Staff wellbeing will go under the spotlight at a business breakfast in Bath next month, with a panel featuring two of the city’s most successful entrepreneurs. The event, on 9 February, is being staged by Bath BID in partnership with Bath Forum. It is the first in a quarterly series linked to popular topics from...
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A PR professional who has won numerous awards since starting his own agency nearly four years ago has launched a service to help businesses showcase their own successes by entering award schemes. Ben Veal, pictured, set up Second Mountain Comms in Bath during the 2020 pandemic with the aim of helping good people do...
Businesses have been given a rare opportunity to acquire Georgian properties converted to modern offices on one of Bath’s most sought-after squares. The two former houses on Kingsmead Square – one of which was originally the Mayor of Bath’s home – have been put on the market by city-based property management company HPH. The...
Turnaround and restructuring expert Tim Sloggett has been appointed as the new South West and Wales chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. Tim, pictured, who is managing director in the financial advisory team at independent advisory firm Quantuma’s Bristol office, will work with R3 to plan and deliver events and conferences for its...
Bath-headquartered regional law firm RWK Goodman is to open a permanent base in Bristol nearly five years after launching a satellite office in the city. The firm employs more than 570 across its office network, which also includes Swindon, Oxford and London. It opened a small office in Bristol in 2019 to service a...
New rules are being brought in by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) requiring online sales platforms to make an annual report to them with the details of individual sellers, writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. This is so that HMRC can check whether the individuals have paid tax correctly on such sales, where applicable,...
Global real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened the valuation capability in its South West office with a number of new hires. he team, which has a focus on the residential market, offers a dedicated resource for valuation and advisory support. This ranges from single family housing, build-to-rent, affordable housing, development advice and student accommodation...
A partner with regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which an office in Bath, has been elected vice-president of the profession’s leading membership organisation. Caroline Smale, pictured, who leads Bishop Fleming’s risk and compliance team, takes up the role at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) this summer for a year. Caroline...
The government’s plan to cut net migration has led to confusion, with a changing picture on income thresholds. Following proposed changes to the immigration system announced by Home Secretary James Cleverly in December, the minimum salary for skilled workers overall will be raised to £38,700 from this April. A significant number of vacancies across...
