Business confidence in the South West has bounced back this month, rising for the first time this year – but the region still remains one of the least optimistic parts of the UK. The latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking shows confidence levels among firms in the South West increased by 18...
Bristol Airport has launched another new route – easyJet’s year-round service to Enfidha-Hammamet in Tunisia – as it continues to recover from the impact of the pandemic. The first flight took off from Bristol this week on the service, which will operate up to twice a week, starting on Mondays and Fridays. EasyJet’s holidays...
Full-fibre broadband provider Truespeed has committed £6m to significantly expand its full-fibre provision across Bath, taking its total investment rollout in its home city to £11m. The move will widen its network to make it available to 21,000 properties, including in Batheaston, Bathampton and Bathford. Earlier this year Truespeed said it aimed to more...
Ben Veal, founder of purpose-driven communications consultancy Second Mountain, has been named as a finalist in the leading national awards for the public relations sector. Ben, pictured, who launched the agency in Bath just under three years ago, is one of seven finalists shortlisted in the Independent PR Practitioner of the Year category of...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. Government changes pension rules Tax allowances changed and rumoured age increases scrapped. Click here for more information HMRC stops sending paper returns automatically Some 135,000 self-assessment customers filed paper returns last year. For further details, click here ...
Ambitious small to medium-sized businesses in Bath and across the West of England are being offered support to buy new products and equipment to increase production and help them grow. The funding is from a new round of Business Growth and Adaptations Grants launched by West of England Combined Authority (WECA). Businesses can apply...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered what he described as a ‘Budget for Growth’ earlier this month after the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast a stronger than expected performance from the UK economy this year, with inflation predicted to fall significantly by the end of the year, writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. Below he sets...
Legal and financial planning services firm Mogers Drewett is to expand its market share in both areas following its acquisition of Bath-based boutique private client practice firm Freemans Solicitors. The move comes after founder Shaun Freeman decided to retire. Established in 1999, single office firm Freemans Solicitors developed a specialist private client practice which was...
Law firm Thrings has appointed three newly qualified solicitors in a move it says reflects the way it continues to retain talent nurtured through its trainee scheme. Jake Wennen will be based in the agriculture team at the firm’s Bath office, while Rhiannon Forbes is now a member of its residential property team in...
Bath-headquartered utility Wessex Water has retained a national quality mark that showcases organisations that have a ‘truly customer-focused culture’. Wessex Water is the only UK water company to have the national Customer Service Excellence (CSE) quality mark certificate. Independent CSE assessors noted the firm’s strong performance in feedback surveys and quick response to challenges...
