Monahans, the South West’s largest independent accountancy firm, has promoted Stephanie Hurst to tax director for corporate tax consultancy and personal tax compliance. Stephanie, pictured, joined the firm, which has eight offices including in Bath, Trowbridge and Chippenham, as corporate tax manager in 2014. She quickly became an integral member of the company’s tax division and...
The asset finance team at Bath-based alternative funder Time Finance has maintained its expansion with the appointment of Hannah Dixon as account manager. Hannah, pictured, joins with more than 10 years’ experience in the sector having worked at Yorkshire-based Bluestone Leasing, where she supported the growth plans of businesses by enabling access to bespoke...
Monday August 1 Final: Fulcrum Utility Services Interims: Hutchmed (China), Spectris, GlobalData, RHI Magnesita, Senior, HSBC Holdings, Altyngold Trading updates: Cranswick, Belvoir, EKF Diagnostics Holdings, Balanced Commercial Property Trust, XP Power Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday August 2 Final: NWF Group Interims: Standard Chartered, Travis Perkins, Rotork, BP, Greggs, Fresnillo, Keller Group, Braveheart Investment Group Wednesday August 3 Finals: Van Elle...
The outlook for Bath’s office and retail property markets remains strong, according to a new report, with one new and one refurbished office building coming on stream and strong demand from the national food and drink sector. According to regional commercial property agents Alder King’s latest Market Monitor, Bath’s office sector is, unusually, benefitting...
Two of Bath’s leading financial services firms are to take space in No.1 Bath Quays, the city’s first major new office development for more than a generation. Financial services consultancy and software provider Altus and chartered financial planning group Fidelius will be the first tenants in the showpiece 44,470 sq ft building, a key...
The West of England’s first Good Employment Charter has been launched – with Bath software development company Storm among the first to sign up. The project was kick-started this week by Metro Mayor Dan Norris as part of a push to develop good jobs, deliver opportunities for workers to progress and help local and regional...
Truespeed, the Bath-based full fibre broadband provider, is celebrating connecting 300 business across the South West to its network. The firm, which started out as a community interest company in 2014 to help level-up the region’s digital capabilities, said its business customers were reaping the benefits of its guaranteed speed connectivity. Truespeed’s state-of-the-art network delivers...
Companies in the South West are more gloomy about the economy and their own prospects than those in all other regions of the UK, according to a new survey. Business confidence in the region fell three percentage points to 11% during July, making it the least confident region in the UK for the second consecutive month, the...
Bath-based strategic workplace design company Interaction has started work on a project that is set to be one of the UK’s most sustainable offices. Interaction has been commissioned by international law firm Osborne Clarke to work on the fit-out of its new state-of-the-art Bristol base in the city’s landmark, green office building Halo. When...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Association of Taxation Technicians president calls for no HMRC staff cuts The group has raised concerns over MTD and HMRC waiting times Click here for more information FCA seeks fair treatment of SMEs Banks have been told to maintain...
