Accountancy group Deloitte has appointed Louise Durkan as a partner in its national special situations mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team in a move that brings her back to the firm. Louise, pictured, spent more than ten-and-a-half years at Deloitte in Bristol as an assistant director and director. She has re-joined the firm after three...
Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, the West of England’s first home-grown, place-based impact investor, has appointed a new chair and two new board members to support its ambitious growth. Investment industry leader Mark Mansley has joined as deputy chair and solicitor Richard Leeming as a non-executive director. Existing board member Ruth Foreman, who has...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has advised the shareholders of one of the UK’s leading accounting companies focused on the tech start-up ecosystem on its sale to a fast-growing accountancy group hailed as the ‘rebels of the sector’. Ihorizon is a leading London-based accounting firm specialising in innovative accounting and finance services designed to help...
The South West ’s strength in burgeoning sectors such as cleantech, fintech and AI (artificial intelligence) helped push up venture capital investment in the region last year by 9%, outperforming the national picture. Firms in these sectors, along with manufacturers, attracted some of the largest investments out of the annual total of £455m across 124 deals,...
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Setting up a business or going self-employed can give LGBT people a sense of liberation and freedom to be their authentic selves, according to research by the University of Bath. The academics, who worked on the study of small businesses with LGBT owners with the Radboud University in the Netherlands, found that negative experiences in the...
As the end of the 2022/23 tax year approaches on 5 April, it is also a good time to review your affairs, making the most of opportunities to maximise your income and minimise your tax, writes Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden. Some tax planning may require action to be taken before 5 April. I...
A once-in-a-generation elite sporting event taking place in Bath this summer will offer a unique showcase for the city’s businesses. The UIPM Modern Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships are being staged at the University of Bath in August, providing unparalleled sponsorship, hospitality and staff engagement opportunities for firms in the city. The event, which...
A business launched by two former schoolfriends from Bath has raised £1m from its first investment round to market its pioneering wearable workplace safety technology. Spacebands is on a mission to improve workplace safety by using its technology to prevent accidents, injuries and deaths in hazardous environments. Initially seeking seed investment of £600,000, it has now received £1m...
Bath-headquartered alternative finance group Time Finance has recruited Casey Baldwin as business development manager in its invoice finance team. Casey, pictured, joins with 10 years’ experience in the invoice finance sector, having spent her career working alongside both national brokers and business owners to package supportive and flexible funding solutions. She most recently worked at Novuna,...
