A campaign to help businesses across the West of England reduce their reliance on dirty fossil fuels and embrace a greener future through simple, practical steps has been launched in Bath. Action Net Zero’s Beacon of Hope initiative will reach out to firms, as well as communities and individuals, to offer them practical advice,...
Teams from more than 20 Bath businesses have raised around £16,000 by putting their grey matter to the test in one of city’s longest-running charity events. The annual Brain of Bath quiz night staged by homeless charity Julian House, which has been staged since 1999, this year attracted 23 teams – all eager to...
Fifteen consecutive months of growth have been chalked up by Bath-headquartered alternative funder Time Finance in its own-book lending portfolio, taking it to an all-time high. The firm, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, sees increasing its own-book lending as a key pillar of its medium-term growth strategy, announced 15 months ago,...
Ben Veal, the founding director of specialist public relations consultancy Second Mountain Comms, has been named as the region’s top PR practitioner for the second consecutive year. Ben, pictured, launched Second Mountain in Bath two years ago during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Since then, his focus has been in supporting purpose-led companies and charities....
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. HMRC warns self-assessment customers against fraud HMRC received over 180,000 referrals of suspicious contact in the last year. Click here for more details Business confidence falls significantly Four in 10 businesses anticipate a fall in profits over...
The organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce has called for an end to instability at the heart of government following Liz Truss’s resignation, warning that it was harming business’s prospects at an already difficult time. Business West, the region’s largest business group, also said it was crucial the next Conservative Party leader –...
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett has praised a ‘kindness’ initiative introduced by a school in the city after it won £500 in its Queen’s Platinum Jubilee competition. Eye-catching bunting designed by pupils at St John’s Catholic Primary School secured it top prize in the Years 6 to 8 category of the contest, which attracted more than...
Truespeed, the Bath based full fibre broadband provider, has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Nelson Missier as its chief commercial officer. With more than 20 years’ experience in telecoms, media and technology, Nelson, pictured, joins Truespeed with a wealth of commercial experience to further accelerate the expansion of its full fibre network across the South West. He...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has been named as one of the best in the UK for family law in a new report. Eprivateclient, a leading website and news service for private client practitioners, including lawyers and accountants, surveyed more than 100 law firms to identify, recognise and promote the best. The inclusion in...
Defence manufacturing group Avon Protection has appointed the chief financial officer of military and security firm Ultra Electronics as its new chief executive. The Melksham-based group, which specialises in protective gear, masks and breathing equipment for the military and first-responder markets, announced the appointment of Jos Sclater nearly five months after the resignation of...
