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Bath businesses are being asked to help an influential group of MPs and peers from across the West of England and South Wales shape their agenda for change during the year ahead. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Western Gateway – the partnership covering the ‘super-region’ stretching from Swindon to Swansea via Bath...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. Self Assessment deadline missed by 1.1m Despite a rush, more than a million taxpayers failed to file on time. Click here for more details. Small employer relief rate for statutory pay rises to 8.5% Higher compensation from April eases small...
St John’s Foundation has welcomed Catharine Brown as its new CEO following seven months during which she performed the role on an interim basis. Catharine, pictured, has been appointed by Bath’s oldest charity following a highly competitive selection process. The board of trustees at St John’s, which celebrated its 850th anniversary last year, said they had...
Clearly PR, the Bath-based agency, has pledged to provide free public relations consultancy services to 100 certified B Corp businesses and brands over the next 12 months – double the number it delivered last year. The move means the agency, itself B Corp accredited, will have worked with more than 5% of the total number of...
A litigation expert named as one of the best in her field has joined law firm Thrings’ award-winning agriculture team as a legal director. Polly Ridgway, pictured with Thrings partner Robert James, has arrived from law firm Clarke Wilmott, where she spent nine-and-a-half years, most recently as a senior associate. Thrings, which has an office in...
Bath-headquartered specialist funder Time Finance has boosted its invoice finance team with the arrival of Jamie O’Neill as business development manager. Jamie, pictured, joins with more than 17 years’ industry experience, his most recent role being business development director at Surrey-headquartered invoice finance firm IGF. He previously worked at Breal Zeta CF, ABN AMRO Commercial...
