Tax-efficient gift-giving is an essential aspect of estate planning that can significantly reduce your Inheritance Tax (IHT) liabilities while benefiting your loved ones. By carefully planning and utilising the available allowances and exemptions, you can ensure that more of your wealth passes on to your family and less is lost to taxes, writes Pearson...
Monday October 14 Final: 1Spatial Trading announcement: PageGroup Tuesday October 15 Finals: Bellway, Seraphim Space Investment Trust Trading announcement: Victorian Plumbing Group Economic announcements: Claimant count rate, Unemployment rate Wednesday October 16 Interims: Nuformix, Whitbread, Sanderson Design Group, Vertu Motors Trading announcement: Liontrust Asset Management Economic announcements: Consumer price index, Producer price index, Retail price index Thursday October 17 Q3 results: St James’s...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week FW Capital fund manager David Goodall answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST Film you watched? Twisters – the sequel to the original Twister movie, so it’s all about hurricanes and cyclones. It’s entertaining...
A £300m investment vehicle to help create and grow the West of England’s next generation of innovative science and technology spin-out businesses has been launched with the backing of the University of Bath. The fund aims to drive a much-needed step change in the early-stage capital, expertise and support available to university spin-outs and...
Audit, accountancy, tax and advisory firm Bishop Fleming has swept the board in a prestigious sector awards scheme, being crowned the winner in four categories. The firm, which has one of its eight offices in Bath, landed the flagship Large Firm of the Year accolade at the Accounting Excellence Awards 2024, with its haul...
The University of Bath’s annual city centre celebration of student sport, The Anniversary Game, takes place next week with an added derby-day edge this year. Hartpury are the opposition for the university men’s 1st XV on Wednesday, 16 October, – bringing a classic Bath v Gloucester rivalry to the occasion, traditionally a highlight of the...
Bath’s Phenomenal Women series of talks in which some of the country’s most inspiring women share their experiences returns next week. Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem Phenomenal Woman, the city’s Gainsborough Hotel launched the bi-monthly series in 2018 to champion women from all backgrounds who have achieved recognition and made a significant impact in...
Interaction, the Bath-based workplace design-and-build firm, has won a prestigious national award for its ‘exceptional’ work on international law practice Osborne Clarke’s new flagship office in Bristol. The firm headed the Fit Out Workplace category at the British Council for Offices’ (BCO) annual awards, which celebrate excellence across the UK office sector. The award judges described...
Two Bath museums – No.1 Royal Crescent and the Herschel Museum of Astronomy – have achieved a prestigious award for their inspiring work with schoolchildren. The Sandford Award is a respected quality mark for heritage learning, offering validation for heritage organisations that offer a formal learning programme that supports the relevant curriculum. Recognition is also...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. HMRC services face increased dissatisfaction Growing frustrations revealed in Administrative Burdens Advisory Board (ABAB) survey. For more details, click here More than a quarter of Covid grant claims were unjustified Scheme prevented closures but raised concerns over fund...
