West of England accountants Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has taken on three former partners of rival Smith & Williamson with more than 60 years at the firm between them. Corporate financiers Martyn Fraser and Matthew Pearson have joined Bishop Fleming’s large corporate finance team while tax specialist Peter Ball has...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bath, is celebrating the hard work, passion and commitment to clients of its general practice manager Lynsey Rowley as she marks 25 years with the firm. Lynsey joined the firm in 1997 after graduating from the University of Bath with a BSc in Economics...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has further boosted its expertise in insolvency dispute resolution with the appointment of Julie Killip as a partner. Julie, pictured, has joined from the London office of international commercial law firm Ince, where she spent nearly eight years as a partner and joint head of restructuring and insolvency. ...
Bath Spa University has awarded honorary degrees to two people it has described as inspirational for its community – the former head of MI5 and a renowned music publisher. Lord Jonathan Evans of Weardale and Sarah Liversedge Platz were presented with honorary doctorates in recognition of their outstanding achievements, and excellence, in their respective fields as...
BLB Solicitors, the regional law firm with offices in Bath, Bradford on Avon and Trowbridge, has promoted the heads of two of its team members to directors. Caroline Entwistle and Sarah Loveless joined the firm in 2019 and 2020 respectively, although both have practised in the area for many years. Caroline, pictured right, who...
Communications agency founder Natalie Sherman has been named as one of the UK’s most inspirational and dynamic female entrepreneurs. Natalie, pictured, who launched Corsham-based social-first consultancy Naturally Social in 2015, is among the businesswoman in the f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100’ campaign. Staged by Small Business Britain, a leading champion of UK small firms, f:Entrepreneur was...
A new director of asset finance has been recruited by Bath-headquartered Time Finance in a move the firm says demonstrates its commitment to offering asset-backed funding to growing businesses. Steve Nichols, pictured, has assumed overall responsibility for the operation and performance of asset finance for the business and will become a member of...
An award-winning chef who has spent his entire career working for top hotels in the Bath area has been appointed as head chef at the city’s Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa. Martin Blake, pictured, is to lead his team in developing a new farm-to-fork menu for the hotel’s flagship Dower House Restaurant, including...
Bath-based boutique hotel group the Kaleidoscope Collection has appointed Graham Chambers to the newly created role of director of people & culture. Graham, pictured, who has more than 10 years ’ experience in the hospitality industry, will be responsible for driving and maintaining the collection’s core values as a recognised employer committed to...
Regional law firm Mogers Drewett, which has its largest office in Bath, has promoted specialist employment lawyer and partner Sean McDonough to the role of managing partner. Sean, pictured, joined what was then Mogers 11 years ago from Somerset law firm Pardoes. Prior to that he worked at national firm Lyons Davidson and Matthew...
