible for supporting clients with all immigrations issues from sponsorship to individual immigration matters across the firm’s key sectors of education, charity and social enterprise, business and private client. Stone King partner Julie Moktadir,...
Lloyds Bank has added to its senior team in the South West with the appointment of regional director Amanda Dorel. Amanda, pictured, who grew up in Wiltshire, brings with her more than three decades of banking and commercial finance experience. In her new role she will work on enhancing Lloyds’ support for its portfolio of small...
Lawyers from Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King’s immigration team are giving pro bono legal advice to a project helping Ukraine nationals following Russia’s invasion of their country. The Ukraine Advice Project UK, which was set up by a group of immigration lawyers, has been inundated with inquiries since it opened, with Stone King’s...
South West accountancy firm Old Mill has welcomed 10 new starters this week as part of its plan to double its workforce to 600 by 2026. The move follows the introduction of an extra graduate intake in March to run alongside its long-established one in September. The firm, which has offices in Chippenham, Wells,...
