Goughs Solicitors’ latest series of free online seminars for business owners concludes next month with the final session titled Settlement: When and how to do it. The monthly Wednesday Wisdom Webinars, which have been giving up-to-date, relevant and pragmatic employment advice throughout the summer, are led by the firm’s head of employment Rebecca Dennis, pictured. They allow employers the opportunity to...
Kaleidoscope Collection, the Bath boutique hotel group owned by Ian and Christa Taylor, has put one of its hotels on the market with a £8.5m price tag. The Bird, Bath, pictured, on Pulteney Road was bought by the Taylors in 2018 for an undisclosed sum. They have since invested heavily in it, creating 29...
The founding director of a PR consultancy specialising in supporting purpose-driven companies and charities has been elected to serve on the council of the public relations industry’s professional body. Ben Veal, pictured, who launched Second Mountain Comms in Bath two years ago and is the current CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) regional chair,...
A defence business that works with navies from NATO countries and allied nations has received an export finance facility worth £2.4m to expand further in international markets. Leafield Logistics secured the funding from the government’s UK Export Finance (UKEF) credit agency to free up its cashflow and support its growth. The firm, based in...
Mid-market private equity firm LDC’s South West team has completed three deals with a combined enterprise value of over £175m during what it called a “stellar six-month period” while also stepping up its support for local good causes. At the same time it has supported its existing portfolio in making significant steps to deliver...
Regional accountancy and advisory firm Bishop Fleming is to bring a specialist Gloucestershire practice into its business as part of its ambitious strategy aimed at doubling its size over the next few years. Integrating the business of Bespoke Tax Accountants will add a base in Cheltenham to its existing seven offices, including Bath, while...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Total tax take soars to £310.9bn Income Tax and Inheritance Tax see the most significant increases. Click here for more details HMRC delays PAYE direct debit service The service will now launch next month. Read more here...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bath, has welcomed 16 new starters as it continues a history of supporting trainee accountants that stretches back more than three decades. The latest recruits join the firm’s expanding team of professionals across the South West who are supporting the practice’s growing client base. The...
Highly experienced tax specialist Chris Watts has appointed as an associate director in regional accountancy firm Old Mill’s capital tax advisory team. A qualified member of the Association of Accounting Technicians, Chartered Institute of Taxation and Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Chris, pictured, has 26 years’ experience in the industry, with particular expertise in...
Law firm Thrings has appointed four new partners and promoted five other lawyers as it continues its commitment to nurturing talent across the firm. Three senior associates are among those promoted to partner – Kathryn Bew and Charlotte Dooling, who are both based in its Bath office and work in the family and real estate teamsrespectively,...
