Monday March 04 FINALS Amlin, British Polythene Industries, CLS Holdings, FBD Holdings, HSBC Holdings, Intertek Group, Keller Group, Sagentia Group, Ultra Electronics Holdings AGMS Emblaze Ltd., Jersey Electricity 'A' Shares, JPMorgan Russian Securities UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Construction (09:30) Tuesday March 05 INTERIMS Abcam, Interior Services Group Q3 Ashtead Group Q4 OAO Severstal GDR...
Saving tax can add lustre to your investments James McNeile, partner, tax and estate planning Many of our clients have added lustre to their investments through using sensible tax saving opportunities. Three current opportunities are: 1. Writing life insurance policies and pension death benefits in trust If you hold life insurance policies in your...
DIRECTORS’ BRIEFING In the latest in its series of Directors’ Briefings, Withy King brings businesses up to speed with legal developments and provides advice on a few of the most commonly overlooked areas. Taking on an apprentice Apprenticeship contracts have changed. Earlier this year, the Government introduced a new contract for apprentices called Apprentice...
DIRECTORS’ BRIEFING In a constantly shifting legal landscape, Withy King brings businesses up to speed with the latest developments and highlights a few areas to watch out for. Good news on property rates Property owners and landlords may be able to trigger new periods of empty rates relief following a recent High Court ruling....
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton retained its position as the leading financial adviser to UK companies by deal volume with its total rising to 121 last year – including an acquistion by Trowbridge-based The Consortium. It is the second year the firm has topped the annual Experian Corpfin ranking and was achieved despite the total...
Bath-based Polamco has received an undisclosed sum from Barclays to invest in new state-of-the-art manufacturing and production machinery, as well as extending its storage facility. The company, a leading design and manufacturer of interconnect electronic components, employs 136 people in Bath providing custom made components worldwide to a wide portfolio of industries, including aerospace,...
More couples are starting their own businesses together, often ploughing in redundancy pay-outs. But what happens if the love fades? Bath Business News Expert Panel member Rebecca Silcock from Bath-based Mogers solicitors explains. Since the recession started we have seen a growth in the number of start-up businesses with couples working for themselves. Frequently...
Bath’s Abbey Hotel and Modern ArtBuyer, the city-based online art sales website, are to stage ‘Art in Fashion’, an exhibition to coincide with the much-anticipated, annual Bath in Fashion event. The exhibition, which will run throughout April, is part of the hotel’s focus on ensuring an elegant and exciting stay for its guests. The...
University of Bath researchers believe they have made a breakthrough in converting captured carbon dioxide into a useful fuel and so reducing the harmful impact of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. Carbon capture and storage is seen as one of the most promising solutions to global warming, but the Bath research team now...
The University of Bath is set to receive a share of a £12m Government grant aimed at improving the UK’s manufacturing competitiveness. The money will be used to fund research aimed at introducing the use of the very latest ICT developments, including cloud computing, crowdsourcing, gaming technology, and ICT dashboards and platforms, to provide...
