Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. MTD for VAT penalties issued from November People could face fines after the VAT portal closure. Click here for more information. Tax leaders set out priorities for new Prime Minister The open letter identifies three urgent tax improvements....
A garden designed by Bath-based international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates at the heart of a major urban renewal project has opened to the public. The environmentally focused practice, which has worked on major schemes across the world, collaborated with London-based developer HUB and Bristol and London architects AHMM on the regeneration of Queen’s...
Staff from Bath-based law firm RWK Goodman are to aiming to raise £20,000 for its four charity partners by walking the 130 miles between its headquarters in the city and its London office. The Step Ahead Challenge will involve a team of employees taking part in the sponsored walk over 10 working days between...
Fast-growing national self-storage operator StoreAway has opened an outlet in a former landmark furniture showroom in Bath after securing a £5.2m in investment. The 27,000 sq ft Depository building, pictured, on York Place, London Road, houses 245 lockers across two floors. The high-profile building, which dates from the early 20th century, was originally a storage...
Monday August 29 Bank holiday: Nothing listed Tuesday August 30 Final: Braemar Shipping Services Interims: Centralnic Group, Uniphar, Old Mutual Economic announcements: M4 money supply, Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit Wednesday August 31 Final: Eco Animal Health Group Interims: Chesnara, Flowtech Fluidpower, BBGI Global Infrastructures, Bank of Cyprus Holdings Economic announcements: M4 money supply, Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit, Nationwide house price index...
Small and medium-sized firms in Bath and across the West of England can get free help on issues such as contracts, performance management and recruitment through a new HR support service. Launched by Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, the service will offer tailored advice for businesses via one-to-one sessions...
Bath Spa University has become the first in the South West – and only the fifth in the whole of the UK - to have its work as a social enterprise recognised through a prestigious international accreditation scheme. The Social Enterprise Gold Mark champions social enterprise best practice through a rigorous external assessment process, with Bath...
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa in Bath has appointed Helen Griffiths to the role of spa manager, bringing with her more than 20 years’ experience in the industry. Helen, pictured, started out as a spa receptionist with holiday venue group Center Parcs, where she went on to re-train as a beauty therapist, progressing to spa...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has partnered with online structured health education experts to improve the mental health and wellbeing of its employees. New starters at the firm take a course designed by TeamDoctor in their first weeks that covers subjects ranging from stress, anxiety and depression to presenteeism, workplace relationships, management culture and...
The construction law practice at Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King has been expanded with the arrival of partner Sean Randall Morris and paralegal Grace Souter. Both have joined from Bath-headquartered RWK Goodman, where Sean, pictured, worked for just under a year as a partner in its dispute resolution team and Grace for 11 months...
