Bath entrepreneurs, start-ups and small firms can learn about better financial management at a breakfast meeting next Wednesday. Staged by the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) as part of National Bookkeeping Week, the free event aims to improve the knowledge and perception of basic bookkeeping principles such as cashflow management. The event, at the...
Bath independent financial advice firm Chase de Vere today warned of ‘unintended consequences’ behind the Government’s plan, announced this morning, to cap management fees charged by pension providers. The Treasury is consulting on limiting fees to between 0.75% and 1%, claiming the move could save tens of thousands of pounds for many people. Pensions...
One of the UK car industry’s most respected figures, former General Motors UK chairman Bill Parfitt, has joined accountants Grant Thornton’s automotive advisory team as a consultant. Mr Parfitt, pictured, is now working with team members including director and automotive manufacturing specialist Neil Barrell, who is based in the firm’s regional office in Bristol. The...
Avon Rubber, the Melksham-based specialist manufacturer best known for its respirators, has won two major contracts as a result of its £3m acquisition earlier this year of VR Technology Holdings. Avon bought VR, a market leader in electronics, computers and life support systems used by professional divers, in April to broaden its reach in...
Bishop Fleming Independent Financial Advisers, part of fast-growing West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, has appointed Darren Steadman as a financial planning consultant to serve clients across Bath and Bristol. Mr Steadman, who was educated in Bristol, spent 20 years with AXA Sun Life in the city, rising to implementation manager. More recently, he was...
Monday 28 October Interim: Volex Trading statement: Aggreko EGM: Evocutis Economics: Hometrack housing survey, CBI reported sales, Nationwide house prices Tuesday 29 October Interims: Braemar Shipping Services Trading statements: BP, Dragon Oil, Glanbia, Lloyds Banking Group, National Express, Playtech, Standard Chartered, Wolfson Microelectronics AGMs: Clinigen, Ideagen, In-deed Online, ViaLogy Economics: Net consumer credit, Net...
Young entrepreneurs are to benefit from a new support and advice service launched yesterday as a partnership between Virgin and Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce. Virgin StartUp will offer financial support, mentoring and business advice to thousands of young people across the country who want to follow Virgin founder...
The Bath area’s reputation as a centre for creativity and innovation has been recognised through a new technology partnership in the Middle East’s equivalent of Silicon Valley. The UK Jordan Tech Hub was launched in Amman this week to help drive economic growth through a technology and innovation partnership between the two countries. The...
Some of the South West’s most illustrious chefs cooked together to produce a Michelin star-studded celebration in recognition of a successful second year for industry charity Hospitality Action. The six culinary superstars, all members of the Chef’s Forum, came together at the Bath Priory to conjure up the six-course lunch to showcase the region’s...
The £34m regeneration project that will transform Keynsham town centre reached a key stage today with a topping-out ceremony to mark the highest point of its buildings. The project, a partnership between Bath & North East Somerset Council and construction, and national property development group Willmott Dixon, is now around one year from completion....
