Pearson May partner David Richards looks at proposed changes to the flat rate VAT scheme Many small businesses use the VAT flat rate scheme (FRS) to simplify VAT reporting and some even gain a cash advantage from using the scheme. One of the conditions for using the FRS is that the business’s turnover (excluding...
Bath’s ethical firms have until today, Friday, to enter the South West Fairtrade Business Awards following an extension of the deadline. The coveted awards, now in their fifth year, are open to all organisations in the region that use Fairtrade products and prioritise fair trade practices within their business. They are free to enter...
Thrings, the regional law firm with an office in Bath, has been appointed by the Bar Council to a new debt recovery panel to help barristers collect outstanding fees from professional clients. Thrings is only one of two firms to be chosen to become a strategic partner for the new service. The Bar Council...
The Bath office of law firm Royds Withy King has acted as the lead adviser to shareholders of Somerset-based insurance services firm Higos in its sale to major specialist insurance group Global Risk Partners (GRP). Somerton-based Higos, which employs around 300 people in 20 offices in Somerset, Dorset, South Gloucestershire, Devon, Wiltshire and Hampshire,...
Directors from Bath and across the West of England are being invited to enter one of the region’s top annual awards schemes that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 will showcase outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs as well as focusing UK-wide attention on...
Former Lloyds Banking Group head of equity investments Fiona Gibson has joined BGF (Business Growth Fund) as a portfolio specialist to support its growing portfolio across the South West. At Lloyds, Fiona, pictured, was responsible for the bank’s portfolio of more than 250 legacy equity assets. She delivered a number of significant exits including the...
