Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative lender, has strengthened its hard and soft asset finance offering across the South West with the appointment of Ollie Cole as broker manager. Ollie, pictured, brings more than a decade of experience in the finance industry, most recently as business development associate at West Midlands-based Paragon Banking Group. Having...
Profit warnings from South West companies listed on the London Stock Exchange soared by 66% in the first half of this year as the cost of living crisis hit consumers. According to new research by international accountancy group EY, 15 warnings were issued by quoted firms in the region during the six months –...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. Taxpayer satisfaction with HMRC services falls Four-in-10 taxpayers unable to speak to adviser over the phone Click here for more information HMRC has ‘enormous amount of work’ to deliver MTD on time Accountants call for ‘fresh thinking’ on Making...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) lent a record £14m to ambitious small and medium-sized businesses across the region in the past year, new figures show. The non-profit group, which supports viable businesses that cannot secure sufficient funding from their bank, provided 559 loans to 478 start-ups and growing firms in...
Bristol Airport is preparing for its busiest-ever summer getaway, with more than 1.5m passengers planning to use it during the holiday period. Up to 37,000 people are expected at the airport on some days over the August bank holiday weekend – the highest number since before Covid devastated air travel in 2020. According to...
A creative technology studio based near Bath has become one of only seven agencies to win a coveted place on the BBC’s digital design roster. Aer Studios, based in Box, was appointed after a hotly contested pitch involving many of the world’s best user UX (user experience) and design agencies. The only agency in...
A design and construction firm that restores, renovates and builds bespoke, premium homes is expanding with two new senior hires. Dan Kitson and Gino Kent have both joined Beam Development, which operates in Bath and London, as project managers. Dan, pictured right, who moves from Hertfordshire-based Hawksmoor Construction, brings 13 years’ experience to the position, having...
The five-star Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa near Bath has made two additions to its senior leadership team. Nicola Payne, pictured, left, who boasts 12 years’ experience in the travel and hospitality industry, joins as head of sales and events, while Francesca Mannone, pictured, right, who has worked in Belgium, Germany, Italy and the UK, has...
The residential property team at regional law firm Goughs Solicitors has been boosted with the arrival of new partner Lesley Warren. Lesley, pictured, has joined as head of residential property after nearly 11 years at Bristol firm GL Law (formerly Gregg Latchams), where she was director and head of residential property. Her appointment at...
Logistics group Wincanton has appointed a non-executive director with a long track record in the sector as it looks to trade its way through what it described as a “challenging environment”. John Pattullo OBE takes up his role on 1 November and will also sit on the Chippenham-headquartered group’s audit and nomination committees. Since...
