Chartered accountants Monahans have promoted its insolvency and business recovery expert Steve Elliott to partner. He will head the firm’s thriving insolvency and business recovery team as it enters a new phase of development. Steve has been with Monahans for 25 years, having trained and qualified with the firm, and has accumulated more than...
Bath law firm Stone King has set up a specialist health and safety team to help local businesses comply with fast-changing workplace legislation. To mark the launch the firm is holding a special workshop on May 22 which will offer essential legal advice on this vital area of law. All businesses are welcome to...
Bath Rugby hosts a family festival at The Rec this Saturday ahead of its last game of the Aviva Premiership season. While the game against Wasps, which kicks off at 2.15pm, is sold out, entry to the family festival is free and open to all, whether they have tickets for the match or not....
Protestors gathered last night to demonstrate against the closure of Bath and Bristol listings magazine Venue and swingeing job cuts at its sister publication Bristol Evening Post. Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and supporters were outside the Galleries shopping centre in central Bristol where a low-key exhibition is taking place marking...
A rare glimpse of economic growth this summer has been signalled by a leap in the region’s businesses’ output expectations, according to the latest business trends report by accountants and business advisors BDO. But the recovery will still be long and slow. The firm’s Output Index, which points to business conditions three months ahead,...
Higher food prices pushed up inflation in March to 3.5% from 3.4% the previous month, according to figures today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It said the price of fruit, bread, cereals and meat had increased slightly while this time last year they were falling, triggering the slight rise in annual inflation....
The Roman Baths have been given the Royal Mail seal of approval as the heritage attraction features in a new collection of postage stamps. Bath is the only World Heritage Site to be featured in the second part of the Royal Mail’s A-Z of Great Britain stamp set; with a breath-taking image of early...
The cafe and bar chain behind Bath’s Cosy Club has secured a £16m investment to help more than double its outlets to 50 over the next three to five years. Loungers opened its first site in Bristol in 2002 and now has 20 Lounges – five in Bristol – and three Cosy Clubs in...
Interest rates have been pegged at 0.5% by the Bank of England for another month. The Bank also said there would be no change to its quantitative easing (QE) programme which aims to get money into the economy. Rates have been at 0.5% since March 2009 as the long hoped for economic recovery fails...
Jelf, the independent consultancy which provides a broad range of insurance, financial services and employee benefits to corporates and individuals, says it "has enjoyed a positive start to the year" and is trading in line with expectations. The Yate-based consultancy has a major office in Bath and more than 30 branches throughout England and...
