The challenges faced by the West of England’s small to medium-sized enterprises in scaling up to innovate and grow are to be tackled in project spearheaded by the University of Bath. The initiative will focus on four key technology sectors – advanced engineering and manufacturing; digital innovation; environmental, sustainable, marine/maritime; and health and wellbeing. ...
Bath’s small business owners will be hardest hit by new tax regulations on dividends, the city’s largest accountancy firm is warning. Bishop Fleming, which delivers accounting, tax, corporate restructuring and advisory services to businesses and private wealth advice to individuals, says a key change to the taxation of dividends next April will disproportionately hurt...
Years ago the limits to employee care were probably checking with HR why they weren’t at their desk if they were ill and sending them an annual Christmas card. But this is 2017, and I believe any employer now has a much wider responsibility to monitor and react to the physical and mental state...
A skills revolution is needed in the West of England to solve the recruitment problem now hitting many of the region’s firms, Metro Mayor Tim Bowles has been told. The message was delivered to him by the head of national business support service GetSet for Growth, who said ‘hard-to-fill’ posts were hitting many of...
Bath’s recently opened £35m Apex Hotel has marked its arrival in the city by announcing a season-long partnership with Bath Rugby. The four-star hotel – the city’s largest – announced its new role as the club’s official hotel partner at this year’s Bath Rugby shirt sponsor dinner, which was held in its events space....
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. Self-employed over-65s earning more 'Silver self-employed’ workers earning almost £40,000 a year on average. Read the full story here Tax break for festive office party Employers can claim £150 per head towards the Christmas party. Read the full story...
